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http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Yaris_5-Door_Hatch.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Jan. 17, 2009

2009 Toyota Yaris – 32 mpgUS combined on the 08 EPA.

Montreal – Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency announced that the 2009 Toyota Yaris and 2009 Toyota Prius were each awarded the title of best-in-class for fuel efficiency from the 2009 ecoENERGY for Vehicle Awards.

Toyota’s environmental innovation extends beyond hybrids to their line up of fuel-efficient, conventional gasoline-powered vehicles. The gas-sipping 2009 Toyota Yaris equipped with a manual transmission was named Canada’s Most Fuel-Efficient Sub-Compact for the fourth straight year and achieves a fuel consumption rating of just 34.1 mpgUS City and 42.8 mpgUS highway on Transport Canada’s Fuel Economy test cycles. The Yaris has won the popular Sub-Compact category every year since the model was introduced to Canada.

“Canadian drivers have always been energy-smart and environmentally aware, but never more than over the past year as we experienced record-high prices at the pump,” noted Stephen Beatty, Managing Director at Toyota Canada Inc. “When they shop for a new vehicle, consumers rely on information like the ecoENERGY fuel efficiency ratings to make smart choices. That’s why winning these awards is such an honor for Toyota.”

"Canadian drivers have always been energy-smart and environmentally aware"

This seems true in most of Canada, but not around Toronto on the 401 where people think the speed limit is a polite suggestion.

It's always interesting to see all those Yaris and small cars in a city like Quebec. I heard on the news that Ontario is looking at developing an electric hwy with a Californian based company. Electric hwy meaning charging stations etc.

I think if the car companies would get their acts together and offer Canadians the smaller engines found in their euro/asian counterparts, Canadians would embrace them much faster than our American neighbours, just not in enough numbers to warrant the change... apparently.

I'm glad the Yaris was invented. It's a much better car than the Echo it replaced. I wish Toyota would come out with a hybrid version to replace the bling-bling Prius-III.

Hi All,

One could invision a BAS hybrid, with a heat recovery system that has a thermal storage unit beyond the metal and fluid heat capacity of the engine. Something like a molded plastic/Tungsten honeycomb. Now adays, they can injection mold plastic parts with tungsten powder impregnated. These parts are quite dense. And with the reduced usage of Tungsten in lamp filaments, this might be a good usage for any surplus. Another thermal storage system might use a phase-change compound. Like these metal alloys that melt in your hand, or an engineered temp, even as hot as 190 F.

Once the engine is heated up, the flow would be diverted to the thermal mass. The warmed up thermal mass would then keep the engine warm cockpit warm while in city traffic.

This would not show up as much EPA cycle improvement. But, in the real world metropolitan driving world, the impact would be significant. As this is where there is lots of stop and go driving.

I'm glad the Yaris was invented. It's a much better car than the Echo it replaced. I wish Toyota would come out with a hybrid version to replace the bling-bling Prius-III.

I couldn't agree with you more.

IMO, the Prius is the new Escalade.

Could you imagine a base Yaris hybrid? :eek: