Toyota Yaris SR
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Toyota Yaris SR - Toyota, though, thinks otherwise, and its latest racy baby does without a headline-grabbing power output. Producing a mere 131bhp, the new Yaris SR is a lightweight in this class of the market instead, it delivers knockout punches for low running costs and affordable prices. However, this modest muscle is not the only big gamble Toyota is taking with the car. Having phased out the T Sport badge in the UK, the Japanese maker is calling the latest top-of-the-range Yaris the SR, a name that hardly has the same verbal punch… (more…)
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