It's small, cheap, frugal, reliable and not slow.

It's small, cheap, frugal, reliable, ugly and dull.

· Speed Merchants: No

· Fashion Victims:

· Treehuggers:

· Mack Daddies: No

· Tuner Crowd: No

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers:

· Euro Snobs: No

· Working Stiffs:

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs:

· Soccer Moms: No

· Nascar Dads: No

· Golfing Grandparents:

· Manufacturer: Toyota

· Model tested: Yaris Liftback

· Model year: 2007

· Price as Tested: $13,510

· Engine type: 1.5-liter DOHC 16-valve VVT-i four-cylinder

· Horsepower: 106 hp @ 6000 rpm

· Torque: 103 ft.-lbs. @ 4200 rpm

· Redline: n/a

· Wheels and Tires: P175/65R14 Bridgestone Potenza

· Drive type: front-wheel drive

· 0 - 60: 9.8 secs.

· 1/4 mile: 18.1 seconds

· Top speed: not much

· Fuel economy city/highway: 34 / 39

· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: NR/NR/4

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Egghead that I am, I've always had a bit of a problem analyzing mainstream Toyotas. The damn things