This car could be Toyota’s best-kept secret

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This car could be Toyota’s best-kept secret
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And it’s less than $20,000.

When you sell 10 million cars a year, it’s hard to have any secrets — at least any secrets lurking in your showroom, that is.

The Yaris has plenty of Toyota quirk to its styling, for better or worse. Its low, snout-like front end won’t win it any awards, though the swoopy lines along its sides are realized better here than on other Toyotas. The 16-inch alloy wheels fitted to all but the base sedan have a dressy look, too. Sadly, this lousy interface may talk some buyers out of the Yaris before they even leave on a test drive. Those who do go for the test drive, perhaps after feeling sufficiently impressed by the round climate-control vents that feel like they were designed to aerospace standards or the tough fabric or leatherette upholstery, will tap the starter and hear a 1.5-liter inline-4 thrum to life.

As a Mazda, it possesses a certain delicate, entertaining personality, which makes it the automotive equivalent of that poindexter who always has the right answer at exactly the right time. Darn you, Kevin. Mazda briefly sold the Mazda 2 in the U.S. . The little car was more popular in Canada , but not enough so that the automobile maker saw fit to offer a second generation.Then, in swooped Toyota with the answer — a partnership that may turn into a fruitful relationship once the two open an assembly plant near Huntsville, Ala. In 2016, Toyota grabbed the fourth-generation and renamed it the Scion iA.

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