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looking forward to learning and sharing more about this Mazda 2 / Toytoa Yaris iA / Scion iA
I bought what I like to call a "One-Year-Only" classic. It's a 2016 Scion iA, and AFAIK it's the only year this car was branded "Scion"; later years were branded first "Toyota iA", then "Toyota Yaris iA", etc... But I digress. I have the 6-speed manual and that's the reason I bought this car. At the time (and I believe still now) it was the only car I could get with a manual AND some infotainment, including sat-nav. For some reason, all the other cars in the sub-$20K price that had a manual were left out of any good infotainment or sat-nav options.Good purchase! What color? The manual has a reputation of great shifting action, so we'd love to hear what you think of it. I had to get the automatic for various reasons. My Yaris iA has under 30k miles soil you get to high miles and no troubles, we'd like to hear about that too.
I love the way they drive. I find the 106 h.p. adequate, especially with the 40 mpg![]()
Sweet dude I also have a 2016 scion ia I bought about a year ago. I did a little bit of work to it as you can see.I bought what I like to call a "One-Year-Only" classic. It's a 2016 Scion iA, and AFAIK it's the only year this car was branded "Scion"; later years were branded first "Toyota iA", then "Toyota Yaris iA", etc... But I digress. I have the 6-speed manual and that's the reason I bought this car. At the time (and I believe still now) it was the only car I could get with a manual AND some infotainment, including sat-nav. For some reason, all the other cars in the sub-$20K price that had a manual were left out of any good infotainment or sat-nav options.
I drive my car like a civilized person, I enjoy my driving, as I replaced a 2008 E92 M3 6-speed manual for this one. Quite a downgrade in some areas, but you'd be surprised at how similar it is in other areas, but you cannot compare 414HP to 106HP, that's the biggest difference. Having said that, my lifetime MPG is 41.5 and all my driving is local (street and hwy) and with the AC on ALL the time (I live in Miami). You can quick-shift to 6th and enjoy 50+MPG or you can rev the S out of it and extract the max from the engine and you can keep up with traffic. Having owned a mix of Japanese and German cars I would say this car dampens bumps well and it gives you a fun snick-snick around town when you want and it parks in the tightest of spots.