Old Top Gear 1999 - Toyota Yaris vs Rivals

appliances pleasingly convenience usefully reliable relentlessly an exciting appliances such as the kettle the hairdryer the toaster and the Toyota Stalin intended to evoke the glitz of a Hollywood prima donna the name actually sounds more like a rabbit Oriole air freshener fortunately the starlets on the way out Toyota is suddenly taking the supermini very seriously indeed and it's designed the replacement on a piece of paper this clean they've given us the Yaris nice to see Toyota hasn't abandoned a silly name tradition and pick the handle that rhymes with Paris to suggest something tres chic and fashion habla from 2001 they'll even be making it in front still sounds like it belongs rounder you bet post on the other hand the Scarlets stylish which is a bit Van Orden air has been junked in favour of something far more interesting I've look at that front grille weird I think colors and gone a bit bonkers 12 to newfound bulkiness continues on the inside starting with those little eyeball vents based on old pastry cutters you sit up very high in front of you there's this huge mound of plastic on the fascia but no instrument not as you know them Jim instead there's a digital display which floats in outer space in the middle of you down this black hole there are more black holes down here as well salty little cubbies for holding things but I've got a gripe because this is a Toyota the interior is available in the following range of colors rhinoceros and look at the texture on that bit continuing the rhinoceros team that's been modelled on its bottom the Yaris has a clever sliding rear seat enjoy limousine sized legroom in a tiny boot or no legs and room for your bags so turning of Japanese TLC lavished on the styling but what about the audience [Music] well kids clever shape so they decided right in my view but nothing short of an entirely new engine would do the trick so that's what we got it's a dinky little 1 litre unit featuring smartypants variable valve timing vvt-i triode absorbent what it means is this that with 67 brake horsepower this is the most powerful 1 liter car engine in the known universe the suspension is a bit very conventional design it's a bed metal Springs that sort of thing but again it is all new and the claim closer to the European taste whatever that means the garret is in the bad handler actually but it's a little bit light of control it's a bit vague it's a bit like a videogame the native Japanese lots of people buy freedom ease and with their own money so they are vital to many manufacturers so no matter how good the air it is it's how it fares against its rivals that really matters over to you Julia first up the Punto all right they may be getting a bit old but it still got a good set of lungs on it and it's never been beaten for interior cabin space because swing abrasive caps inherited a family of lion cups in the boot as well the front row was the best-selling car in Europe last year that thanks largely to the space and too good engine but it isn't a spring chicken anymore and it's used to be replaced later this year because of the little mover and its Italians of course it's good-looking as well she's no sexy where those distinctive - taillights oh the 40s the car that is everywhere like geography it's essentially an old design and not over blessed with space on the inside but a comprehensive taste it in 1995 turned the Fiesta from the surface slotting shopping trolley into one of the most entertaining hatchbacks you can buy this one is fitted with an excellent 1.25 liter engines jointly developed with the Yamaha it's busy and it's fun subtle is this is the dissent in started about nine and a half grand you want to pay let you get a weaseled 1.3 not that distantly related to the one in your grandma's or anglia you get a modern engine as standard on all Garrity's yeri or yar I answers on a postcard however if it's French chic you seek them well out of the renault clio but I warn what they say here in Milton Keynes its wieldy and it's trackable and even though it's 1.2 litre engine is GB that's grunt breast it revs hard to make up to the limited output French chic becomes French cheap however when your eyes rest on the dashboard if the Yaris was line oestrus gray then this is elephant grade of less plastic on share now someone at Peugeot has a really deep understanding of what makes the car feel just drive if you drive a twenty five thousand pen Peugeot 406 coupe a you'll know exactly what I mean fortunately you'll still know what I mean if you drive this 206 it's very person eminently pointable trouble is little triumph of style over space it's terribly cramped in the back something else I don't really like is the gear stick it's a bit rickety slot [Music] right let's be sensible next to those flamboyant and provide a little French members the VW Polo comes across as Poe face and German this is the 1 liter out and it has 60 brake horsepower which makes it rather slow and you have to remember that the yarid same sized engine remember can rustle up 67 steaming standing and snorting legs hood at your disposal so let's consider the real cost now the Polo is a very solidly made classy piece of kit and it is reflected in superb residual value by the Polo and rather like the German you'll be laughing all the way to the Bundesbank but in this car do remember to leave plenty of time your journey so in the world of the super minis the yeah as has got to beat the 206 in style steak the polar for pure fiscal sense the Fiesta in the engine department the point O in the space race and the Clio certain well Jim taqwah or whatever that is the Yaris hasn't got it but it does have quite a bit going for it it's got a great engine it's actually quite nice to drive it's got some really good touches that instrument binnacle these handy cubby holes for all Julia's handbags and makeups and things the interior space is quite useful it's sensible it's practical so a shoe trees if there's one thing the air it isn't it's sexy so I have the clear size matters but only if you've got a small one and the pert little pug with my favorite but nice try Toyota

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Keywords: Old Top Gear, Top Gear, Toyota Yaris, James May, Captain Slow

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Length: 7min 29sec (449 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 17 2017