The third generation of the Toyota Yaris (2018-2019 release) is a modern compact model, which is characterized by easy operation and low fuel consumption. Owners of Toyota Yaris will be able to get new engines with increased power, updated body appearance, interior design with increased comfort and many different equipment assembly options.
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If you're looking for a new vehicle that's both inexpensive and easy to maintain, the 2021 Toyota Yaris is just what you need. The potential owner will be pleased with the ease and excitement of the ride and compactness. Individual points can be added for design.
New in 2021
The sedan lost the “iA” prefix in its name and received a revised radiator grille. For the current model year, it is available in three trim levels, including XLE, which offers leather trim accents and leatherette upholstery.
How we tested the 2019 Toyota Yaris
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- 1 Salon
- 2 Technical part 2.1 Video review of Toyota Yaris 2021 - 2020
A promising Japanese project is the new Toyota Yaris 2019-2020 hatchback. Its presentation is scheduled for April and will take place in the glorious city of New York.
Below we will look at the main design solutions implemented in the body of a stylish samurai. Let's take a look into the interior and under the hood of the new product.
By the way, Yaris is a clone of the Mazda 2 hatchback, which appeared more than four years ago.
Conveyor production of the serial new 5-door hatchback model has been launched at a Mexican plant owned by the Mazda concern.
According to preliminary forecasts, in America the new product will cost at least 13 thousand dollars.
It would be useful to know that four years ago, thanks to the joint efforts of specialists from Mazda and Toyota, the Yaris iA sedan model, developed for America, was born. The car received universal recognition in a record short time, which became the reason for the creation of a joint organization that improved the condition of the two change of badges (shilkids). At the same time, the appearance, interior, and technical parts remain unchanged. At the same time, the new hatchback is visually more aggressive, more dynamic and sportier than its cousin Mazda 2. So, let's figure out what is remarkable about the exterior of the new product of Japanese origin.
The front of the car stands out:
- embossed hood with delicate stampings;
- beautiful optics with LED filling. Under each lampshade there are daytime running lights, main light lenses and turn signals;
- a non-child-sized radiator grille. The dark grille design, framed by chrome, integrates round fog lamps;
- additional air ducts located under the hood.
The sides of the new product also evoke pleasant associations. The body attracts attention with its somewhat sloping roof and window sills rising sharply above the rear arches. For the sake of fairness, it should be noted that the mirrors are equipped with deep housings and lighting equipment that duplicates the turn signals. There are wave-shaped stampings above the rear door handles and under the mirrors. Between the arches of the correct radius there are ribs and dents that have a positive effect on the rigidity and aerodynamics of the body. The 16-inch wheels are made from durable light alloy and feature a unique spoke pattern.
The rear of the hatchback is not without interesting things.
Local attractions: “shark fin”, a small neat spoiler visor with a strip of LEDs that replicate the brake lights, a fifth door window with a wide dark border, lamp shades partially located on the tailgate and rear fenders. The license plate is mounted in the bumper niche. The bottom of the rear is protected by a heavy-duty plastic plate. A chrome-plated round exhaust pipe protrudes from under it. Unfortunately, for some reason the manufacturer abandoned the plastic linings that protect the arches and lower sides of the car.
With a 4.1-meter length, the width and height of the Japanese car are 1.73 and 1.5 m. The minimum trunk capacity is 450 liters.
Driving impressions
With 106 horses under the hood, the sedan is unlikely to become a winner in street racing. On the other hand, the Toyota Yaris is not a heavy car, which means that extra pounds do not prevent it from demonstrating agility. The engine is paired with an available six-speed automatic transmission. If you want to feel a little more involved in the driving, there's the option of a six-speed manual transmission, which is amazingly easy to use and will help you get the most out of the engine. The Toyota Yaris gearbox, whether manual or automatic, will not give you the opportunity to be disappointed. When cornering, the sedan behaves adequately. Meanwhile, the cabin gets noisy at high speeds. It is ideal for city trips.
Parameters of Toyota Yaris produced in 2018-2019.
The Toyota Yaris sedan is presented to buyers from Russia in two configuration options. These include:
- Model with three doors, priced from 11,990 euros;
- Model with five doors, priced from 12,690 euros.
The second option for dividing into different assemblies could be depending on the installed engine. A total of five different configurations were produced. Each sedan or hatchback car has a price close to the standard configuration, differing by a small amount. The reason is that the functions of the standard configuration are similar to the maximum.
The most important difference is the presence or absence of a CVT transmission, or “mechanics”.
Best Features
The Yaris's infotainment system uses a 7.0-inch touchscreen display to control audio, media, navigation and mobile apps. When the car is moving, the touch screen is locked, and control is carried out through a rotary switch located exactly where the driver's right hand would normally be.
Effective at speeds of up to 29 km/h, the Forward Collision Warning system scans the road ahead and alerts the driver to potential trouble. If a collision is imminent, the system is able to stop the sedan.
Design of Toyota Yaris 2018—2019
Each new Toyota Yaris produced has its own unique design. Her appearance is quite dynamic and even somewhat aggressive. Many car owners who have driven it note the high degree of stability of the car when driving on the road, easy control and spaciousness in the cabin.
At the rear of the new car there is a trunk lid that has changed its appearance. Optical devices consist of newfangled sections of LEDs.
If we compare this version with earlier ones, the biggest changes were made to the front bumper. Other features of the front of the car are large air intakes, good quality fog lights and highly modified optics.
Details about the Toyota Yaris
Interior
The Toyota Yaris's interior looks and feels more refined than you might expect, given its status. Since this is actually a Mazda, at least at the core, it is not surprising that the interior is the car's strong point. While perhaps not as spacious as some rivals, the front seats offer excellent torso support. There's enough rear space for a classroom. The trunk volume is 382 liters. Adding to the practicality is the ability to fold the rear seat in a 60/40 split. The new XLE trim boasts improved trim materials.
Video test drive of the 2021 Toyota Yaris
Exterior
If you confuse the expressive lines and creases of the Yaris body with a Mazda creation, that will be quite normal. Before us is a car with the Toyota emblem, based on the Mazda2. Mazda's current design philosophy has already found favor, so the sedan benefits from it. The current Yaris has the traditional, large Toyota grille. This year, the trapezoidal grille was supplemented with inserts in the form of a honeycomb. By looking at the sedan, you will know for sure whether you like it or not. L and LE trims get halogen headlights, while the top-line XLE boasts automatic, LED headlights. Base models ride on 15-inch wheels, while the top model has 16-inch wheels.
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Basic equipment
This year the sedan is available in three trim levels. The base Yaris L comes with power windows and door locks, a six-way driver's seat, a steering wheel that adjusts for rake and reach, push-button ignition, a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system, AM/FM/satellite/HD radio, two USB ports and Bluetooth. Unfortunately, Apple CarPlay/Android Auto are not available at all. Safety is taken care of by six airbags and a collision warning system that can automatically apply the brakes.
Optional equipment
The automatic transmission is available on L and LE trims and standard on XLE. The LE trim adds smart key, 16-inch wheels, fog lights, heated side mirrors and a rear spoiler. The XLE package will delight you with leather upholstery, a leather steering wheel, automatic LED headlights, rain-sensing windshield wipers and automatic climate control. The infotainment system of all trim levels can be supplemented with navigation.
Toyota presented the updated 5-door mini-hatchback Toyota Yaris 2017-2018. The compact B-class model, which is in constant high demand in Europe, has undergone its second restyling since the debut of the 3rd generation in 2011. The modernized Toyota Yaris 2017-2018 received a serious portion of updates that affected the external design, interior decoration and equipment, and the technical component.
The Japanese announce the replacement of more than nine hundred parts, costing approximately 90 million euros. The start of sales of the new product is scheduled for spring 2021, but first it should appear before visitors to the March Geneva Motor Show. In the current review we will present photos, prices and configurations, technical characteristics of the restyled version of the Toyota city hatchback. Like the pre-reform car, the new Yaris will be produced at a plant in Velenciennes, France. From here the new product will go to the countries of Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East. However, the priorities are still the same - this is the European continent. Here, Toyota Yaris is traditionally among the segment leaders, and sales are only growing every year. Thus, in 2021 the increase was 6.5%, and the total number of cars sold was 208 thousand. The 2017 update, as planned by the manufacturer, should further strengthen the position of the model, since all the prerequisites for this are in place.
Stylish and dynamic appearance
As a result of the recent restyling, the hatchback remained practically the same dimensions. Only the length was slightly adjusted, decreasing to 3945 mm (-5 mm). Other body dimensions have not changed: the width is still 1695 mm, the height is 1510 mm, the wheelbase is 2510 mm.
The European design studio ED2 in Nice was involved in drawing the new exterior appearance of the Toyota Yaris. She was faced with the task of creating a dynamic and emotional exterior with bright three-dimensional body parts. According to this concept, the front part of the body acquired a larger trapezium radiator grille, which occupied almost the entire front bumper. On the sides there is only a little space left for compact round foglights, decorated on the outside with chrome-plated vertical “fangs”. The headlights of the Yaris have noticeably changed, changing their shape and receiving new lens optics with spectacular LED “lightning” daytime running lights.
The rear of the hatchback was completely redesigned during restyling. The lights, trunk lid, and bumper received a different configuration. The rear lighting equipment has become significantly larger, decently “wrapped” onto the sidewalls and partially located on the tailgate. In top trim levels, the lights are filled with LED elements.
The hatchback profile after the update literally exudes dynamics and excitement, delighting with its ideal aerodynamic contours. The silhouette is formed by a short hood, smoothly, without a ledge, flowing into the line of the windshield, which, in turn, flows into the roof dome. At the top of the stern there is a neat spoiler. The rapid appearance is emphasized by an ascending window sill line drawn as if along a ruler and stylish moldings on the lower edge of the side doors. Hidden in the wheel arches are 15- and 16-inch wheels, all of them with a new design.
The line of body colors for the restyled Toyota Yaris has been replenished with two new shades – Hydro Blue (blue) and Tokyo Red (red). Optional design packages allow you to add contrasting color accents to the front bumper and door sills. In some versions, the roof and pillars of the car can be painted black.
Local improvements in the interior
The scale of transformations inside the car is not comparable to external metamorphoses. The improvements here are of a targeted nature, but the overall layout remains completely unchanged. The main emphasis was placed on improving the quality of finishing materials, expanding the range of colors and increasing the ease of use of controls. The instrument panel has become more informative thanks to the appearance of a new 4.2-inch TFT color screen, which has taken place between the two classic dials. You can change the data presentation mode on the clearly readable display using the steering wheel buttons, which, by the way, has also been revised. It now features a new three-spoke architecture, sporting a gloss black insert.
The main innovations on the front panel are a different design of the ventilation deflectors and a new block of buttons on the center console. The multimedia setup is still the same - Toyota Touch 2 with a 7-inch display, navigation, USB, Bluetooth, access to email and a bunch of useful services. The most sophisticated configurations also have a Wi-Fi router with the ability to connect several devices.
The standard equipment of all new Yaris will include the Toyota Safety Sense security system with emergency braking, lane monitoring, automatic headlight switching, and road sign recognition systems. In order to reduce the consequences of possible impacts, belt pretensioners appeared in the rear row, and the head restraints acquired a different shape.
Technical characteristics of Toyota Yaris restyling 2017-2018 The 1.3-liter engine with a capacity of 99 hp was excluded from the line of power units of the updated Toyota model. It was replaced by a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated engine with an output of 113 hp. and torque 136 Nm. The new “four” belongs to a family of highly efficient engines that have reduced fuel consumption and meet Euro 6 requirements. The engine uses new pistons, specially shaped combustion chambers, a variable valve timing system VVT-iE (switches between Otto and Atkinson cycles), exhaust gas recirculation with cooling, and water-cooled exhaust manifold. The compression ratio of the unit is 13.5, thermal efficiency is 38.5%.
Paired with a 1.5-liter engine is a 6-speed manual transmission or CVT. The modification with a manual transmission accelerates to 100 km/h in 11.0 seconds, with a continuously variable transmission in 11.2 seconds.
The hatchback also has two pre-reform power plants at its disposal - a 1.0-liter “three” (69 hp, 95 Nm), as well as a hybrid from a combination of a 1.5-liter unit (74 hp, 111 Nm) and an electric motor (45 kW). The three-cylinder engine is combined with a 5-speed manual transmission, the hybrid one with a CVT. It was decided to abandon the 1.4 liter diesel engine, which was previously included in the holder.
In addition to shuffling the engine range, Toyota engineers made a number of other technical changes. In particular, new shock absorbers were installed on the model, and the steering was recalibrated. The Toyota Yaris Hybrid hatchback has received new engine mounts, subframe and drive shafts. Changes were also made to the design of the intake and exhaust systems. As a result, the hybrid Yaris began to handle better, generating an order of magnitude less noise and vibration during operation.
Finally, we note that in the spring, in addition to the classic versions of the new Yaris, a “charged” modification of the model will also arrive at the Geneva Auto Show. It has a three-door body layout and is driven by a 1.6-liter gasoline turbo engine with a power of about 213 hp.
