The slightly larger B-segment, already populated by the Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta, is growing, too, with new or redesigned models coming soon.
In the spring, Honda will begin selling its Fit, Toyota will sell the Yaris and, a couple of months later, Nissan will sell the Versa.
It plans to be more flexible about shipping cars from one nation to another, such as the Yaris from Europe to the U.S., to improve factory efficiency.
Yes, sure, Toyota could have simply transplanted the regular Prius's powertrain (net 134 hp) into the smaller and lighter Yaris, and Newton tells us it would have gotten better fuel economy.
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These include the family friendly Toyota Highlander crossover SUV, the budget-minded Yaris subcompact and the fuel-sipping Prius hybrid hatchback, along with the upscale Lexus ES 350 sedan and RX 350 crossover.
At the same time, other Chinese have self-organized online to form purchasing groups with enough leverage to force down the price of, say, the new Toyota Yaris they each want to buy.
But, squeezing between lumbering delivery trucks and hornet-like scooters in the familiar pandemonium of an Italian town, the FF was barely more intimidating than a Toyota Yaris: easy to place, good visibility, easy power delivery.
De Soto, of Tamuning, is accused of plowing into several people with his gray Toyota Yaris late Tuesday as he drove onto a sidewalk and into a convenience store at the Outrigger hotel in the Tumon district.
These expected high-mileage runners run the gamut from affordable small cars like the Toyota Yaris and the Scion xB and xD, to family minded SUVs including the Acura RDX, Lexus RX 350 and the Toyota RAV4 and 4Runner to utilitarian pickups like the Chevrolet Avalanche and Honda Ridgeline.
In the spring, Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) will begin selling its Fit, Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) will sell the Yaris and, a couple of months later, Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) will sell the Versa.
Other notorious flops on the top 10 list include the sedate Lexus HS 250h hybrid sedan, the virtually forgotten Acura RL luxury sedan and Lincoln MKT crossover luxury SUV, the otherwise amenable BMW 1 Series and a few longstanding models that were just plain getting long in the tooth, including the Hyundai Azera, Lexus GS and Toyota Yaris.
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