sportivoman.

Badluck :( Hate when people dont own up to things & youve to cop the bill.

Being that so many of these get written off id be trawling any half decent wrecker around the traps, or ebay always people advertising pranged cars for scrap parts on there.

1NZ all the way have the YRX auto sedan in 1.5L and its sluggish compared to the YRS 4 door hatch manual.

Why theyve a 1.3L option loses me

The YRS is a 1.5L. The YR is the 1.3L. YRX is basically a YRS with a bodykit, different wheels and foglights :P

I know ive purchased 3 Yaris's at hail damaged auctions of late and know all the lil ins & outs of the cars...

Gets me is the Sedan version of both YRS / YRX's has the hideous steering wheel that looks plain jane but on the hatch you've the nice steering wheel with audio controls !

Love the YRX rims but other then that id have the YRS overall, in theory if the YRX is the sportier version atleast throw in some decent seats like the MY03 Echo Sportivo's...Another one of my hail purchases

Oh silly me, lols.

Well in that case, the '05 Echo Rush is 15kg lighter than the '02 Echo - 850kg vs 865kg.

Not forgetting the Rush has full electrics / more speakers compared to the base early model echo's which are fairly blandly optioned.

Dont see with more features that the Rush would be lighter ?

Spot on the YR model has the non 6 stacker interface compared to the YRS which has the 6 disc "load" feature for multiple discs.

YRX on the other hand is the bluetooth enabled setup and has the same load feature as per YRS.

ps: fantastic cars and with electric steering handle suprisingly well.

Drive a 1.7 tonne Aristo you'll know the meaning of boat.

It's a moot point... if you can afford the 1.5, get it :)

I bought mine on the premise it was a 1.5 but found out otherwise later :P

A couple of mods later and it runs a lot better but being a manual helps.

In summary: do NOT buy a 1.3L Auto! Manual will be OK though :)

1NZ all the way have the YRX auto sedan in 1.5L and its sluggish compared to the YRS 4 door hatch manual.

Why theyve a 1.3L option loses me