Amazingly! Toyota Yaris

The Toyota Yaris is the popular name of Toyota Vitz, and Toyota Echo hatchback which launched by Toyota in 1999, designed by Sotiris Kovos. The Yaris is a 3 and 5 door hatchback automobile. In Europe, the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, it is sold as the Yaris liftback (or simply Yaris). The vehicle was known as the Echo hatchback up to 2005 in Canada, the US, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia Philippines and New Zealand. The Toyota Yaris was voted European Car of the Year in 2000, defeating the innovative Fiat Multipla.

Performance & Efficiency

• 1,496 cc 1.5 liters in-line 4 front engine with 74.9 mm bore, 84.6 mm stroke, 10.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder 1SZ-FE
• Unleaded fuel 87
• Fuel economy EPA highway (mpg): 40 and EPA city (mpg): 34
• Multi-point injection fuel system
• 11.1 gallon main unleaded fuel tank
• Power: 79 kW , 106 HP SAE @ 6,000 rpm; 103 ft lb , 140 Nm @ 4,200 rpm

Handling, Ride & Braking

• Two disc brakes including two ventilated discs
• Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel
• Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , torsion beam rear suspension rigid with coil springs

Exterior & Aerodynamics

• Body color front and rear bumpers
• Driver and passenger internally adjustable partial-painted door mirrors
• External dimensions: overall length (inches): 169.3, overall width (inches): 66.5, overall height (inches): 56.5, wheelbase (inches): 100.4, front track (inches): 57.9, rear track (inches): 57.5 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 32.6
• Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights
• Luxury trim alloy look on dashboard
• Mica paint
• Fixed rear window
• Tinted glass on cabin
• Weights: curb weight (lbs) 2,288
• Windshield wipers with fixed intermittent wipe

Interior

• 12v power outlet: front and 1
• Air conditioning
• Element antenna
• Cargo area light
• Cargo capacity: rear seat down (cu ft): 13.7 and all seats in place (cu ft): 12.9
• Clock
• Full dashboard console with open storage box , full floor console with covered storage box
• Delayed/fade courtesy lights
• Front seats cup holders pop out , rear seats cup holders fixed
• Door ajar warning
• Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat
• Driver front airbag with multi-stage deployment , passenger front airbag with occupant sensors and multi-stage deployment
• Bucket driver seat with height adjustment , bucket passenger seat
• Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
• Front seat center armrest
• Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats , three height adjustable head restraints on rear seats
• Internal dimensions: front headroom (inches): 38.8, rear headroom (inches): 36.7, front hip room (inches): 49.8, rear hip room (inches): 50.1, front leg room (inches): 42.2, rear leg room (inches): 35.6, front shoulder room (inches): 51.6, rear shoulder room (inches): 50.2 and interior volume (cu ft): 87.1
• Power steering
• Front reading lights
• 3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side, passenger side and center side
• Rear seat center armrest
• Three fixed bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments
• Rear view mirror
• Remote fuel filler door release
• Mechanical remote trunk/hatch release
• Front seat back storage
• Cloth seat upholstery with additional cloth
• Seating: five seats
• Service interval indicator
• Four speaker(s)
• Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment
• Tachometer
• Driver and passenger vanity mirror
• Ventilation system with micro filter

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