Toyota Yaris

The Yaris is available as a subcompact sedan or a two- or four-door hatchback with seating for up to five people. All Yaris versions slot below the Corolla as the smallest vehicles in Toyota’s lineup. Originally offered only as a hatchback, the Yaris added a sedan version, known as the Yaris iA, in 2017. The Yaris sedan (and in 2020 the hatchback, too) is based on the Mazda 2, despite sporting the Toyota badge.

Toyota sold the Yaris in three trims: the base L, the mid-tier LE, and the high-end XLE, which replaced the sporty, four-door-only SE trim in 2019. The Yaris iA sedan was offered in just a single trim during the 2017 and 2018 model years before dropping the “iA” designation in 2019. The Yaris lacks many advanced safety features, though lane-departure warning and forward collision warning did become standard across all trims for 2017. A standard 7.0-inch touchscreen (replacing a 6.1-inch display) arrived for 2019, while Apple CarPlay and Android Auto followed as standard features for 2020.

A 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine (106 hp, 103 lb-ft) is the only engine option available on the Yaris. Front-wheel driven, the Yaris’ powertrain was backed by a standard five-speed manual transmission or an optional four-speed automatic through the 2018 model year. In 2019, a six-speed manual transmission became standard, while a six-speed automatic was also offered (and came standard on the sedan’s XLE trim and the 2020 Yaris hatchback). No hybrid or electric variants were made.