echo eraser

kim reynolds

YOU'D think replacing the Echo would be one of the easier roles a new model could be assigned. When it was introduced in 2000, the Toyota's Roger Rabbit styling pigeonholed it the class clown of the model year, and no amount of affordability could unspill the milk. But the two Yaris models replacing it—a chic three-door liftback and a trendy sedan—still have a tough mission, even at a sub-$18,000 base price. And that's to demonstrate that the Japanese automotive powerhouse can compete with South Korea (and soon China) in building blue-light-special entry-level vehicles. Inside, both cars are unusually spacious for their diminutive scale and continue the Echo and Prius's tradition of the gauge cluster in the middle of the dash, Its symmetrical design certainly smells like cost saving, but Toyota claims…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2006

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