toyota vitz car

Toyota revealed its latest Vitz, a B-segment car better known here as the Toyota Yaris, today in Japan. This car likely will come to the American market as a 2012 model after a trip to the plastic surgeon trims the front fascia, a Toyota logo is added, and the car is generally tweaked for our market.

In Japan, the Vitz will be sold with a choice of a 1.0-, 1.3-, or 1.5-liter engines. Expect the Yaris-badged version to forego the first two for sure; the 1.5-liter matches the current U.S.-market car’s displacement and is a strong possibility. In the home market, the 1.5-liter is paired with either a five-speed manual or a continuously variable transmission. The latter could come here to replace the optional automatic in the lineup, although no nonhybrid American-market Toyotas currently offer CVTs.We do hope the Vitz’s interior, seen above, carries over to the U.S. car. The gauges have finally moved to our preferred position above the steering wheel, rather than in the center-mounted pod of the current Yaris and the Echo before it. Otherwise it’s a very simple layout, although it looks like high art when compared to the interior