2010 Toyota Yaris
Let's all get this perfectly clear right now. There is nothing wrong with the 2010 Toyota Yaris. But there isn't a whole lot that is right about it either when you realize it is made by the largest and most technologically advanced new car manufacturer on the entire planet.I have many concerns about the packaging of the Yaris (which comes in three, four or five door flavors much like Ice Cream does with Rocky Road, Neopolitan and yummy vanilla) which was designed to be highly functional and utilitarian without possessing one single, solitary stylish bone in its body. It's one attempt to be different comes across with all the success of a mohawk on that dorky kid you knew from junior high who always ate lunch with the Cafeteria ladies.So how has the Yaris tried to set itself apart from the Honda Fit, Nissan Versa and the Ford Fiestas of the world? (No matter what the Yaris does it's still never going to be as bad as an Aveo whose doors are attached so loosely as to feel they might rip off in your hand with just the slightest provocation.) For some reason Toyota decided to place the air conditioning controls just by your ankle all the while placing the speedo/tach portion in the upper, rear section of the dash making it utterly illegible.Were all the engineers in Tokyo City (where they engineer Toyotas; this is not a lie) just too polite to want to drive the Yaris first so in the end none of them ever did? (This is probably a lie.) No, I think you should try it out first! No, I think you should. It was your idea! No, no it's definitely already been driven, must have been what all the engineers eventually decided. (This is utter fabrication. )As we near the dawn of the year 2010 it seems really shameful to punish people with a little bit less money by denying them the right to power windows and door locks. (Crank windows and manual push down locks are standard).Isn't that irresponsible of Toyota in this crime ridden age to not include quick rolling power window? What if a man puts his arm in your window at the Jack in the Box Drive Thru and tries to steal your peppermint milkshake? We all know you won't be doing a lot of damage to his arm with your roll-up crank windows.This is a safety concern that needs to be remedied by the Government immediately. Don't they fix everything now? Granted air conditioning, seats, tires and lots of cheap feeling interior plastic (no doubt meant to feel funky and young) are, of course, standard.The Yaris, honestly, wouldn't be as bad a car as it is without the Toyota logo on the front. We all know what a great car Toyota can make and have probably at one time or another owned one. But as GM is now painfully learning there are only so many years that customers will be patient with poorly built, banal products before they start seeking out your competition. In droves.
Let's all get this perfectly clear right now. There is nothing wrong with the 2010 Toyota Yaris. But there isn't a whole lot that is right about it either when you realize it is made by the largest and most technologically advanced new car manufacturer on the entire planet.
I have many concerns about the packaging of the Yaris (which comes in three, four or five door flavors much like Ice Cream does with Rocky Road, Neopolitan and yummy vanilla) which was designed to be highly functional and utilitarian without possessing one single, solitary stylish bone in its body. It's one attempt to be different comes across with all the success of a mohawk on that dorky kid you knew from junior high who always ate lunch with the Cafeteria ladies.
So how has the Yaris tried to set itself apart from the Honda Fit, Nissan Versa and the Ford Fiestas of the world? (No matter what the Yaris does it's still never going to be as bad as an Aveo whose doors are attached so loosely as to feel they might rip off in your hand with just the slightest provocation.) For some reason Toyota decided to place the air conditioning controls just by your ankle all the while placing the speedo/tach portion in the upper, rear section of the dash making it utterly illegible.
Were all the engineers in Tokyo City (where they engineer Toyotas; this is not a lie) just too polite to want to drive the Yaris first so in the end none of them ever did? (This is probably a lie.) No, I think you should try it out first! No, I think you should. It was your idea! No, no it's definitely already been driven, must have been what all the engineers eventually decided. (This is utter fabrication. )
As we near the dawn of the year 2010 it seems really shameful to punish people with a little bit less money by denying them the right to power windows and door locks. (Crank windows and manual push down locks are standard).
Isn't that irresponsible of Toyota in this crime ridden age to not include quick rolling power window? What if a man puts his arm in your window at the Jack in the Box Drive Thru and tries to steal your peppermint milkshake? We all know you won't be doing a lot of damage to his arm with your roll-up crank windows.
This is a safety concern that needs to be remedied by the Government immediately. Don't they fix everything now? Granted air conditioning, seats, tires and lots of cheap feeling interior plastic (no doubt meant to feel funky and young) are, of course, standard.
The Yaris, honestly, wouldn't be as bad a car as it is without the Toyota logo on the front. We all know what a great car Toyota can make and have probably at one time or another owned one. But as GM is now painfully learning there are only so many years that customers will be patient with poorly built, banal products before they start seeking out your competition. In droves.
