Hello - I'm very happy with my Yaris as a first car. I opted for a mk1, but went with the 1.3 so it's got a bit more poke. Look for ones with a fairly decent service history - so long as you change the fluids and belts the engines seem to last forever. Besides that - I'd say rust is now the enemy of the mk1, so it's understandable going for the
In addition to a good (albeit not powerful) Toyota engine, this car has a full Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 at every package model as well as things like Apple, Android and Alexa built-in. The problem with the car is mostly in relation to things like size and power for the price. This is NOT meant for a family of six (or even five).Passion project cars like this get tossed at Toyota because the customers who actually buy the cars are truck dudes, soccer moms, and broke college kids. If you want race cars. You have to buy race cars. NEW. Buying used is kinda a slap in the face to the R&D team.