Video: AdSpotting: Toyota Yaris is a car, and apparently, not much else

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Toyota

Company: Toyota
Brand: Toyota
Medium: Online
Product: Toyota Yaris
Campaign: It’s a car!

What We Like: Placing Michael Showalter in your ads earns automatic bonus points with us. These spots are pretty funny, and Showalter is the driving force behind the humor. Also, it’s refreshing to see an automaker take a self-deprecating point of view from [...]

Official: Toyota UK reveals new Yaris hatchback

Filed under: Budget, Hatchback, Toyota, UK, Diesel

Toyota Yaris hatchback UK – Click above for high-res image gallery

Toyota UK has dropped the curtain on its new Yaris. The subcompact hatch – likely identical to the 2012 Yaris arriving in the States this fall – benefits from a more dynamic design and additional standard equipment on all [...]

Report: Toyota Yaris plant to be shuttered for at least another month

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Lexus, Toyota

Production issues in Japan continue three weeks after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the island nation. Major Japanese automakers have consistently pushed back plant start-up times and Toyota is no different, with a current forecast of an April 11 or April 14 re-boot. And that’s best-case scenario. The automaker [...]

Spy Shots: 2012 Toyota Yaris looking more aggressive

Filed under: Spy Photos, Budget, Hatchback, Toyota

2012 Toyota Yaris spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery

Now that the B segment has been set ablaze with newcomers like the Ford Fiesta and Mazda2, it’s time for other automakers to freshen up their small car offerings. Honda revamped the Fit for 2009, there’s a brand [...]

Are you the 2012 Toyota Yaris?

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Spy Photos, Budget, Etc., Hatchback, Toyota, Rumormill, Design/Style

The Toyota Yaris is ready for an update, something that Toyota of North America has been pushing for some time now. A concept version of the next generation Yaris is expected to make an appearance at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show and we [...]