Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) 1.3 VVT-i Colour Collection Silver 5d Owner Review

The car is pretty spacious and the interior is rather clever. There are a decent amount of storage facilities for drinks/cds etc... The back seat can be adjusted to suit a boot for luggage or rear passenger space. It is a very good car to drive even if it isn't particularly exciting. The 1.3 version has a good amount of oomph for a small engine, even in higher gears. The throttle response is fairly immediate and overtaking is easy enough. The handling is good and it grips well. Tall gearing can let the car down meaning the engine sometimes has to be revved a bit to give enough torque in the next gear, particularly with a full load and uphill. Having said that, the car copes well throughout driving and rarely struggles. The car is easy to chuck about, with light responsive steering and decent brakes with ABS. Very quiet engine and motorway causing is fairly refined, although the interior rattles which is pretty annoying. The gearbox is also somewhat notchy and occasionally the car doesn't want to get into a certain gear. The interior build quality and interior materials aren't great but the car performs well in crash tests and built well overall. Being Japanese it has proven to be reliable, it is also good on fuel and can return 40mpg+ round town and 50mpg+ on long journeys without a lead foot.