This Yaris continues a Toyota trend over recent years for reducing insurance costs. Insurance groups are lower than the outgoing model (with the exception of the 1.4 D-4D which is now more powerful and remains the same as before). This has been achieved by reducing accident repair costs plus Toyota has also reduced service times for the 1.0-litre and the 1.4 D-4D.

Residual values are among the strongest around and all the engines are economical.

The Yaris performs remarkably well on the eco front, with average emissions of 128g/km CO2 across the range. This was reduced further when the Yaris was facelifted in 2009. As a consequence no model emits more than 120g/km of CO2, making the Yaris cheap to tax. Economy is impressive too and the revised 1.4 D-4D engine can return a very impressive 69mpg, up from 63mpg previously.

Choose a Yaris over the competition and you buy with the knowledge that few cars have as many satisfied customers as the small Toyota. That satisfaction has been built on a very fine reliability record with less breakdowns than any of the competition.