Toyota Unveils the 2020 Yaris Hatchback

That's a pretty good looking sub-compact car. 

42 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

That's a pretty good looking sub-compact car. 

If they geared it right, it might just be a decent little city runabout. 

Should make a solid commuter car for those looking at Toyota.

I wonder why Mazda doesn't just sell this on their own in the US. They sell it as the Mazda 2 in other countries. They have a pretty good rep here.  Maybe its just easier to let Toyota do the marketing. 

Not to beat a dead horse, but rain-sensing wipers on a Yaris, yet never a LaCrosse...

Anyway, not a fan of the Yaris or hatches in general, but this looks nice and nicely equipped.

3 minutes ago, Paolino said:

Not to beat a dead horse, but rain-sensing wipers on a Yaris, yet never a LaCrosse...

Anyway, not a fan of the Yaris or hatches in general, but this looks nice and nicely equipped.

Well, it is a rebadged Mazda..Mazda always has plenty of features available. 

Actually a nice looking car!

Good idea doing this.  Light years nicer than Toyota's own Yaris hatch, I suspect.

3 hours ago, ocnblu said:

Good idea doing this.  Light years nicer than Toyota's own Yaris hatch, I suspect.

I think the current one is also a Mazda 2, just older. 

14 hours ago, Paolino said:

Not to beat a dead horse, but rain-sensing wipers on a Yaris, yet never a LaCrosse...

Anyway, not a fan of the Yaris or hatches in general, but this looks nice and nicely equipped.

14 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

Well, it is a rebadged Mazda..Mazda always has plenty of features available. 

But so should a Buick.

7 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

 

But so should a Buick.

Yes, but I assume this is just another example of GM being cheap.

27 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I think the current one is also a Mazda 2, just older. 

The current Yaris sedan is a Mazda 2, the US market hatch was a Toyota.    I don't think we ever got this restyled version, in orange it would look like a demented Jack-o-Lantern. 

28 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

The current Yaris sedan is a Mazda 2, the US market hatch was a Toyota.    I don't think we ever got this restyled version, in orange it would look like a demented Jack-o-Lantern. 

That's odd they'd have a sedan built by Mazda but a hatch built by themselves.. 

Just now, ccap41 said:

That's odd they'd have a sedan built by Mazda but a hatch built by themselves.. 

Well, the Mazda 2 sedan was already here as the Scion iA, so the current one was just a rebadge for the US market. 

1 minute ago, ccap41 said:

That's odd they'd have a sedan built by Mazda but a hatch built by themselves.. 

I think it was just corporate inertia. There was never an intention to do a Yaris sedan in the first place. It was the Scion iA which got changed to a Yaris Sedan.  The Yaris hatch just soldiered on until its demise a few months ago. Mazda had a ready-made Mazda 2 hatch that just needed the right badging and the updated nose. 

5 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

I think it was just corporate inertia. There was never an intention to do a Yaris sedan in the first place. It was the Scion iA which got changed to a Yaris Sedan.  The Yaris hatch just soldiered on until its demise a few months ago. Mazda had a ready-made Mazda 2 hatch that just needed the right badging and the updated nose. 

That makes the most sense to me. It was kind of a "why not?" thing.  

19 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

Well, it is a rebadged Mazda..Mazda always has plenty of features available. 

But their largest sedan of a "premium" brand should not offer it?  I mean, I keep wondering why GM cars are so poorly equipped at lower trims if other auto makers can offer so much as standard equipment, or even optional on their cheapest vehicles.

4 minutes ago, Paolino said:

But their largest sedan of a "premium" brand should not offer it?  I mean, I keep wondering why GM cars are so poorly equipped at lower trims if other auto makers can offer so much as standard equipment, or even optional on their cheapest vehicles.

I assume they are just being cheap...

1 hour ago, Paolino said:

But their largest sedan of a "premium" brand should not offer it?  I mean, I keep wondering why GM cars are so poorly equipped at lower trims if other auto makers can offer so much as standard equipment, or even optional on their cheapest vehicles.

They just do not get how to package for value as well as Luxury. GM seems to have lost their auto mojo. Great that they are profitable, but the passion is truly missing. ?