Used 2007 Toyota Yaris 4dr Sdn Auto Base (Natl) Review

Over the years, Toyota has built more than its share of small cars, and that experience is reflected in the design of the all new 2007 UUs. And while American subcompact car buyers might have some trouble wrapping their tongues around such a very foreign name, the rest of the package will push most of the right buttons.

Starting with the short overhang styling, whether you choose the four door sedan or the three door lift back, you get a look that is in with all the latest upright small cars, young and racy, but still with just the right amount of cute. And a choice of 13 exterior colors. So buyers can’t use the old, they don’t make it in my color.

Excuse. Both versions of the Yaris right on wheel bases that are on the long end of the subcompact class. The sedan measuring 100.4 inches. The Liftback a shorter 96.9 inches. Both are only a little over 66 inches wide. The same as Honda’s. Tive fit, but narrower. The newer compacts like the Civic and the Mazda three.

Despite exterior size, careful packaging allows Yaris to deliver impressive amounts of interior space and a general dash layout that will be familiar to owners of the Yaris predecessor. The Echo, we’ve never really warm to the center mounted gauge cluster since it takes your eyes off the road for too long.

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But the analog dials are large and clear. Seating is basic cloth and manual adjustments only. Back support is adequate, though our taller staff found thigh support wanting standard features include the tilt steering wheel, and air conditioning in the sedan. Climate controls are a triangular cluster while the lift back presents them in a vertical stack.

Operation is obvious, but without some of the quality feel that we’re used to in larger Toyotas. Since so many buyers prefer to install their own audio systems, there is no standard stereo in the base sedan and Liftback A CD stereo with auxiliary jack for your iPod is optional on base cars and standard with S grade trim to keep prices low.

Curtain airbags are optional too, not standard as in the more expensive Honda Fit. Yaris has plenty of standard small items, storage space and cup holders for both front and rear seat. A useful 60 40 split folding rear seat back is optional on the base four door, and included with the sri, which provides a nice boost to the four doors already respectable.

12.9 cubic foot trunk to boost this basic transportation down the road. Toyota equipped it with a not so basic power plant, also used in the Scion X, A and xb. It’s a 1.5 liter twin cam 16 val four. Output is 106 horsepower and 103 pound feet of torque with Toyota’s variable valve Timing with intelligent.

Transmission choices or a standard five speed manual, or our test car’s optional. Four speed automatic, of course, with only 106 horses. It’s no surprise that the Yas manages zero to 60 in 9.5 seconds and finishes the quarter mile in a leisurely 17.4 seconds and 80 miles per hour. But the 1.5 is very smooth for a small four banger.

It spins up quickly delivering what power it does have in a nice even flow. But the Yaris makes up for its lack of speed with fuel efficiency. Our automatic transmission Equipped sedan is rated 34 miles per gallon city and 39 on highway mixed driving. Delivered an excellent 36 mile per gallon average. The Yaris may not be a rocket on the straightaway, but it’s actually quite competent in the curves.

The suspension is soft, but responds quickly to inputs from steering that provides better than average feel. Push it too hard, however, and the rear end does feel a bit loose, but it still delivers top-notch grip. For an entry level car, it stops pretty well too. Breaking runs to average a straight and stable 125 feet. Thanks to our cars. Combination of standard front disc and rear drums, plus optional a B s.

In the end, the 2007 Yaras delivers everything that Toyota promises. It’s economical, but also spacious, comfortable, and mostly refined. Only its European-style instrument panel seems out of touch with American taste, but in a time of unstable gas prices, that’s not much of an objection to the kind of confident small car that is just what we need. Find out about the 2007 Toyota Yaris 4dr Sdn Auto Base (Natl) for sale here in our Used Ames Cars inventory. Also, be make sure to check out our Used 2009 Kia Borrego 4WD 4dr V8 EX Review and 2009 Toyota Camry 4dr Sdn LE Auto here!