Talk:Toyota Vitz
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[edit] Discontinued in the U.S.? Or not?
In the U. S., the article says it was a flop that, as of 2004, has only "one year of production" in the U.S. But the October 2005 Consumer Reports, page 14, lists it as one of the "New and Notable: Cars to Watch in 2006-7" and says "It should continue as a fuel-efficient small car... Small cars often grow with redesigns so you may see a longer, wider Echo and possibly a hatchback version." Dpbsmith (talk) 22:05, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Theonlyedge 19:13, 11 February 2006 (UTC) The new Yaris is being sold in Europe, Canada, and the US as of late 2005
- In conclusion, basically the original Yaris/Echo was a flop in the US (since Americans like big road hogs not small cars). I suspect Toyota decided to have another go given that fuel economy is no longer something Americans can afford to ignore... Nil Einne 07:58, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MPG
I don't see any fuel economy estimates here! This was a huge selling point for the Yaris in England - the diesel in particular gets an estimated 68 imperial gallons combined city/highway driving. I hear that the Yaris as marketed stateside will top out at 37 MPG. Yuck. 71.116.217.242 18:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm an American, and one thing you have to understand is that many of your european cars, not only wouldn't be popular, but wouldn't be safe to drive. I forget which country it is in europe, but there is one country in which their standard size car, is the same as our subcompact. Our drivers go considerably faster with considerbly more threatening cars than the ones in europe, so to actually drive something like a smart car(it's some subsidiary of the volkswagen group, I think), would be a very dangerous thing to do. One might find themselves with no chance of living, in a serious accident.
Blonde2max 22:22, 28 April 2006 (UTC) I agree- it was one of the most frugal cars. The 1.0 gets about 38MPG in town at rush hour!
I bet the Americans wish they could get that now petrol or gasoline has reached the staggering amount of 40pence sterling per litre!
- Seconded, we need to boldy state the MPG of the Echo in the article. It is one of the most significant details about the car. It competes with hybrids, and costs sooooo much less, especially used (and used Echo's maintain their value really well). Mathiastck 19:47, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I am an American and I own a 2007 American Yaris and I love it. So, yes, you can buy one in the United States. It gets 40 miles to a United States Gallon. By the way, not all Americans like big cars. I have never liked driving large vehicles and it is NOT just because of the cost of fuel.
If only they'd sell us Americans a Yaris with a 1.4 liter Diesel or a 1.0 petrol engine! With the new EPA estimates, if they can be trusted, a Corolla has virtually identical fuel consumption to a 1.5 Yaris despite weighing many hundred pounds more and shipping with a 1.8 guzzler as base. Right now, the cheap cost of a base-model Yaris ($10,500?) is the only reason to consider one... --128.119.16.240 (talk) 16:44, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Better photo?
Any better photos out there for the new version? They've been advertising it heavily on the web, but the current photo for this article is a rather dark photo of a dirty car from a bad angle. ~ Oswald Glinkmeyer 15:12, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks to those who cleaned up the images. Oswald Glinkmeyer 23:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
- why removed the first gen image when we don't have a replacement? Baboo 20:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Huge safety problems!
Three out of four killed in the latest model red Yaris, despite airbags - yet nobody dead in the Daewoo Lanos, an obsolete car model without any airbags. Something is fishy about Yaris safety claims, it must have zero NCAPs! Thirty five zoomable photos of the frontal crash site, can browse at the bottom:
http://www.langlovagok.hu/html/galeria/598.shtml
[edit] title
I think it's completely against Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) to call this article "Vitz". Who calls it like that, anyway? Is it a factory name? If it's sold all around the world as "Yaris", why would we use the factory name? The disambiguation with Toyota Belta can be done some other way. --Joy [shallot] 21:11, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- it's called a yaris. i'm changing it. Fggfg 19:39, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Unless someone specifically objects I will be moving this article to Toyota Yaris -- this is after all the english language wikipedia (US & UK) not the japanese one. Toyota Vitz should redirect to Yaris. Causantin 09:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I saw a Vitz yesterday. It is called Vitz in some countries. 67.70.97.146 00:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Semperit Irish Car of the Year Award
The car that won the award in 1999 was the Ford Focus... I saw that 1999's Semperit Car is the "??" according to this page.
[edit] An external page mimicing Wikipedia?
I had already read the Wikipedia article and was looking on Google when I found an article on Blogspot that is nearly identical to the Wikipedia article. I haven't had time yet to read all of the Wikipedia rules but somehow it seems like there should at least be a link from here to there unless this article was written first. The blogspot is from January 2007.
Also, a couple of things to respond to some earlier stuff said...don't try and compare mpg ratings using imperial gallons. The US mpg ratings do not use imperial gallons. Four US gallons = FIVE Imperial gallons. Ratings have to be multiplied by .8 to compensate. And isn't it still called the Vitz in Japan? Stupid Toyota, three names for the same car was a stupid idea from the start. Mewsterus (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
