Toyota Yaris 2020 in-depth review | carwow Reviews

This is the new Toyota Yaris! It’s a cheap & cheerful small family car, but how does the all-new Yaris compare to other budget cars on the road today? Join Mat for his latest in-depth review of the new Yaris to find out everything you need to know!

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[josephkeeney]

I got my wife one 2006 still run like the day it came home. 36 mpg never breaks down runs perfect. They go 300, 000 miles no problems. if you don't like break downs spending money going to A to B with out a problem. This is the perfect car.

[KEVIN-xdqg]

Matt is the type of a guy who reviews cheap cars but complains about cheap plastic 😂

[DreamCarGarage]

You might moan about the "quality" but I bet you it will look and work exactly they same in 20 years time which is something you wouldn't bet on the likes of a Bentley. I think we need to define more accurately what we call "quality".

[timbanks]

I usually like Matt's reviews, but come on! We had had several Yaris in the family over the years, I just drove my wife's back from town. Dead easy to drive smoothly, brake smoothly and no tyre squeal on roundabouts. It's a bit noisy on coarse surfaces, not bad on the motorway. As a runabout and moderately long trip car it is fantastic. Light controls, easy to park (reversing camera standard - not like my BMW) and lots of safety kit. Toyotas are dead reliable as a rule, this one a 1.33VVTi does mid to high forty/gallon. I would agree that the lack of a movable boot floor is weird, the lack of rear door bins poor, as is the lack of a seat back pocket, but the odd storage holes work fine in practice. I never have trouble with MY humus salad :-) and with a five year warranty and for what we paid for it, it is great value for money.

[cjoe]

if everyone drove a Toyota, all workshops will close the next day

[mxhong]

I think the coolest feature on the Yaris is the ginormous single windshield wiper. It looks like it came off a bus or a Lemans Group C car.

[bonzobonanza]

Toyota. King of boring cars, but at the same time, the king of reliable vehicles. 💪

Edit: Came here after watching the 2021 Yaris review, and I honestly feel so stupid for calling Toyota the king of boring cars. 😂🤦‍♂️

[rodneywoodham]

I’ve had a Toyota now for several years, has done 120k, apart from usual stuff, tyres, brakes it’s been so reliable. Noticed an Audi the same age as my car rusting round the wheel arches. I has a vw polo before that, had many problems including cam belt kit replacement every 3 years, sensors going down, broken suspension, tyres wearing unevenly, water pumps. The car was rusting in many different places. All my family drive Honda or Toyota, s now, very rare we get a problem

[cometoChrist]

I swear if I keep listening to all these car reviews, I’ll never buy any car 🤦🏾‍♀️

[kiravalentinedevine]

I have a 2014 Yaris and I'm in love with my tiny car 😥❤

[livc]

I was surprised by the final verdict considering how negative the entire review was! One point I would like to make is that the Yaris in its current format is sold all around the world and only EU journos are obsessed with soft plastics and perceived quality! Why should Toyota waste their money just to please them when they can concentrate their efforts on actual quality and reliability.
Anyway, I am personally fond of this car not because its the best or worst in class but because I rented one on a winter holiday in Iceland and it coped admirably well with the snow despite its skinny all weather tyres, totally dependable, 8/10 from me.

[ioannistr]

This cars reliability compensates for every disadvantage

[Tallandcharming]

Is it just me or was the original
Yaris interior FAR more revolutionary than this? It looks like a Chinese car interior to be honest, very un-Toyota! Thumbs down but Matt, a great review as always mate.

[sigurdbb]

I wish toyata did a total redesign of the yaris.

[HiyasuJ]

That infotaiment system looks like any system made in 2009

[akula]

I have one, not bothered about the things he hates. It gets me from A to B, it’s Toyota, it’s reliable. My previous Corolla gave 22 years good service.

[xx]

This is THE first car to have, the bar, and a strong guard against all kind of scams in the auto industry. Remember the specs of the Yaris by heart. If any model gives you less than that and asks for more money forget it!

[robhargraves]

It’s reliable.
Is that not important?
Yes, very!!!!
I like the way this one looks. And I like all the weird bits inside.
Soft ish suspension, good! Comfort.

My wife has the hybrid version, so smooth and easy to drive. That’s what actually matters to us.
And it’s reliable!

Yes, perhaps there is a little too much road noise at speed.

My daughter still has the original Yaris after 10 years which is just a brilliant little car.
Did I mention it’s reliable?
It is.

[DejamLuFiak]

Fond memories of driving this car for my driving lessons. Easy to drive and passed first time.

[Danijamali]

That car is basically designed for the Japanese market so the lights and all other things are normally on the right side. UK has a stupid way of keeping the lights on the left in a right hand drive car i have no idea why. The quality is a bit shoody yeah but that car will last more than matt himself so it can be forgiven.