Looks familiar, doesn’t it? The 2016 Toyota Yaris Sedan, recently revealed for the Canadian market, is essentially the 2016 Scion iA, which in turn, is basically a Mazda 2 Sedan – try wrapping that around your head. So then, what exactly is different here? To be honest, not much.
For starters, the Yaris Sedan looks like a carbon copy of its Scion counterpart with the same stylised headlights and gaping hexagonal front grille with chrome surround. Elsewhere, the car is equipped with 16-inch alloy wheels while the rear is rear pure Mazda 2 Sedan save for the different badges attached to its rump and the addition of a chromed tailpipe.
Under the bonnet, the 2016 Toyota Yaris Sedan is powered by the same 1.5 litre SkyActiv four-cylinder petrol engine found in the Scion iA. Said mill puts out a total of 106 hp and is paired to either a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission. Fuel efficiency figures include a rating of 6.7 l/100 km on the combined cycle for the manual gearbox while the automatic transmission records a figure of 6.4 l/100 km.
Inside, the 2016 Toyota Yaris Sedan is equipped as standard with a multifunction steering wheel, Bluetooth connectivity, cruise control, power windows and powered door locks. For a more premium outlook, soft-touch material and chrome accents are littered around the cabin.
The automatic variant allows owners to opt for what the brand calls a ‘Premium Package’ that adds on a seven-inch touchscreen infotainment system, six speakers, two USB ports, heated front seats, aluminium alloy wheels, fog lights and a reverse camera.
Now on sale in Canada, the 2016 Toyota Yaris Sedan is priced from US$16,995 (RM75,165) for the manual variant while the automatic version will cost potential owners US$18,200 (RM80,494). The aforementioned ‘Premium Package’ option will require owners to fork out another additional US$2,000 (RM8,845).
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Toyota with MZD Connect feels weird :(
Why Toyota after 60 years still copying? Better close shop
Hahahaha no one bash Toyota for rebadge ;p
got dislikes haaa bro
toyota shoul be the next General Motors..
For RV fans, now you get to have driving pleasure while having good RV because its a Toyota badge. What more you want? lol
grill looks out of proportion
I hope this car come here. This is because UMW need fresh new blood ie new cars. Their sales are so bad. All their salesman crying like newborn baby.
Hopefully new models can improve their bad stigma of bad mouthing other brands. Now everybody boycott Toyota because the UMW salesman play dirty past few years.
Let us pray that the UMW salesman now start playing clean from now on.
Mazda no RV. Yaris no RV
Lots of Toyota fans here,
Toyota now like Proton rebadge rebadge rebadge
what a shame , rebadge model win consumers.
When Proton doing rebadge, everyone complains.
When Toyota doing it, people badge u give lots of dislikes
Now Toyota copied Mazda, hahaha
I have nothing to say, but this how business works, cut cost and make money. I just wonder if Proton did this again, and some so call “Car Expert” will be shouting PLS CLOSE SHOP PROTON, SHAME ON YOU COPYING OTHER CAR. P1 SUCK!!. Those so call expert need to learn, unlearn and unlearn.
Who’s copying now ?
Toyota out of ideas ?
Didn’t know they share tech with Mazda. So, where’s sam loo, sam lorr etc ?
If Proton doing like this, sure kena hentam kaw2
Coz P1 is our belonging car maker. why should we hentam outside car maker?biarla la depa nk copy pon.
hmmm, I wonder which car company does this too? awesome design from TOYOTA!
#bravo
They could end further independent R&D for the Vios. Makes more sense to just sell this all over the world.
Is the Asian Toyota vios not good enough for north american market?
That itself speaks volumes about the mazda 2 design abd quality…
Signs of toyota going downhill
Fiat has been using the Mazda MX-5 as basis for their upcoming Fiat 124.Now Toyota is using Mazda 2 as their rebadged Yaris/Scion Ia albeit with only cosmetic changes rather than whole drivetrain like the 124.
I think this is good for Mazda.
Anyway I choose the the Mazda.
this car selling there is not cheap either.
u might as well says its a rebadge…people like to get confuse between clone n rebadging work
MAZDA RULES! Big brother use little brother’s platform
just when i thought the car price in Canada is about the same with us, oh wait…. it is because our weak Ringgit value dropping… sigh…
Tell me this is a joke.. :P
In the holy words of Proton bashers
WTH! 50 years oso want to rebadge! So syok sendiri say they are biggest in the world but still cannot come out with own car, need to do rebadge! What the R&D team doing, sleeping kah!? Like this can tutup their R&D lah! Better still after 50 years of Nippon support, still want to rebadge from a smaller competitor, better close shop!
Is it April fools?
You have to be either blind or a hardcore Toyota fanboy to buy this over the original Mazda2.
What happen if proton doing the same!!! hentam kawkaw
after Fiata, now what?
Demaris? (Demio aka Mazda 2 + Yaris)
Holy moly. This car take over the dugong throne. Nice work toyotasai.
Excuse me while i go vommit. And i thought almeera is ugly.
looks like mz2 campur ford fiesta
This prove Toyota Vios SUCKS, if vios so good why don’t they bring it to canada??
I believe Toyota and Mazda has signed a partnership agreement in May this year which will last until 2020.
From this, Toyota will mine Mazda’s expertise in lightweight design, fuel-efficient Skyactiv gas and diesel engines, and chassis tuning, while Mazda will pilfer hybrid and fuel-cell tech, manufacturing expertise, and perhaps some R&D dollars.
Through Scion iA, Toyota and Mazda is getting feedback from buyers around USA and Canada (4 seasons countries) which current selling market is very low (for Mazda, even Mazda 3).
Where almighty Toyota supporters??? Where same lorr??? Butthurt or what??? Hahahahaha this is karma