all-new Toyota Yaris FULL REVIEW 1.5 Hybrid 2021 2020 - Autogefühl 

Hi @thomas.letsgo how can I get this car I'm in South africa

Brilliant Thomas! Mines on order and due in July, hopefully.

They have the Swift Sport in some markets I believe, such as Sweden (where I plan to move to once I leave the USA)>

sounds good !

@@autogefuehl You hit the nail on the head. Toyota infotainment is still lacking behind Android Auto and other manufacturers. Fortunately, we have an Android option now. I am very surprised by the interior quality and seat. It is better than even Auris 2018 or Camry pre-2018. The 3-cylinder sound is more pleasant than the older one and has a better torque curve. The safety sense 2 with laser cruise control and pedestrian detection as standard is striking for Yaris price.

the question is, does it make sense to buy the hybrid over the normal one considering its a significant price jump. You would have to save 1000L of fuel to make it worth considering and the car probably wont even be driven enough to make it worth it with current gas prices

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For people binge watching RU-vid this can be too detailed and boring. For those that are considering to buy and wanna know all the details this would be good. I watched it simply because carwow hasn't reviewed it and Doug Demuro won't review it.

Not everyone has 35 - 55 minutes to watch a review, so there is value in the shorter ones. I love the thoroughness of Thomas' reviews and the cars I'm interested in more, I watch Autogefuhl, for the ones I just want to have an idea about, I watch Carwow or something similar. Great for details geeks, could be a bit too long for the "bingewatchers". But all in all, these are great detailed reviews for sure. Thomas has catapulted himself in my ranks of car reviewers when he reviewed the Golf GTI (German guy reviewing a German car) and he said "capacitive buttons are bollocks" Big thumbs up for being honest and speaking on behalf of the people.

@@terenceting26 you always have an option skip some info, but Thomas more detailed than carwow or Doug Demuro, and that guys usually also have long videos

@@burso83 this is better

That part actually looks ugly. Looks like a frog behind.

B mode does less recuperation because it engages engine braking.

The principle of B mode is mainly to allow you to switch the continuous transmission to a "lower gear" as in manual, to prevent heat building in brakes for long downhills.

The rationale behind the B mode should be properly understood. A hybrid vehicle has the advantage of having the possibility of using electromagnetic braking to slow the car because of the electric motors. Because of this possibility, the conventional mechanical brakes could be downsized somehow to reduce cost. Each time the electromagnetic braking is used, electrical energy is recuperated and sent to the drive battery to charge it. The problem is that during long braking situations (like when going downhill on a long road), the recuperated electrical energy from the main driving motor (MG2) is so much that the drive battery, being relatively small in terms of capacity, gets fully charged very quickly. Once the drive battery is fully charged, it can no longer accept any further electrical current from the MG2 and thus, according to Lenz's law, no back emf is developed to create the braking effect to slow down the car. Accordingly, the car's onboard computer then is forced to use the conventional mechanical friction brakes. However, since these are slightly undersized, they will become very quickly overworked. That's where the idea of using the conventional engine braking effect comes in. And Toyota does it in a brillant way with its Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) technology. In the B mode, the engine computer, using power electronics, sends the recuperated electrical energy from MG2 to MG1 (the electrical motor that reverses the car and spin the internal combustion engine (ICE) into operation whenever it is required), instead of into the drive battery. In this way, a current can flow, and according to Lenz's law, the electromagnetic braking effect is still obtained. However, in addition to the electromagnetic braking being obtained from MG2, since the ICE is now being spinned by MG1, additional braking effect is being derived when the ICE is doing work by air compression in the cylinders. The computer is not instructing the fuel injectors to send fuel to the cylinders and therefore the ICE will never start in this mode and will thus be working only as a compressor. In this way, the kinetic energy of the car is being converted into heat in the ICE, heat which is ultimately rejected to the atmosplere through the cooling radiator.

Yes, this is quite often (about always actually) wrongly described for Toyota cars. B mode is really for mountains to help to keep your brakes safe and not overcharge battery. It actually recuperates less energy, but brakes more with petrol engine. There is a Polish video where guy measured how much energy was recuperated for both modes during same downhill drive and for B mode it was less (not much but measurable and repeatable). Most importantly car behaves differently as in B mode it breaks so heavily (but with petrol engine) that sometimes (less hill) he had to actually press acceleration. In D mode you break less (but recuperate more), but you need to press break pedal way more and use actual discs (so they can get hot).

Oh not again, reviewer gets B mode wrong. Thanks all commenters above to clarify this. Toyota really should educate the reviewers more.

The first gen was beautiful and ahead of its time

Thanks m8 :)

Welcome! Glad to see you here

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are you happy with auto

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Same here. Bought brand new Yaris 07 , still enjoying ride...yet, looking for a hybrid, again it might be Yaris

I wonder if this generation going to have same fate as your cars

Still a great choice bro :-)

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel ????

You are wrong. the GR has completely new body. Much wider ass too.

@@borinvlogs yes it's not 100% the same as the GR, however I was refering more to the coupe-like body shape being similar to the GR. So no, I was not 'wrong', I just needed to clarify my point a bit better.

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel I think you're a few years late pal.

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Great choise the TS

@@Worstenboer thanks after one month I'm totally pleased with this choice! Its a relaxed, practical ,cheap to run and reliable car (hope so) !

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He’s the best!

@@autogefuehl can I just say you speak great English! Top review also!

Thomas it is ;)

Thomas bro ...

@@autogefuehl I stand corrected.

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This new Yaris does look good, but I still think I prefer my 2018 Mazda 2. Waiting to see what Mazda do with the next 2.

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Today Tomorrow Toyota.That simple

Same! I drive a 2007 Yaris hatch. Only the clutch needed changing just a year ago or so.

With hybrid nothing needs changes. May be battery after 15 years depends how hot the weather you live

Mine too, 8 years and not a single fault other than "fair wear and tear" issues - 56,000 happy miles and around 50mpg - Next year it's goodbye Yaris - Hello Yaris,

@@Richard500 yes, till now many of my friends still drive early 90s corolla and camry without any problems passing 300k km. They never die

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I paid attention to the other drivers after reading your comment and didn't see anyone trying to have a look though. Haha

cheers m8 !

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Agreed, But rear seating, not so much. Really loved the car, but this point raises some concerns.

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How did you order I'm in South Africa and need this car

Rumour has it that Toyota we’re going to present their fully electric range of vehicles at the Tokyo Olympics. Obviously because of COVID-19 that’s no longer possible but they were scheduled for full launch in 2023 using their newly developed solid state batteries which allow a range of 600 plus miles between charges.

@@andydavis7254 Well, the Olympics were at first supposed to present Japan as a hydrogen nation. That seems to be ”on ice”. Now Toyota teases solid state batteries, knowing well that the technology won’t be exploitable another 5-8 years. In the meantime, they clame that they want too ”ease” costumers slowly into electrification via mass-produced hybrids, then plug ins, before full electrification. This looks a bit much like a desperate PR stunt, after realising that their ”wait and see strategy” on electrification was 5 years too late. The Coreans are leading, the Americans are pretending they do, the Germans have taken the turn, and the Chinese will eventually dominante. Remember how Japanese electronics went from pioneering to irrelevant ? Wait and see the next episode...

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