2008 Toyota Echo - Specifications

The 2008 Toyota Yaris that is a replacement model for the Toyota Echo nameplate has a great design and practicality that a buyer looks for in a sub compact passenger car. The 2008 Yaris is a 3- or 4-door coupe or sedan, which is designed to accommodate five passengers. The Yaris comes in a two-door hatchback or a four-door sedan. Both the trims get power from a 1.5-liter, I4, 106-horsepower engine that gives a fuel economy of 29-mpg in the city and 36-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard on all the models, however a 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is optional also. Lots of healthy changes can be noticed in the style, handling and refinement segment. Have a look at the detailed specification of the new Toyota Yaris models.

Performance Specifications

• 1,496 cc 1.5 liters in-line 4 front engine with 74.9 mm bore, 84.6 mm stroke, 10.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder 1SZ-FE
• Unleaded fuel 87
• Multi-point injection fuel system
• 11.1 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 9.2
• Power: 79 kW, 106 HP SAE @ 6,000 rpm; 103 ft lb, 140 Nm @ 4,200 rpm

Ride and Handling Specifications

• Two disc brakes including two ventilated discs
• Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel
• Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, torsion beam rear suspension rigid with coil springs

Exterior Specifications

• Body color front and rear bumpers
• Driver and passenger externally adjustable partial-painted door mirrors
• Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights
• Luxury trim alloy look on dashboard
• Mica paint
• Fixed rear window
• Tinted glass on cabin
• Windshield wipers with fixed intermittent wipe

Interior Specifications

• 12V power outlet
• Cup holders (two front and one rear)
• Trunk lamp
• Remote fuel-filler door and hood releases
• Fabric-trimmed 4-way adjustable front seats
• Interior maplight
• Defroster-linked CFC-free air conditioning
• Tilt steering wheel
• Digital clock
• Airbag, seatbelt, low-fuel level, door-ajar, battery, check engine, oil pressure and brake warning lights (ABS warning lights on ABS-equipped models)
• Bucket driver and passenger seat
• 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
• Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats, three height adjustable head restraints on rear seats

Safety Specifications

• Driver front airbag and front passenger airbag with Advanced Airbag System
• Front seatbelt pretensioners with force limiters
• 3-point rear seatbelts for all rear passengers
• Automatic/Emergency Locking Retractors (ALR/ELR) for all front and rear passenger seatbelts, Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) for driver’s seatbelt
• Front and rear energy-absorbing crumple zones
• Side-impact door beams
• Energy-absorbing steering column
• Impact-dissipating upper trim
• High-tensile-strength steel body panels
• Child Restraint System (CRS) lower anchors and top tether anchors (LATCH)
• Center high-mount stop lamp (CHMSL)
• Low washer fluid warning light
• Maintenance light