Agreed - the Echo's cluster position was odd, but I quickly got used to it in
the one I had briefly. I actually kind of liked the lack of visual "buffer" between me & the road -- interesting feeling.
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Speaking of that car...
Any bets on how long the Yaris (Echo's successor) lasts in the U.S.?
Look at this year's sales numbers for the hatchback:
- Jan: 174 (down from 1330 a year ago)
- Feb: 136 (1057)
- Mar: 144 (1377)
- Apr: 131 (1522)
- May: 139 (852)
These are horrid numbers for the U.S. market size. (EG. Mitsubishi sold over 3k Mirages last month.)
Are they letting it die off without officially saying so? Or is there a replacement hatch waiting in the wings we don't know about?
DEATHWATCH