Cabriolet Yaris

[sharky55]

I went to ameet at cleethorpes and was told that some time in the near future Toyota are bringing out a 2-litre yaris cabriolet

Is this true and if so anyone got any pictures or details :)

[Chuck04]

Hmm no cant say ive heared anything about that yet, not saying its not true, 2 litre cabriolet, intersting

[jaxx]

total rubbish mate

cabriolet was a concept car a few years back and was deemed never to go into production

also toyota dont know how to build a 'proper' sports hatch back these days so youll never see a 2ltr in one

in fact youll never see the 1.8 in one.................well not yet anyway :P

[Chuck04]

show them how its done mate

[JustJJ]

Hehe... I like the idea of a soft top Yaris :P its amusing...

I found this...

[T V O R]

D.I.Y Cabriolet:

[jaxx]

show them how its done mate

it GOT to be done

it will be done

it may be already being done

watch this space

[Robie]

D.I.Y Cabriolet:

lol

[T V O R]

D.I.Y Cabriolet:

lol

What out for those jagged edges!

[Nizan]

and all the extra weight from beefing up the chassis to provide extra strengh due to there being no roof

it will be slow if built with a 1500

[Ismael]

Hope this pic sheds more light in the discussion ;)

Don't remember where I got it though

http://www.geocities.com/excite_vitz/vitz48.jpg

if you can't open it directly from the link, copy and paste the address in your address bar and there you go

Cheers

Ismael

[Toyota PR]

in fact you'll never see the 1.8 in one

I drove one - 189bhp, 1.8ltr - about 2 1/2 years ago. It was built by the ex-Brabham F1 team, then known as Activa, for parent company Yamaha (5% owned by Toyota) to show off to Toyota R&D big brass in Japan along with such toys as a semi-active suspension for Supra and IS200. The Yaris also had the trick suspension.

Of course, history relates that it never got the go ahead. From what I recall it was a bit more dramatic to drive than the turbo, but not hugely. Had to be LHD due to manifold trying to occupy same space as steering column on RHD.

As to why no rip-snorting sports cars the answer is simple - emissions. We're on a commitment to hit an average emission level of all cars being sold by 2010 of 140g/km of CO2. Put another way, by then the average has to be Prius level, hence for every sports car or 4x4 we need to balance with small cars (cue next year’s smaller than Yaris car so far only known by code name B Zero). Tough target, but any car company failing to meet it will face heavy fines and possibly huge public shame. Boring, but important

[Kenny]

in fact you'll never see the 1.8 in one

I drove one - 189bhp, 1.8ltr - about 2 1/2 years ago. It was built by the ex-Brabham F1 team, then known as Activa, for parent company Yamaha (5% owned by Toyota) to show off to Toyota R&D big brass in Japan along with such toys as a semi-active suspension for Supra and IS200. The Yaris also had the trick suspension.

So that Activa was real then as there were rumours as it was fake etc.

[Kenny]

Had to be LHD due to manifold trying to occupy same space as steering column on RHD.

So Rob, does that mean you won't be able to do the 2ZZ-GE conversion..... :o

[jaxx]

oh no looks like it :(

ahwell ill just turbo it instead!

ok ok so big fines for polluting the already nackered atmosphere!

TBH theres only monkey greenpeace likes that ask for that rubbish! we want sportscars! with big engines and twin turbos!

fossil fuel will be gone in 10 years and cars will be running clean and abundant hydrogen/electricity hybrid engines!

[Ismael]

Hiya,

just came upon some pics of the cabriolet at Geneva 2000 car show. Enjoy.

Cheers

Ismael

Geneva 2000 Car Show

[Al J]

Yeah. this has been discussed on other forums. It looks fine but a bit too "cute" IMHO.

[Ismael]

Hiya again,

also check the cabriolet version of the celica:

Celica Cabriolet

Ismael