Autocar Hatchback Group Test

[alanbradley]

Don't know if any of you have read this yeat, but Autocar took four moderately high spec, 1.4 petrol (okay, so 1.3 in the Yaris's case) from London to Paris including a "fun" lap of the Peripherique and cruise down the Champs Elysée.

Basically, their appraisal of the new Yaris was:-

Good:-

Comfort

Space

Nippyness

Dashboard design

Bad:-

Noise

Interior Plastics

That actually commented that the Yarsi was far more enjoyably - in the cut 'n' thrust of city driving than any of the others and that it actually felt more "French" than the French cars.

So which one won? Well, the best one. Of course ;)

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[jay dh]

thats all well and good, but would the wonderful general public buy one... i havent seen many on the roads

[Bibbs]

it actually felt more "French" than the French cars.

Is that a good thing? Or a dig that it's made in France so all the trim falls off?

[jay dh]

it actually felt more "French" than the French cars.

Is that a good thing? Or a dig that it's made in France so all the trim falls off?

its made in france isnt it?

even if it isnt, made like a french car isnt a compliment

[alanbradley]

it actually felt more "French" than the French cars.

Is that a good thing? Or a dig that it's made in France so all the trim falls off?

its made in france isnt it?

even if it isnt, made like a french car isnt a compliment

<_<

[Lenry]

It took ages for me to see the new yaris, but over the last few weeks I've sen about 10.

[tbourner]

Were the older ones made in France as well? Weren't there some made in France and some made in jap?

[DaveSR]

Were the older ones made in France as well? Weren't there some made in France and some made in jap?

MKI

P1 = Jap built

P2 = French built :!Removed!:

MKII

P1 = French built I believe?

;)

If you want to know the difference between the different phase check the stickies

[Blue84]

Glad to hear the Yaris came tops, again

[ssk2]

Meh, stuff keeps falling off my supposedly Japanese built P1!!

Could just be my speed over speed bumps / my rather ragged style of driving.

Who knows!

New Yaris looks nice, I might graduate to something slightly bigger by the time I get my next car tho'!

I would agree with the dash design bit - Yaris dash totally owns every other small hatchback's dash!

Space is also awesome - compared to a Micra where I could touch all four corners of the car from the drivers seat...

[reece]

Were the older ones made in France as well? Weren't there some made in France and some made in jap?

MKI

P1 = Jap built

P2 = French built :!Removed!:

MKII

P1 = French built I believe?

;)

99% of T Sports are Jap built

[alanbradley]

All T-Sports are Japanese, Mk2 built in Japan and France (little sister's is Japanese...)

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