Posted on 10/28/2005 3:29:04 PM PDT by dagnabbit
Toyota is showing its redesigned three- and five-door Yaris subcompacts at Frankfurt--which is actually news for America, because the three-door and a sedan will go on sale in the U.S. next spring as 2007 models, replacing the goofy Echo. The U.S. version of the Yaris is powered by a 106-hp 1.5-liter in-line four-cylinder engine that makes 103 lb-ft of torque and is mated to either a five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic. The Yaris has an independent MacPherson strut front suspension and a rudimentary torsion beam rear end. The Yaris's base price will be low because features such as ABS, front side and side curtain air bags, and power windows and locks will be optional.
Sounds suspiciously like a Honda CBR900 or 919...
much too fast for the french, and no reverse.
I have owned a Nissan Altima for about 5 years. It's been an extremely reliable and competent car, but it was built before the Frogs became involved with Nissan. I don't think I'll replace it with a Nissan that has any connection with the Frogs. Maybe a Honda or Toyota as long as it isn't built anywhere in Europe.
Too cool. Redolent of the World War 2 resistance, Marseille gangster era, Algiers anti-terrorist police.
You can just see Jean-Paul Belmondo behind the wheel, cigarette dangling, glancing futively about for something we would rather not know.
A local official had one of these in An Loc, RVN, when I was there right after the siege in 1972.
Remember Doug,
The French copy no one.
And no one copies the French.
Cheers,
knews hound
That car is HIDEOUS looking!
Actually, there will be some libs that might buy it, so they can flaunt the fact that they are "saving energy".
ROFL !!
Though there may have been a million idiots, there was always one hero.
I see it in the little things.
I have owned a Nissan Altima for about 5 years. It's been an extremely reliable and competent car, but it was built before the Frogs became involved with Nissan. I don't think I'll replace it with a Nissan that has any connection with the Frogs. Maybe a Honda or Toyota as long as it isn't built anywhere in Europe.
NOPE! Just can't do it. No flame here, just can't support these two countries. I understand both sides of the arguement on buying cars from overseas, or American. But I just can't do it. With respect of course.
"I don't think so"
So? Is your opinion somehow authoritative?
Do the 2CV and R5 not exist? Is even this an issue of nationalism with you? Did dagnabbit and I not praise both of the old Citroens, especially the Traction Avant?
I think that the 2CV and the R5 were beautiful motorcars in their times....
We are in 2005, and it is normal that they are obsolete today...
Like many others Ford, GM, Toyota....
And they replace it with this?
I don't get it.
I also just noticed that the Echo is no longer on the Toyota web site.
Mark
It looks like a Scion xA.
Ha-ha-ha
I had a friend in high school that had one.
He had to supercharge it to keep up with a VW. Seriously
As the snow flies
at a used car lot on the other side of town
a liberal guy and a liberal gal
buy a Yaris
(buy a Yaris)
and they drive with pride
cause if there's one thing this world needs
its environmental friends who'll take the lead
in a Yaris
(in a Yaris)
they say people don't you understand
those suburbans are ruining the land
but the'll wish they had a full sized van one day
they point fingers at you and me
they say we're to blind to see
but do we simply use our heads
and choose another way?
as those small wheels turn
fifty miles to the gallon
and their knees on their chest
they're gonna save enough gas
for all the rest
in a Yaris
(in a Yaris)
then one day on the interstate
they suddenly lose control
they swerve to miss a baby duck
they're squashed beneath a produce truck
but they drove with pride
and as the crowds drive past a little flat car
you know they saved a lot of gas
but they didnt get far
in a Yaris
(in a Yaris)
and as they're trapped inside
at a used car lot on the other side of town
a liberal guy and a liberal gal
buy a Yaris....
and they drive with pride...
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