Toyota Yaris

Exterior

With the Toyota Yaris, the designers have taken a more safe and conventional approach. While it does not qualify as stylish or handsome, the design is best described as functional. The Yaris, however, does get quite a few distinct design elements, like large headlamps and a huge trapezoidal front air dam that dominates the front. The Toyota Yaris ground clearance figure stands at 133mm (approx.). The tyres which come fitted to the Toyota Yaris are 185/60 R15s. The lower variants (J & G) get steel wheels instead of alloys.

Variants

The Toyota Yaris comes in four variants, namely, J, G, V and VX. The top-spec VX version of the Toyota Yaris offers many convenience and safety features like Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Traction Control, disc brakes on all four wheels and Hill Launch Assist. All variants of the Toyota Yaris are available with either a 6-speed manual or 7-speed CVT automatic gearbox. All Toyota Yaris variants come fitted with ABS, EBD, seven SRS airbags and an engine immobiliser as standard.

Interior

The interior design of the Toyota Yaris features a beige theme and an asymmetrical dashboard with matte silver highlights. However, there are no soft-touch plastics to mention and the plastics used feel a bit hard, shiny and scratchy. There is also some artificial stitching on the dash and steering to make them look like they are leather-wrapped.

Engine specifications & performance

The Yaris is propelled by Toyota’s 2NR FE, four-cylinder dual VVT-i petrol engine which produces around 106bhp and 140Nm of torque. It is the same engine used in the Etios. Despite a decent power output, the motor does not like to be hurried and the weak mid-range translates to a flat power delivery. The relaxed engine, overall, is a deterrent to the Toyota Yaris on-road price and segment considering there are some pretty punchy motors at the heart of this segment. A 6-speed manual or a 7-speed CVT automatic gearbox is the standard fitment across all variants of the Toyota Yaris.

Mileage

The Toyota Yaris new model has an ARAI-certified fuel-efficiency figure of 17.1 km/l for the manual option and 17.8 km/l for the CVT.