Toyota Yaris

The Toyota Yaris is the brand’s executive sedan segment offering in the Indian market. The model carries forward Toyota’s design language and comes with a host of features and equipment as well.

The design of the Toyota Yaris is subjective and comes with multiple elements, which add to the styling of the sedan. Starting off with the front, the Yaris features a distinct nose with the Toyota badging at the centre. The nose is flanked on either side by sleek headlamps with integrated LED DRLs and turn signal indicators. The front bumper features a massive air intake at the centre with the fog lamps housed separately at either end. 

Moving to the side profile, the Toyota Yaris comes with clean lines, with just the 15-inch alloy wheels and the chrome-finished door handles adding character. The rear profile is characterised by the sleek wrap-around tail lights.

Overall, Toyota has chosen to take a very safe approach to the design and styling of the Yaris. It comes with clean, minimalistic design and styling which works well.

The Toyota Yaris is powered by a single 1.5-litre four-cylinder VVT-i petrol engine. It produces 106bhp and 140Nm of peak torque. The engine is mated either to a standard six-speed manual or an optional CVT automatic transmission.

Toyota claims that the Yaris returns a fuel economy figure or around 17km/l with the manual variant and around 18km/l with the CVT transmission. However, real-world figures will vary and are dependent on various external factors.

The Toyota Yaris comes with a host of features and equipment. Some of key features on the sedan include LED headlamp, LED DRLs, LED taillights, turn signals integrated on the ORVMs, chrome-finished door handles, 8-way electrically-adjustable driver seat, roof-mounted rear AC vents, large touchscreen infotainment system, keyless entry, push-button start/stop, electrically-adjustable and foldable ORVMs, climate control, rain-sensing wipers, cruise control and 60:40 split rear seats and many more.

Safety features on the Toyota Yaris include: seven airbags, ABS with EBD, hill-start assist, vehicle stability control, parking sensors front & rear, immobiliser, follow-me-home headlamps, central locking and impact-sensing auto door unlock; among others.

The Toyota Yaris is a safe sedan, with simple and clean looks and a decent performing engine. There is nothing really exciting about the sedan, however, it does come with Toyota’s trusted build quality and characteristics.