Toyota Yaris AND Mazda 2 review: Two for the price of one!
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Other than the badges, the names and a few other minor details, the Toyota Yaris and the Mazda 2 are the same car. So our Nicola has saved us all some time by reviewing them both at the same time. Watch, learn and thank us later...
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There's nothing wrong with two companies sharing platforms, especially when they are both good companies like Mazda and Toyota. They're helping each other. It works both ways. The excellent engineering of rotary and hybrid and 6 cylinder technology is being shared with Toyota from Mazda
This car is very good and probably the best of all small cars just because of the hybrid system. Once you understand how this car drives and you like it you will never go away and if you do you probably gonna go to full electric car.
Try a Honda Jazz, similar size, similar tech, just more practical.
Only if I can find a fully electric car for the starting price of 20000 in Switzerland. Where i come from. So I hope
@@sp-tw8ijYeah, but a Jazz looks and feels like a pensioner's car.
I'm a Honda driver and have been for 2 decades, but the current Honda design esthetic is dull heaped upon dull. The latest generation Toyotas look much, much better.
@@ramonruegg8653The only full electric you're going to find at that price is a Dacia with about as much horsepower as a bicycle. Or some Chinese thing that's going to spontaneously combust at some random time.
Mazda 2 Hybrid isn't based on the current Yaris. It is the current Yaris. It's an example of badge engineering. Not sure if there is a GR sport ( body kit, stiffer suspension ) alternative for the Mazda 2 Hybrid. Should of obtained a base Yaris for comparison
So they pulled a reverse US Scion iA/Yaris iA/Yaris sedan?
@@SayAhh Yes. Badge engineering. Guess they have to do what they have to do. Strange they are allowing the older Mazda 2 to remain on sale beside it 🤔. Wonder what the ratio of Yaris Hybrid to Mazda 2 Hybrid is coming out of the factory. More GT86 and GR86 produced than MK1 BRZ and MK2 BRZ for example ( with that said there are subtle differences between the Toyotas and Subarus. Styling and suspension set up. Might be a little bit more )
Another reviewer moaning about Hybrid CVT gearboxes. Yawn.. They are really good for everyday driving and really efficient, which suits a vast majority of the driving we actually do.. Dull fact but true. If you mash your foot to floor in many cars the engines can sound gruff.
I have owned Toyota hybrid cars for eleven years and I don't see the big issue with the CVT gearbox. It has dramatically improved in recent years as I took the new Toyota Yaris hybrid for a test drive and it was much more refined/quiet under acceleration than my current 2011 Prius.
Sorry we had one four a month in France...it was horrid ...
Oh why be critical of her accent
For a month in France
It's actually eCVT. The MK3 Yaris hybrids are noisy when pushed, so she has a point. The current MK4 are better.
2:10 The best example is when Suzuki partnered with Toyota to reduce its fleet-wide emissions, and that's how we ended up with the Swace (Corolla Touring Sports) and Across (RAV4). Mazda have been working with Toyota for some time, so I wonder why it took them so long... perhaps Skyactiv-X hasn't earned them as much as they expected?
4cylinders??
never driven a cvt so question - when i accelerate quickly in a manual i keep the low gear and rev high. so how is revving high in a cvt mor annoying than revving high in a manual when you want to go quick? is it a have to try to understand thing? on the face of it it's just high revs which happen with any type of gearbox i thought.
Still lots of misunderstanding about cvts, they were tried in F1, but proved to be too fast. Although the sound is alien to us, they are still the best way to keep the inherently inefficient internal combustion engine at peak efficiency.. And after all that's the only purpose of any gearbox.
Fffff
You didn’t mention about it’s WRC roots
CVT is great! I really liked it in Yaris (hybrid)
They did the same thing in America and Canada but reversed, Toyota was selling the Mazda 2 as a Yaris.
Great review, brilliant outfit. Good to see reviews of small, planet savers instead of massive, heavy, SUV planetkillers.
oh how i would love to have this car in the usa
Love Nicola's laugh
Does it reduce the emissions even if nobody buys it? Is it the average emissions across the availability of the range?
On paper (for EU emission laws) yes, in reality no.
Nevertheless, since I have the Yaris Hybrid (it's the most popular car where I am based), I can certainly say that it is a magnificent supermini and a very economic one.
Omg! a flying upper body!
I enjoyed watching the Video Review. The Toyota Yaris Is the Model I would chose 😊
Toyota really is the village bike of the car world. Mazda Yaris, Aston Martin IQ, Suzuki Rav4.... Suzuki Corolla, Citroen/Peugeot Aygo. They must be raking it in from their partnerships
For couple of years now Toyota controls Mazda & Subaru and has a stake in Suzuki, their products will converge from now on. Since FCA merged with PSA and formed Stellantis the partnership with Toyota was cancelled and the Japaneses took control over the operation producing the 106/C1/Aygo. The new Aygo is a brand new car and Citroen & Peugeot likely will replace the 106/C1 with a version of the Fiat Centoventi.
@@krisg.4257 I forgot about Subaru. I wasn't aware they had a stake in Suzuki, that's interesting to know.
I great quick review Nicola. If you live somewhere where you don't have the capability to pump a bunch of sparks from your home into an electric car or that you occasionally do some longer journeys to visit people who also don't have a home spark generator then this makes a lot of sense. The CVT should be brilliant in traffic but less on a motorway. As a local runabout with longer distance potential and not hobbled by its range it's worth considering if you don't need the space. Oh! and it'll fit in an old carpark parking space, which is nice. Why have the size of parking spaces not increased with the size of cars today? Answers on a post card to most city councils and MP's.
The last thing we should do is increase the size of parking spaces, and therefore reduce the number of them. People just need to stop buying cars they don’t need. Consumerism and excess has dominated over necessity and practicality. That shouldn’t be rewarded.
Looks nice
The car too
The Yaris defo looks sharp in GR sport trim but 18" wheels are too big for a car of this size and given the state of UK roads.
It’s not as bad as you’d think Tbf.
Along with the suspension, steering, aero and chassis upgrades for the GR-Sport the trade off for a firmer but still comfy ride is way better road holding.
It’ll never match the 15”/16” Yaris/Mazda 2 for pure comfort obvs, but then they cant match the road holding characteristics.
Good variety of choice for folk
@@mikesanders5433 fair enough. I had the base model as a courtesy vehicle which ran on 16" wheels which seemed like a nice balance of ride comfort and handling sharpness. The GR sport certainly looks striking. Seen in one in white and was impressed but was thinking the large rims would mean an overly firm ride.
Agreed, looks great in 18" and body kit but I ordered a design spec with 16" for comfort. Wouldn't dare to touch the 18" on the Yaris.
And the price of your affordable car of the year is........?
wow mazda actually kept the design a bit different otherwise many comapnies just dont do it
Isnt this the Mazda 2 HYBRID not the regular Mazda 2, might be worth renaming the title
Suzuki did that same with Toyota Prius lol
What are you actually reviewing?
Miss Nicola and her vids@
Just here for the spray on jeans..
Toyota now controls Mazda & Subaru and have stake in Suzuki too and that's how their line up will evolve I'm afraid. Likely the replacement for the current 3 will be based on the Corolla 🥱🥱
They don’t ‘control’ them per se, Toyota only have 20% of Mazda and Subaru I believe
No control over Mazda. Toyota have a very small (5.1%) share and technical partnership with Mazda.
haha you're a funny gal, great review i love my hybrid yaris :)
Toyota give you 10 years warranty mazda 3 years warranty for the same car 😢
So does this tell us Skyactiv did not work🤔
Get rid of the cvt I might consider it. Stopped buying Subarus as they went all cvt, well apart from the BRZ but can’t fit a dog in that. Plus the BRZ had a crap engine when you have had Imprezas.
It’s not a CVT transmission. It behaves a little like a CVT but it’s not a CVT.
This was a naff review of an incredible little car.
Toyota's branding is awful. Why sully the GR brand by putting it on cars like this?
Awful? Every car brand has made a ton of money, from selling boring cars with the high performance badge, that gives you some visual upgrades. That's why you have s line amg and m on 2.0 diesels. You may not like it, but it sells cars better.
BMW, Mercedes & Alfa do it too. I suspect there are others too.
You mean same as the BMW Msport, Merc AMG line, VW R Line, Audi S line, should I go on? The GR Sport is a trim with some sporty design additions. You sounds like you don't even have a clue about what you're talking about.
Sully the GR-Brand? it’s a trim level with extra mechanical changes to replace the Dynamic which was the sportiest Hybrid trim. Behave ffs 😂
The art of testing a car without testing a car.
Dirt cheap to run but not to buy unfortunately.
Well Yaris dealer showroom price......though not when a broker like drive the deal is used.
What on earth is going on? No wonder all new cars look the same. A collaborates with B and the result is some wishy washy money saving white good that, without a badge, most people wouldn't be able to name. I understand the money saving aspect but who knows what they're even buying any more?
The whole Toyota, Peugeot, Citroen and Vauxhall vans mish-mash spring to mind. There's zero brand identity anymore. Sad times
They all look the same because of regulations.
Love this female reviwer, but how long ago was this filmed AutoExpress 😴
That interior is so cheap and dated, yet not mentioned.
Omg stfu about the CVT
Shame on Mazda
What I most want/ed to know but wasn't told in this pathetic 'review' (where DID they get the lady?) is: has Toyota addressed the criticism that many testers mentioned regarding the prrsent Yaris, viz is it now far less noisy on the motorway... or not...?
Just here for the gal
Thats why i have a hyundai. Wich is unique. Does not share anything . All the other companies are bastsrda