Yaris - Yaris 1.0 Kerb Weight

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 10:38
Yaris - Yaris 1.0 Kerb Weight - thirts

I posted this in the Technical Forum but didn't get and replies so I thought I would try here (hope that's OK)

I know this may sound a bit anal but.........

I have a Y reg 1.0 3 dr Yaris and I'm looking to replace it with a newer Yaris.

Now the little 1.0 is just about OK pushing my car along, but have the newer models gained weight over the years?. I just took a test drive in the latest model, and whilst it felt OK, it seemed to need a bit more reving.

A may get a newer version of the old shape (3 years old), and again is that the same weight as my current yaris?

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 11:11
Yaris - Yaris 1.0 Kerb Weight - unthrottled

Surprisingly, the Yaris doesn't seem to have put on pounds over the years. The 1.0l varients have hovered around the 2100lb mark for some years now.

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 11:14
Yaris - Yaris 1.0 Kerb Weight - Auristocrat

No - cars generally got heavier over the years, due to increasing safety and equipment requirements, although manufacturers since approx 2007 have been looking at weight saving in new models. For example the 2003-07 Mazda 2 ranged in weight from 1171 to 1207kg. The 2007-2013 Mazda 2 ranges from 950 to 1265kg.

The Toyota Yaris 1.0 litre 3 door that was crash tested in 2000 by Euro NCAP had a kerb weight of 899kg. The kerb weight of the second generation Yaris ranges between 1030 and 1115kg, depending on version. The kerb weight of the third generation Yaris ranges from 1025 to 1115kg.

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 11:24
Yaris - Yaris 1.0 Kerb Weight - Avant

Whatever the weight, you'll find the 1.3 Yaris a lot more lively and not much less econonical (as you don't have to use so much accelerator to get decent performance).

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 18:12
Yaris - Yaris 1.0 Kerb Weight - thirts

Whatever the weight, you'll find the 1.3 Yaris a lot more lively and not much less econonical (as you don't have to use so much accelerator to get decent performance).

Thanks, but the Yaris will be a second cars, and in the next 14 months it is very likely that my daughter will want to use it and be insured for it, hence I need it to be 1.0l to try and make the running costs insurance/tax, as cheap as possible.
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