The revised 2015 Toyota Yaris is now available in five-door guise only, with the heavily facelifted hatchback ditching the price-leading three-door variant due to poor demand.
We got behind the wheel of the mid-grade SX variant with a five-speed manual transmission. Pricing for the Yaris SX starts at $17,790, while the SX auto is from $19,390. There’s a broad spread across the Yaris range in terms of pricing, with the newly named entry-level Ascent starting from $15,690, while the range tops out with the ZR (auto only) for $22,690. Read our full specifications and pricing story here
Hyundai’s Accent is currently the top seller in this competitive segment, following model changes for the car tested here and the popular Mazda 2 and Honda Jazz impacting on sales of those models this year.
In comparing the Yaris against the popular Accent there may not being an exact match, but the SX is best compared to the Accent Active, which starts at $16,990. Yaris gets a five-speed manual, while Accent gets a six-speed, the Yaris has a 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine with 80kW and 141Nm. The Accent’s 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine generates 90kW and 156Nm.
Some of the notable standard inclusions across the Yaris range worth mentioning are the reverse-view camera, cruise control, a 6.1-inch touchscreen, 15-inch wheels, reach adjustable steering wheel with controls and emergency brake lights.
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