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Toyota Yaris 3rd generation Vitz

Years
2010–2020
Drivetrain
FF / 4WD
Toyota Yaris 3rd generation Vitz

Image: LuvsMG481 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Story

As befits a small car for an energy-saving age, its aerodynamics were improved. It adopted the world's first Super UV Cut glass for the front door windows.

Stories

01

The target rises with every new rival

More than 80% of third-generation Vitz cars were built and sold overseas, and compact cars from around the world, from Peugeot, Ford, VW and others, were its benchmarks. Each time a new rival came out the target was revised upward, and the exterior design was redone many times to make sure it would not look inferior to its rivals on European streets; it was finally settled in the spring.

02

Small tanks for 17 colors

The third-generation Vitz changed to a unisex design and was well received. To suit women's wide-ranging tastes, the Vitz was offered in 17 body colors. A paint plant's tanks are usually around 200 liters, but Toyota Industries, which built the Vitz, had cartridge-type equipment of around 20 liters that could handle colors that did not sell much.

Chassis

Length 3,885-3,945 mmWB 2,510 mm1,500-1,530 mmHeightWidth 1,695 mm
Curb weight
970-1,130kg

Production plants

  1. Toyota Motor Manufacturing France

    Onnaing, Nord, France

    North America, Europe, Turkey and Australia

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible from December 203525 years after sales began in December 2010
Last cars
Eligible during 204525 years after sales ended in 2020 (month not recorded)

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

Hirofumi Yamamoto

Hirofumi Yamamotountil Apr. 2014

Chief engineer of the third-generation Vitz.

Yoshihiko Kanamori

Yoshihiko Kanamorifrom Apr. 2014

ZP chief engineer in the product planning group of Toyota Motor Corporation. He brought together development of both the Vitz and the Passo, which were improved at almost the same time.