Instagram reels have reminded me of yet another relatively attainable dream car I have. The Toyota Echo Verso (aka the Yaris Verso). I knew someone who used to own one and I was very impressed with the size, roominess, and practicality of the car.
The biggest issue I'd have of owning a locally (emphasis on locally) sold Echo Verso is that they were all sold in manual transmission. Now if I were younger, more patient, or "braver" this would not be an issue. But with traffic and stress and other factors I'd rather have one less thing to think of. Are transmission swaps a thing? Even if it were, I don't know how to legally change the registration of the Echo Verso to do a transmission swap.
Curious idea though, would it be possible to swap the CVT of the third generation Toyota Vios to the stock motor of the Echo Verso? I'm not sure about programming and power numbers if they would work but that would hopefully make a nice, fuel efficient car.
Anyway, this Echo Verso would probably fall right behind the Honda Jazz as my attainable dream car. They're both practical, fuel efficient, small, and locally available. The Jazz just edges out the Echo Verso because of the automatic transmission and that the Jazz is also a great car to drive.
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