Toyota Vitz

Toyota Vitz
Toyota Vitz
	2017 Toyota Yaris L 5-door (US)
Overview
Manufacturer	Toyota
Also called	Toyota Yaris; Toyota Echo (Oceania and North America, 1999–2005); Daihatsu Charade (Europe, 2011–2013);
Production	January 1999 – June 2020
Body and chassis
Class	Subcompact car/Supermini (B)
Body style	3-/5-door hatchback
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive; Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (Japan only);
Chronology
Predecessor	Toyota Starlet
Successor	Toyota Yaris (XP210) (Japan, Europe and Australasia); Toyota Yaris hatchback (XP150) (parts of Asia and South Africa); Toyota Yaris hatchback (DJ) (North America);

The Toyota Vitz (Japanese: トヨタ・ヴィッツ, Hepburn: Toyota Vittsu) is a subcompact car produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota from 1999 to 2019 in a three- or five-door hatchback body styles. The "Vitz" nameplate was used consistently in Japan, while most international markets received the same vehicle as the Toyota Yaris, or as the Toyota Echo in some markets for the first generation. The Vitz was available in Japan from Toyota's Netz Store dealerships. Toyota began production in Japan and later assembled the vehicle in other Asian countries and in France.

By 2010, the first two generations had achieved in excess of 3.5 million sales in over 70 countries, including more than 1.4 million in Japan.^[1]

In 2019, the "Vitz" nameplate was no longer used in Japan due to faltering sales and the unification of Toyota sales network in Japan,^[2]^[3] and the vehicle was replaced by the XP210 series Yaris.^[4] Since 2023, the nameplate is reused for a rebadged third-generation Suzuki Celerio for African markets.^[5]

^ Pettendy, Marton (23 December 2010). "First look: Toyota yields new Yaris". GoAuto. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
^ "Toyota Unveils Remodeled Yaris Subcompact". nippon.com. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "どうしてヴィッツではなくヤリスなの？トヨタの新コンパクトカーの車名変更の理由とは【試乗】" [Why is Yaris instead of Vitz? What is the reason for changing the name of Toyota's new compact car? [Test drive]]. clicccar.com (in Japanese). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "トヨタ､｢ヴィッツ｣を｢ヤリス｣に改名する理由" [Toyota Renames Vitz to Yaris]. Toyo Keizai (in Japanese). Japan. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Merwe, Jaco Van Der (27 January 2023). "Starting with the Vitz, Toyota plans to give SA cheaper cars". The Citizen. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[1] Pettendy, Marton (23 December 2010). "First look: Toyota yields new Yaris". GoAuto. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

[Nippon-2] "Toyota Unveils Remodeled Yaris Subcompact". nippon.com. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[3] "どうしてヴィッツではなくヤリスなの？トヨタの新コンパクトカーの車名変更の理由とは【試乗】" [Why is Yaris instead of Vitz? What is the reason for changing the name of Toyota's new compact car? [Test drive]]. clicccar.com (in Japanese). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[4] "トヨタ､｢ヴィッツ｣を｢ヤリス｣に改名する理由" [Toyota Renames Vitz to Yaris]. Toyo Keizai (in Japanese). Japan. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[toyotacelerio-5] Merwe, Jaco Van Der (27 January 2023). "Starting with the Vitz, Toyota plans to give SA cheaper cars". The Citizen. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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