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Old 05-22-2009, 05:49 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by IndyIan View Post
My buddy had an 04 Echo hatchback and it seemed to have lots of grunt in 1st and 2nd. We towed about 800-900lbs of fishing boat and trailer and even on the boat launch it did ok. Wind up a little wheelspin and up it went.
At 60mph steady it posted some pretty high mpg numbers on my scangauge, 54-60mpg if I recall right.
Anyways if you find a hatchback to try you might end up just trading in your xA for it...
Toyota only just started selling the Yaris five-door in the US this year (the three-door was available from the start), and they only sold the Echo here as two- and four-door sedans, unfortunately. It's too bad, because the five-door versions of either model are the best-looking in the range, too.
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