In the L A Times of yesterday, March 22, there's a feature article in the "Highway One" section by Dan Neil, critiquing the Yaris. In brief, he didn't like it and compared it unfavorably with the Honda Fit and the similar Nissan compact, whose name escapes me at the moment. He thought the car came with too few goodies at its base price, and when well equipped, was higher in price than its rivals. ....and it seemed unsteady at highway speeds.