BarF1

Mazda3 is not sub compact.
Been doing a lot of driving in a Mazda3, for the price, its very very good.  10L/100km  isn't great, but its acceptable.  Besides 0% finance !!  Suspension is a little firm for those rough patch of asphalt ...

Overall, its a good buy ...

SmellyTofu

How does a Mazda 3, Versa .. then a Yaris & Fit fall into the same category. Shouldn't you be considering a Corolla and Civic??

b06

I guess my list of subcompact category is creating much "disturbance".  My bad.

Alright, so I've read your comments and looks like I'm going to have these two as my final choices:

Versa SL
Yaris RS

The Yaris, of cos, is notorious for good mileage usage and maintenance cost.  Versa on the other hand has a much more elegant interior and a slightly more powerful engine.

It looks like the price will be the final factor for me to decide between these two.  I heard that Toyota WILL NOT allow any room for bargaining (heard that from a friend of mine who is also owner of Toyota). We'll see...

ashtaron14

Well... Toyota just lowered the price of the base Yaris Hatch by $750. I know that might not be much but I think it's reansonable.

Also with the EcoAuto Rebate that's $1000 off

So all in all the Yaris Hatch is $1750 off

The Versa SL 1.8 with CVT and Completely loaded is $21373 before any taxes and charges
The Yaris Hatch 5 Door RS Fully Loaded with taxes & all charges is $23021.25

Hard to pick. I say test drive both the cars. The price difference will not be that much. I can tolerate the Versa if it came with better brakes, but frankly they cared me when I had the rental Versa... most of the time the car didn't seem like it wanted to stop, but other than that it's a normal commuter car. The brakes on the Yaris is a no complain for me, but lacks power.

Good luck!

spoonek4

俾我揀既話，我只係會諗honda fit同埋yaris rs，其他諗都唔會諗，齋講re-sale value 幾乎冇其他牌子可以夠honda同toyota 撼，亦都可以寫包單兩隻牌子既車都好渣同襟用。當中我諗yaris 既gas mileage會比fit 仔既好，fit 仔架架唔同，有d 人可以一缸行到好多，我自己果部一缸行到350-370km連warm車，視乎我大唔大腳油...

我自己就幾鐘意yaris 4門連原廠body kit果隻。另外我渣過versa幾次，一跳上車既感覺就係，errrrr唔知可以講咩果隻，話佢力水好我真係唔覺得。

spoonek4

原帖由 Traum 於 2008-2-14 10:01 發表

To me, the Yaris is not a $23k car. If I am paying that much, why am I still driving a Yaris?! I can get a lot more car for that amount of money from the used market.

兩睇喇力哥，話晒新車就係新車，冇撞過，十零km起手你自己run in 部車，自己決定幾時做保養之類之類，係，冇錯二萬幾既二手車大把有得揀，但係部車係咩咪數呢，之前既history又係點呢﹖上手車主會唔會渣得好粗呢﹖除非係同朋友買如果唔係你點知﹖

versa果方面，或者真係關個cvt波箱事啦，但我自己始終覺得部車唔太好渣，渣上黎冇細車應有既靈活性，外型又老土。仲有versa係1800cc 真係點都唔應該拎佢黎同d 1500cc 比。

fm9610

I had a rental 2007 Yaris for a week. It was an auto with A/C. The car had no power going up hill no matter how hard I pressed the gas paddle. I ended up with the same gas mileage as my old '97 Ford ESCORT, 1 litre for 10KM only! I think either there was something wrong with the car or the published gas mileage is not accurate. So buyer beware!