The Toyota Yaris is an excellent vehicle. It is among AutoOnInfo.net's Best Automobiles of 2008 and the manual transmission version is among ACEEE's Greenest Dozen (No. 5 with a Green Score of 46 and a fuel efficiency of 29 miles per gallon in city and 36 miles per gallon on highway), with the autmoatic transmission not far behind. And its predecessor, the Echo (with a less refined interior), is on AutoOnInfo.net's list of vehicles with a Best Engine and on AutoOnInfo.net's very exclusive lists of the Best of 2001 (No. 1 for vehicles 4-to-6 years of age), Best of 2002 (No. 5 for vehicles 3-to-5 years of age), Best of 2003 (No. 6 for vehicles 2-to-4 years of age), and Best of 2004 (No. 3 for vehicles 2-to-3 years of age), the most recent year for which AutoOnInfo.net has computed its Reliability Percentrank.
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The Honda Fit is an excellent alternative to the Toyota Yaris. Here is a comparison of the two:
Both the Toyota Yaris and the Honda Fit are accorded Consumer Reports' highest predicted short-term reliability category, the Fit is accorded CR's highest consumer satisfaction rating and the Yaris - CR's average rating, the Fit is accorded CR's second-highest accident avoidance rating and the Yaris - CR's average-to-below-average rating (depending on version), and the Fit is accorded CR's second-highest crash protection rating and the Yaris - CR's second-highest rating (with side air bags and average rating without side air bags). Also, both the Yaris and the Fit are on AutoOnInfo.net's very selective list of the Best Automobiles of 2008.
With regard to longer term relaibility, the Honda Fit lacks a history as it is new, but the Echo (the Yaris' predecessor with a less refined interior) offers a reliability history that is rather remarkable. The Echo is on AutoOnInfo.net's very excluxive lists of the Best of 2001 (No. 1 for vehicles 4-to-6 years of age), Best of 2002 (No. 5 for vehicles 3-to-5 years of age), Best of 2003 (No. 6 for vehicles 2-to-4 years of age), and Best of 2004 (No. 3 for vehicles 2-to-3 years of age), the most recent year for which AutoOnInfo.net has computed a Reliability Percentrank.
With regard to fuel efficiency, both the manual transmission version of the Yaris and the manual transmission version of the Fit are on ACEEE's list of the Greenest Dozen. This version of the Yaris is No. 5 with a Green Score of 46 and a fuel efficiency of 29 miles per gallon in city and 36 miles per gallon on highway, and this version of the Fit is No. 8 with a Green Score of 44 and a fuel efficiency of 28 miles per gallon in city and 34 miles per gallon on highway. The automatic transmission versions of both are very close behind.
The Honda Fit likely offers better acceleration as it offers slightly greater horsepower and torque. Also, I own a 2007 Honda Fit and my husband owns a Corolla, and my Fit offers better acceleration than his Corolla. However, the drawback is that Honda transmissions seem not to last as long as Toyota transmissions, although Honda and Toyota engines both seem to share remarkable durability.
With regard to overall durability of Honda vehicles versus Toyota vehicles, there appear to be rather limited differences. See Toyota Age Equivalent estimates at
http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/Durability...tionPage11.htm and Honda Age Equivalent estimates at
http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/Durability...tionPage12.htm . However, for an evidence that favors Toyota, see
http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/RosterOf30...leVehicles.htm .
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