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

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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
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.
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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
- Curb weight
- 970-1,130kg
Production plants
Toyota Industries Nagakusa Plant
Obu, Aichi
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).
Engineers
Hirofumi Yamamotountil Apr. 2014
Chief engineer of the third-generation Vitz.
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.