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Agile fourth-generation Toyota Yaris breaks cover
New Yaris is larger inside and is set to bring a whole set of new refinements
Toyota’s strategy for the recently unveiled fourth-generation Yaris is to use its in-house New Global Architecture (TNGA) for one flavour of the car for certain markets while capitalising on one of its many technical partnerships, Mazda this time, to cobble out a version for different markets, the US included.
Internally codenamed GA-B, the new Yaris’s chassis and body shell benefit from a lightweight but strengthened construction which has transformed both new Corolla hatch and RAV4 to resounding levels of improvement in drive, comfort and agility. The Yaris features a quicker steering rack, enhanced MacPherson struts with reduced friction, and a stiffer torsion beam than before to infuse it with a more refined driving quality...
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