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Not seen one of these in this section yet so here's mine , what a tremendous little car , peach of an engine , great manual box . Standard tyres are not the best so I will be fitting some Michelin when the bridgestones wear out , this is my first car with a supercharged engine and I don't know why I've never had one before , love it . Grab one while you still can , I think there is about 5 or so for sale on autotrader/ eBay right now , and hopefully increase in price as only 100 cars in the uk . A lot of people will not 'get ' the car and say just buy a fiesta ST , good car the fiesta , but this Yaris is better and defo not following the crowd . I use it as a daily at the moment seems to cope fine with the daily duties even though it's a little bit of a faf getting the daughter in the back for the school run , but it's worth it just fir that drive home alone .
Edited by neil-1323bolts on Tuesday 15th October 21:56
Another review from one of our own phers.
https://youtu.be/aeiKp35K92c
Interesting choice of car op (in a good way).
https://youtu.be/aeiKp35K92c
Interesting choice of car op (in a good way).
Thanks for the positive comments, and links to reviews of the Yaris , most are pretty good I’ve watched them all , in the name of research before buying the car , this has to be one of the best cars I’ve owned and I’ve had a few probably well over 40 , with a lot of hot hatches and the car this replaced was a mk3 RS focus , Clio 182 was a firm favourite, this Yaris is better than the 182 , I’ve done the German stuff BMW 335i , golf R , didn’t gel with these cars , mk3 RS was good but but not as goof as the mk2 I owned . The overriding factor is the lightweight of this car it’s felt everywhere, breath of fresh air in a world of overweight modern cars , I’ve owned a 190bhp caterham not long ago and while its not as fast , its definitely as much fun .
NorfolkTornado said:
Hi, it's a great car, because Lotus were heavily involved in the vehicles development and production build. It's the same specification as the engine in the current Elise and if you look hard enough you'll see the Lotus ECU tucked at the back of the engine bay!
Regards,
Andy
I thought this was developed by the Toyota Motorsport boys?Regards,
Andy
Couple more pics , these seats are really excellent best part about the interior, the rest is pretty poor standard Yaris , nice steering wheel that’s about it !
The brakes also are excellent with just over a ton to stop probably not working that hard
Build number 195/400 produced for Europe
Looks great, if I was in the market for a new build hot hatch, this would definitely be one of the top choices for me if not the top choice. I've had a Starlet Turbo before and a supercharged corolla so a fan of performance Toyotas. I can imagine getting one of these in the future when prices bottom out.
, Quick update on my Yaris after a year of ownership, I can confirm I am still really enjoying the car , summer evening drives have been ace , just coming up to 8000 miles I’ve had it serviced at Toyota and it’s had 2 recal items dealt with while they had it also , other than that it’s just been a great fun car to drive , I still use it as my daily vehicle, where I guess most of these would be locked up in garages , I believe there are only 88 of these in the uk and I’ve not seen another in the year I’ve owned it , the thought had crossed my mind to sell up and buy the new Yaris GR but now I’ve decided to keep the GRMN . There are currently 5 for sale on autotrader starting at just over 20k which I guess is still a lot for a Yaris , but worth it in my opinion, most would just buy a fiesta ST at this price point I am sure . But for me the supercharged engine is pretty unique and just makes this car sing all the way to the red line . Go try one . Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff