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Toyota Yaris 4th generation

Years
2020–present
Drivetrain
FF / 4WD
Toyota Yaris 4th generation

Image: EurovisionNim / CC BY-SA 4.0

Story

From this generation the name was unified as Yaris in Japan as well. It is built in Japan (Iwate Prefecture) and France.

Stories

01

Not hand-me-downs, everything the latest

The hybrid added to the Vitz was a hand-me-down of the Aqua's system, and people kept saying its fuel economy fell short of the Aqua's and that it was slow to get automatic braking. With the Yaris, Suezawa made nothing a hand-me-down: performance, fuel economy and safety technology were all the latest.
Yasunori Suezawa

02

Giving up the Vitz name

When the Starlet's successor was launched, names that sounded good in each region were chosen: Yaris for Europe and Vitz for Japan. The Yaris later became a global brand, and only Japan was still calling it the Vitz. With a new platform and engine, and the Yaris having become known through the WRC as a car that is fun to drive, it was decided to change the name and start afresh.
Yasunori Suezawa

Chassis

Front

Strut

Rear

Double wishbone

Torsion beamFF

Length 3,940 mmWB 2,550-2,560 mm1,470-1,515 mmHeightWidth 1,695-1,745 mm
Curb weight
940-1,180kg

Production plants

  3. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic

    Kolín, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible from February 204525 years after sales began in February 2020
Last cars
Still in production

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Yasunori Suezawa

Yasunori Suezawa

Hometown: Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture

Chief engineer of the Yaris (fourth generation). He served as chief engineer of the Vitz (the Yaris in Europe).

Naohiko Saito

Naohiko Saito

Chief engineer of the GR Yaris. Development chief engineer in the GR Project Promotion Division of GAZOO Racing Company.