TOYOTA YARIS
Toyota has released specification and prices for the Toyota Yaris on their website. The Toyota Yaris comes in two trim levels, the Toyota Yaris 1.5G and the Toyota Yaris 1.5S. Let’s have a look at the specifications and most importantly price of the latest hatchback on our shores.
Both the Toyota Yaris 1.5S and the Toyota Yaris 1.5G come with the 1Nz-FE engine, the same 1.5 liter VVTi engine found in the Toyota Vios. This engine makes 109hp at 6000rpm and 142Nm of torque at 4200rpm. Both engines are mated to a 4-speed Super ECT automatic gearbox, with gate shifters. I was kind of hoping we’d get a CVT, but Toyota’s Super ECT is not too bad either. 142Nm of torque isn’t going to be very zippy, but it’ll suffice.
HONDA I-Shift
While the world is fussing over Volkswagen’s excellent Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG), Honda has come up with their own automated manual transmission called the Honda I-SHIFT. For a technology-driven company like Honda, this might seem a little late to market, considering companies like Renault and Volkswagen have been using these gearboxes for quite some time now.
Honda’s I-SHIFT only debut recently on the European market Honda Civic hatchback, pairing it with the 1.4 liter i-DSI engine and the 1.8 liter SOHC i-VTEC engine. In fact, there is another automated manual transmission on the market with a similiar name - Volvo’s i-Shift used on it’s trucks and buses.
The Honda I-SHIFT is a 6-speed manual transmission with a hydraulic computer controlled clutch. The I-SHIFT transmission is a 700 pound option over the Civic with a standard 6-speed manual. No slushbox automatic is offered with the Euro Civic. Kind of like our Savvy here.
While the world is fussing over Volkswagen’s excellent Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG), Honda has come up with their own automated manual transmission called the Honda I-SHIFT. For a technology-driven company like Honda, this might seem a little late to market, considering companies like Renault and Volkswagen have been using these gearboxes for quite some time now.
Honda’s I-SHIFT only debut recently on the European market Honda Civic hatchback, pairing it with the 1.4 liter i-DSI engine and the 1.8 liter SOHC i-VTEC engine. In fact, there is another automated manual transmission on the market with a similiar name - Volvo’s i-Shift used on it’s trucks and buses.
The Honda I-SHIFT is a 6-speed manual transmission with a hydraulic computer controlled clutch. The I-SHIFT transmission is a 700 pound option over the Civic with a standard 6-speed manual. No slushbox automatic is offered with the Euro Civic. Kind of like our Savvy here.
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