Ozyaris?

[Sp33dY]

Read here : http://www.ozyaris.com/

*Curses Toyota Australia*

Good marketing strategy though -- a lot of people wont realise the new YARIS is the ECHO.

[Yaris WRC]

cool :) europe 1 - rest of world 0

wonder how long it takes to get the USA to change the name :P

[Sp33dY]

Canadas new echo will also be named the YARIS ...... its gone Global (except for japan i guess, they are still a VITZ).

[echo_rs]

Canada and US are both now Yaris...I take delivery of my Yaris RS (T-Sport designation dropped in favour of RS)October 17th in Canada...

Cheers

[Demonic Angel]

Yaris is taking over the world.....mwah ha haaaa

Well apart from Japan obviously!

[jay dh]

wonder why they have done this...

marketing possibly, increase interest?

[Kerby]

well i think yaris in japan means somethin so that prob the reason why its stayed vitz over there. i everywhere else is to stop confusion maybe?

[Sp33dY]

Changing a name will think people a buying a totally different car. A lot of people wont realise the Toyota Yaris is being replace with the new model Echo, with a new name. They'll think its a new car to the range as such i guess? They might even have some old stock so they can continue to sell the ECHO at bargain prices until they run out? Im not sure... but its defintiely a marketing strategy.

[BLiTZ]

Yaris is taking over the world.....mwah ha haaaa

Well apart from Japan obviously! 

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I never liked the Echo name, Yaris is much nicer imo and the japanese have to have another name so people can be more JDM cool when they import one :P

[Blue84]

ooh that's a good idea, I always think its better when the car has the same name in all/most countries.

[Demonic Angel]

Unlike the Honda Fit/Jazz

Jazz is just such a nicer name!

[Al J]

Yes, I saw a post on Echofans where someone was even asking how you pronounce "Yaris". I may go over and put him out of his misery later.

[Demonic Angel]

Yes, I saw a post on Echofans where someone was even asking how you pronounce "Yaris". I may go over and put him out of his misery later.

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Yahh-ris?

Yay-ris?

Yahh-reece?

Yu-ris?

[Blaze]

wahoo! Bout time! No offence to anyone! :D

[Al J]

The thing is, the Aussies, Canadians and American fans of the Echo will have got used to the name. I can understand that some might be a little peeved. Just think how we'd all feel if Toyota changed the name Yaris to... oh, I don't know.... Saxo or Corsa!

[Tegan]

Yaris is taking over the world.....mwah ha haaaa

Well apart from Japan obviously! 

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I never liked the Echo name, Yaris is much nicer imo and the japanese have to have another name so people can be more JDM cool when they import one :P

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Aww i like the name Echo, think its funky that there are so many different names for them :hokus-pokus:

[Al J]

Aww i like the name Echo, think its funky that there are so many different names for them  :hokus-pokus:

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Yep, I agree.

Echo, Yaris, Vitz, Platz (sedan I think though)...

[RossP]

I like Vitz best out of all of them tbh!

[alanbradley]

Yeah, but Vitz means something else in German though... I think its "joke", but I'm not sure.

I like Yaris best...

A

[RossP]

Bah!!

[Blaze]

The thing is, the Aussies, Canadians and American fans of the Echo will have got used to the name. I can understand that some might be a little peeved. Just think how we'd all feel if Toyota changed the name Yaris to... oh, I don't know.... Saxo or Corsa!

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It would only be the same if they changed the name of the yaris to echo or vitz! saxo or corsa?! Stop swearing at us!

[Demonic Angel]

The thing is, the Aussies, Canadians and American fans of the Echo will have got used to the name. I can understand that some might be a little peeved. Just think how we'd all feel if Toyota changed the name Yaris to... oh, I don't know.... Saxo or Corsa!

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It would only be the same if they changed the name of the yaris to echo or vitz! saxo or corsa?! Stop swearing at us!

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But there is such a thing as a Toyota Corsa..... only in Japan though!

[gerard]

The echo was meant as a cheap and cheerful means of transport. Toyota has since introduced the Aygo to cover that segment and therefore want to take the echo upmarket.

Hence a possible reason for the glocal name change

[RossP]

Yup there is a Toyota Corsa...