The hatchback and sedan versions of this Yaris looked like siblings but barely shared any metal — the only exterior panels in common between them were the front doors.
Median 74 hp across 207 similar cars
Lead trim: 1.0 1SZ-FE · up to 148 hp
Toyota Yaris / Vitz / Echo XP101999–2005
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FactThe hatchback and sedan versions of this Yaris looked like siblings but barely shared any metal — the only exterior panels in common between them were the front doors.
The first-generation XP10 series Vitz was designed by Sotiris Kovos at Toyota's ED2 studio in Europe and first unveiled at the 1998 Paris Motor Show, with a Japanese on-sale date of 13 January 1999, through Netz Stores. It was sold as the Toyota Yaris in Europe and as the Echo in Australasia (from October 1999) and Canada, and the "Echo" and "Yaris" names were also given to the export version of the related Japanese-market Toyota Platz sedan. At its introduction in 1999 it won the Car of the Year Japan Award, and it used digital instruments mounted in a "pod" in the centre of the dashboard. The Vitz RS was introduced in October 2000 with revised bumpers, a mesh grille, side skirts and alloy wheels, firmer suspension and stronger brakes, and in 2003 the facelifted Phase 2 Vitz was released with different bumpers and teardrop front lights. It was also sold in China as the Xiali Vizi from December 2002 to 2012.
Collectors Spotted in the Toyota Yaris Lineage
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Trims & Figures
9 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 1SZ-FE | 1999–2005 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 67 hp | 66 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.3 2NZ-FE | 1999–2005 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 86 hp | 89 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.3 2SZ-FE | 1999–2005 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | 90 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.3 8A-FE (China) | 1999–2005 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | 81 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.4 1ND-TV | 1999–2005 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 125 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.5 1NZ-FE | 1999–2005 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 106 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vitz RS 1.3 (2NZ-FE; 84 hp) | 2000–2005 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 84 hp | 90 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Vitz RS 1.5 (1NZ-FE; 110 hp) | 2000–2005 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 110 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Vitz RS Turbo TRD (1NZ-FTE; 148 hp) | 2003–2004 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 145 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 1.0 1SZ-FE trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Akio Toyoda delayed this Yaris by a year in 2015 because its platform had come out larger, heavier and pricier than targeted.
Partway through its run, every US and Canadian XP130 Yaris stopped coming from Japan: from May 2013, Toyota built them in France instead.
The XP90-generation Yaris never really retired in Europe — from 2011 to 2013, Daihatsu kept building and selling the same five-door hatchback as the Charade, right alongside the all-new Yaris.
The hatchback and sedan versions of this Yaris looked like siblings but barely shared any metal — the only exterior panels in common between them were the front doors.
Rivals
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