Toyota Yaris Interior

Step inside and what you get is cabin that’s finished in a dual tone of black and beige. The beige actually lends an airy feel to the insides all around. The dashboard and the centre console gets silver inlays that feel nice. There are no soft touch plastics around and there is fake stitching on the dash and the steering to give it a leather kind of appearance. The piano black finish with silver buttons on the centre console for the climate control have a premium feel. The instrument cluster fonts are clear and easy to read. There is also an animation of the Yaris appearing on the instrument cluster when you start the car. The steering wheel is thick and feels nice to hold. It gets the usual steering mounted controls along with paddle shifters (for CVT) and the Toyota trademark cruise control stalk. Surprisingly, the steering does not get telescopic adjust. There is a 7 inch colour touch screen for the infotainment system. The system also gets gesture control for the audio. The icons on the screen are large and fonts are easy to read. However, the infotainment system misses out on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. That is quite a miss considering cars from the lower segment get these nowadays.  You do get navigation though. It gets maps from MapMyIndia and are very accurate and easy to use. The display from the rear view camera appears on the touch screen. The camera gets no guidelines though and display quality is strictly average. The nice part is that the camera allows you the option to focus on either side of the rear: left, right or both apart from the standard view. The climate control cools the cabin efficiently and the Yaris comes with roof mounted blowers for the rear passengers which a first in its segment. The sound system comprises of six speakers that includes two tweeters. Audio quality is decent. The placement of the central armrest is horrible and ergonomically wrong. While tall drivers might just be able to rest the elbow on it, shorter drivers don’t have even that convenience. It just doesn’t serve any purpose.  Door pockets are spacious and can hold one litre bottles. Toyota has missed on some features that are expected atleast in the top end variant in the segment. These include a sunroof, auto dimming IRVM and there’s no dead pedal, not even in the automatic.

The front seats of the Yaris are wide with excellent support and bolstering. They are very comfortable for all body frames. While the top end variants get leather upholstery, the lower grades get high quality fabric. The driver’s seat also gets electric adjust. The rear seats are comfortable and have adequate cushioning as well. Under thigh support is also good. The rear is enough to sit two passengers due to the protruding arm rest. Headroom could be a bother to taller passengers due to the sloping roofline. The rear passengers also get a manually operated sun blind for the rear windshield. The rear seats can be folded in a 60:40 split too. The boot space of 476 litres isn’t the best in the segment. The Ciaz and the City at 510 litres has the Yaris beaten on that front. A spare tyre mounted onto a 15 wheel rests under the boot floor.

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