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The Toyota Yaris (Japanese: トヨタ・ヤリス, Hepburn: Toyota Yarisu) is a supermini/subcompact car sold by Toyota since 1999, replacing the Starlet and Tercel.. Up to 2019, Toyota had used the Yaris nameplate on export versions of various Japanese-market models, with some markets receiving the same vehicles under the Toyota Echo name through 2005.
To meet the WRC's homologation rules Toyota would need to produce at least 2,500 units of the GR Yaris in a continuous 12-month period, although this is claimed to be 25,000 by Toyota. [5] [1] Rally cars homologated for the WRC are required to use the same basic bodyshell as a production car and the standard XP210 series Yaris is only available ...
The XP90 series Vitz and Belta share underpinnings with each other including the drivetrain and platform. However, while the Vitz was designed at Toyota's French design studio (Toyota ED²), the Belta was designed at Toyota's Japanese design studio (TMC Design Division) [13] — design projects for similar cars marketed toward different demographics.
In 2024, a Yaris Cross Hybrid was modified by Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand (TGRT) to participate in RAAT Thailand Rally Championship 2024. [87] According to TGRT, the car retained the hybrid system but it was modified to meet RC 2.1 class specifications. [ 88 ]
The first generation XP10 series Vitz was designed by Sotiris Kovos [9] at Toyota's ED2 studio in Europe. [10] It was first unveiled at the 1998 Paris Motor Show.Production began in late 1998, [11] with a Japanese on-sale date of January 1999; European sales commenced two months later as the "Toyota Yaris". [9]
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A second plug-in hybrid model, the Toyota RAV4 PHV (RAV4 Prime in the US) was unveiled in December 2019. The vehicle has an EPA-estimated 68 kilometres (42 mi) of all-electric range and generates a combined 225 kilowatts (302 hp), enabling it to be Toyota's second fastest car currently in production (behind the GR Supra 3.0 sports car). [157]
The prototype car is based on the GR Yaris production car. [4] The car won the Autosport Awards Rally Car of the Year in 2022. [5] The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 is an advanced iteration of the high-performance rally car, developed in compliance with the FIA Rally1 technical regulations introduced in 2022.