Should I buy a Toyota Yaris hybrid (2020-present)?

[UnknownName]

I am looking for a reliable car and hoping to keep it for a long time. Ideally low and cheap maintenance. The car that is always mentioned for its reliability is the Yaris. I also like the new look of them.

However, now onto my concern is the battery issues which I’ve read online, it seems to be common. I drive once or twice a week usually. I am not sure if hybrid would be the right choice especially since I don’t drive often and I do not know if this will degrade the battery. But I like Yaris for its reliability and safety car.

Another question I have is that the majority of Yaris I have seen that are 21 plates have only done 7-12k mileage. I normally like low mileage on cars but would this be considered an issue with it being a hybrid?

I have also seen they do 10 year warranty and battery 15 year warranty. But I’m just not sure as with warranties they have such small lettering for what is under warranty. Is the warranty a more of a “gimmick”?

 

[mccarf]

I owned an Avensis and now I have a corolla hybrid. With regards to the warranty, the Avensis needed work done on it, and Toyota were on it in a flash. Corolla has been golden so far, but I only bought it at the end of last year. I legitimately have no concerns about the warranty should something go wrong.

If you buy from Toyota directly they gave me a battery health certificate with the car at the point of sale, and on the first service about a month ago they did the same check and certificate.

If the battery is a concern to you maybe you could consider the previous model Yaris with the petrol engine instead?

 

[antijoke]

I own a 21 plate Yaris, never had any issue with the battery and the last year I’ve driven it maybe once a week regularly, it’s fine.

Each service it’s had has had a battery health check from the dealer and this has also been fine, my car is currently on just over 16.5k mileage and it’s been a great little car.