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Light under $17K: Australia’s Best Value Cars 2017

Mazda 2 takes a near flawless victory in this budget-conscious segment

Toyota Yaris AP4 rally car
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New Toyota Yaris AP4 rally car debuts at ARC

Australian Rally Championship driver Harry Bates unveils new gravel flinger

Toyota Yaris GRMN
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Toyota Yaris GRMN specs revealed

400 of the 1135kg hatches will be built, and will sell in the UK for more than an Audi S1

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Toyota Australia will sponsor Rally Australia

As the brand re-joins the battle for 2017, Toyota Australia will also sponsor the final round

2017 Toyota Yaris: Which spec is best
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2017 Toyota Yaris: Which spec is best

In a new WhichCar series, we look at individual models and choose the variant that offers the best buy based on features, performance and value

QUESTION – EVELINE (question from 25/4/2017):  I drive 500 kilometres a week, mostly on the highway but with some city driving. I need a car with supportive seats and I’m trying to choose between the Toyota Yaris and Suzuki Baleno.  BUDGET: $40,000 ANSWER – BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS: Out of the Suzuki Baleno and Toyota Yaris, we would recommend the Baleno hands down. It’s the newer, roomier, more comfortable, more refined, and more dynamic car to drive, with a big boot and plenty of back-seat space for adults. Note that while the standard 1.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine offers sufficient but unexciting performance, the optional GLX Turbo’s 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol alternative is both more economical and powerful. It would be our choice. A quick search on line has produced a number of new or demonstrator examples at less than $20,000 drive-away, so the 1.0 Turbo fits even your budget.  The only question mark over the Baleno is the lack of autonomous emergency braking (AEB), so we suggest that you a
Advice

Suzuki Baleno vs Toyota Yaris – Which Car Should I Buy?

The battle of the city hatches – segment leader, the Toyota Yaris takes on a funky new upstart, the Suzuki Baleno, in this edition of Ask The Expert

Holden Spark
Advice

Holden Spark VS Mitsubishi Mirage VS Suzuki Celerio – Which Car Should I Buy As My First Car?

Buying a first car to get you from A to B? We take a look at these three options, plus two more.

2017 Toyota Yaris pricing
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2017 Toyota Yaris pricing

Toyota has added a new safety pack to its facelifted Yaris range

2016 Alpine Vision Sports car
Events

2017 Geneva Motor Show: Debuts aplenty for first Euro show of the year

This year’s Geneva Motor Show is set to be jam-packed with fresh metal. Here’s Wheels’ comprehensive summary of what to expect when the doors open on March 7

Jari Matti Latvala in Toyota Yaris at WRC
Motorsport

Latvala, Toyota top of the World Rally Championship pops in snow business

Defying predictions, Toyota is an early 2017 winner – 17 years after it last raced in the pinnacle of world rallying

2017 Toyota Yaris
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2017 Toyota Yaris facelift revealed

Toyota has given its third-generation light hatch a significant mid-life upgrade.

Toyota Yaris hot hatch
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Toyota Yaris hot hatch not for Australia

Limited numbers and costly sourcing scotch Toyota’s first true baby hot-hatch – at least for this generation.

Toyota Yaris hot hatch - Europe
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157kW Toyota Yaris hot hatch gets ready for Geneva debut

Toyota wants to take its decidedly meek Yaris and twist the dial right past 11 – but will it come our way?

2017 Toyota Yaris facelift
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2017 Toyota Yaris facelift surfaces, gains AEB

Surprise second makeover sees Japanese supermini gain autonomous braking technology.

Toyota Yaris Sport
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Toyota Yaris Sport hot hatch revealed

Toyota planning an answer to the Ford Fiesta ST

Toyota Gazoo Yaris WRC
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Toyota to use World Rally Championship to develop autonomous technology

The next automated car from Toyota will have technology developed on World Rally Championship rally stages.

2016 Mazda 2 - Best value light car
Best Value Cars

Light under $17K: Australia’s Best Value Cars

You want a Light car to be light on the pocket, as these three are. Introducing the Mazda 2, Hyundai Accent and Toyota Yaris

2017 Toyota Yaris WRC
News

Toyota's wild 2017 WRC Yaris

Yaris WRC has Group B fever in tarmac trim

Toyota CH-R
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2017 Toyota C-HR to use high-tech 1.2-litre turbo engine

The Toyota C-HR crossover will come to our shores with some cutting-edge tech up front.

Suzuki Swift
Advice

Top-sellers guide: light cars

In a new WhichCar series, we reveal upcoming updates or major changes for Australia’s most popular vehicles.

Kalle Rovanpera
News

Kalle Rovanpera: rallying's Max Verstappen

The 15-year-old who is ready for the WRC

Cars of Group B Part 4
Features

Cars of Group B: Part 4

2017 WRC cars revive rallying's wildest era

UNDER SIEGE - BLOWIN' GASKETS
Features

UNDER SIEGE - BLOWIN' GASKETS

All is not well in the Holden-revering Kingdom of Redmond, as a Japanese invader threatens to breach the castle walls

Toyota Yaris side
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Toyota Yaris sedan to be dropped from showrooms

Slow sales mark the end of the line for Toyota’s smallest sedan