Someone Please Buy This £990 Toyota Yaris T-Sport Before We Do

The Yaris T-Sport was little on the road but big on fun, and very tidy-looking ones can be yours for less than £1000
Someone Please Buy This £990 Toyota Yaris T-Sport Before We Do

If you quite fancy a Toyota Yaris GRMN, join the queue. Or don’t, because it’s sold out. Luckily there’s another, much more accessible and much more affordable way to get your tiny Toyota kicks.

The Yaris T-Sport was the pinnacle achievement of the first-generation car. Built between 2001 and 2005, and at just 3.66 metres, 6cm longer than a Volkswagen Up, it was the warm hatch you could practically fit into your pocket.

Someone Please Buy This £990 Toyota Yaris T-Sport Before We Do

It had a feisty, rev-happy 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine with a daring 103bhp; enough to cajole the tall, narrow and ever-so-cutesy body to 60mph in nine seconds. The speedometer went up to 150mph, but top whack was more like 120mph on a good day. Still not bad for a motorised shoe.

The brilliantly chuckable Yaris needs premium tyres to make the most of their skinny 185-section width, but, suitably shod, its handling and instant throttle response will always put a smile on your face.

Someone Please Buy This £990 Toyota Yaris T-Sport Before We Do

Yaris T-Sports are also cheap. Buy-it-tomorrow cheap. At a piffling £990 our pick is the cheapest currently on Auto Trader and it doesn’t even look untidy. The driver’s seat side bolster is showing some wear and tear, but everything else on this 127,000-mile car looks almost suspiciously clean and orderly.

The seat bases are flat rather than sagging; the fabric is in good order. The steering wheel looks slightly smoothed, but in very good condition, as does the dashboard and centre console. The rear seats and teeny weeny boot look almost immaculate.

Someone Please Buy This £990 Toyota Yaris T-Sport Before We Do

A slight negative is that the 15-inch alloy wheels have been painted black. They don’t really sit well and cheapen the overall look. And are those red Alloygators? Hmmm. A refurbishment back to bright silver is in order, if you can bear to spend £200 or so on a car that cost less than five times that.

This is a three-door facelifted car from 2004, making it the one you want. The five-door looks a bit mumsy. It has three keys, a year’s MOT and the seller can deliver it to your door (probably). There are signs, too, like the super-clean engine bay and the bright, clear headlight lenses, that the last owner has looked after it.

Someone Please Buy This £990 Toyota Yaris T-Sport Before We Do

Owners report a realistic 40mpg-plus return with care, or 25mpg with a lead foot around town. An average in the 30s is easy meat so it’s not expensive to run. Servicing should be as cheap as it gets and some teenage owners report that it’s somehow cheaper to insure than the likes of 1.2 Vauxhall Corsas.

If this one is a little too used for you, at the other end of the scale is an early two-owner car with just 37,000 miles to speak of since 2001. Even that one is a still-very-affordable £2990, but there’s absolutely nothing to hate about a £990 pocket rocket(ish) that will cost peanuts to run and make you grin even on your daily grind. Buy it. Buy it now.

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Comments

Anonymous

I’ll take it. Sorry Matt.

01/13/2018 - 10:32 |
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Matt Kimberley

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Damn. But thanks. You’ll save me a lot of trouble with the wife. 😂

01/13/2018 - 18:08 |
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Hawkoga

Wow. Looks great.

01/13/2018 - 10:32 |
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P5 Ford

Go ahead and take it. Toyotas are trash. Go ford or go home.

01/13/2018 - 10:36 |
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Lol what? They Toyotas are not trash. Also Fords arent the best brand in the world

01/13/2018 - 16:03 |
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01/13/2018 - 16:47 |
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Tomislav Celić

moves to UK

01/13/2018 - 10:36 |
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Don’t, unless you want to pay double of your car’s worth on insurance

01/14/2018 - 09:47 |
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Aaron 15

No thanks

01/13/2018 - 10:51 |
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Dave 12

Track day!

01/13/2018 - 11:11 |
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Anonymous

This story made it onto my phone news app, under the Technology category. WTF?
Never really read anything by car throttle, not a bad report but it doesn’t really tell you about what the car is like, just states figures like a brochure and describes the pics (I have eyes). Not sure why you’d want one of these yaris’ unless it’s about £100? 0-60 in 9 seconds isn’t quick, or even nippy! 😂

I’ll stick with my old dubs, ta! If I were to go Jap I’d look older than the Yaris, plenty of 80s/90s force induced cars around you can get on classic policies.

01/13/2018 - 11:23 |
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Nishant Dash

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s all about the handling aspect and how nippy they are. And anything faster for cheaper would probably not be nearly as reliable. It’s just a fun car. And welcome to CT

01/13/2018 - 12:25 |
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Dave 12

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Wow uber down votes! But yeah think that was a little unfair. Would be interested to know what 80s/90s car you’d buy for under £1000 that could match it? I can think of the MX5 which is about the same but would undoubtedly be on its last legs or the NA mr2 which would be similar if not a bit slower. The turbo would be min 4k for one with 100k+ miles. I think if you’re looking for a track car this is a good shout. It’s not going to take a regular commute but it’s probably good for a few blasts before it dies. It’ll be fun too somewhere like Oulton or Cadwell.

01/13/2018 - 13:45 |
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Anonymous

Sorry, I spent all my money on the Iphone X….what a waste.

01/13/2018 - 11:47 |
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Anonymous

I love these little things! Would love a go of one!

01/13/2018 - 11:54 |
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I would buy the Corolla T-Sport instead which costs just a little more
But it’s a great machine anyway! For 925£ it’s a bargain

01/13/2018 - 12:22 |
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