"Oh what a feeling!" (2o6's Yaris)

[Secret Chimp]

Stupid simple.


http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14084

"stupid" definitely came to mind when browsing that forum.

[SVT666]

Vitzes are sold at Toyota Netz dealers. The tag line for Netz is "make the style". Granted, the Belta isn't sold at Netz dealers, but oh well.

WTF is a Vitz?  And WTF is a Toyota Netz dealer?

EDIT:  Never mind I found out the Vitz is what it's called in Japan.  We're not in Japan though.

[Laconian]

"stupid" definitely came to mind when browsing that forum.

ROFL

[MrH]

Talk about your obscure references. You title your thread about a dealer network that 2 people in the USA have heard of that sells a car that isn't your car. 

+1

[ifcar]

WTF is a Vitz?  And WTF is a Toyota Netz dealer?

EDIT:  Never mind I found out the Vitz is what it's called in Japan.  We're not in Japan though.

Vitz is what the Yaris hatchback is called in Japan. The sedan is "Belta."

FWIW, Vitz is probably a better name than Yaris.

[Secret Chimp]

Vitz sounds like a vest made out of crackers.

[ifcar]

Vitz sounds like a vest made out of crackers.

What does Yaris sound like?

[SVT666]

What does Yaris sound like?

Yawning.

[2o6]

I dont understand you guys sometimes. That Yaris looks pretty cool.

[Secret Chimp]

I dont understand you guys sometimes. That Yaris looks pretty cool.

This is why you are hopeless.

[2o6]

Talk about your obscure references. You title your thread about a dealer network that 2 people in the USA have heard of that sells a car that isn't your car. 

It's not that obscure....Netz's tagline is on every ad of models that are sold there, and even go as far as different badging from other Toyota Models. I didn't realize the Belta wasn't a Netz Toyota until a few days ago.

[2o6]

This is why you are hopeless.

Some mods on it, I don't particularly care for, but for the most part I think it looks cool. Just because you like your stuff as stock as they come, don't hate me because I don't mind a little low and a little mods.

[hotrodalex]

This is why you are hopeless.

I'll give him credit, that's a pretty cool looking Yaris. Seems fairly tastefully modded.

[2o6]

I'll give him credit, that's a pretty cool looking Yaris. Seems fairly tastefully modded.

I don't like the headlamps, but I think it looks hot.




Now this Vios, that's too much.

[Secret Chimp]

I'll give him credit, that's a pretty cool looking Yaris. Seems fairly tastefully modded.

YOUR GENERATION WILL DOOM ALL OF US

[2o6]

YOUR GENERATION WILL DOOM ALL OF US

Dude, you have the ugliest rims on your Miata, and the offset and width makes them look odd on the car. I'm just sayin. 

[hotrodalex]

YOUR GENERATION WILL DOOM ALL OF US

Probably.

And yeah, that last "Vios" is hideous.

[Raza]

I don't like the headlamps, but I think it looks hot.




Now this Vios, that's too much.

This what I was talking about when I said "What's the point?"

[Madman]

It's not that obscure....Netz's tagline is on every ad of models that are sold there, and even go as far as different badging from other Toyota Models. I didn't realize the Belta wasn't a Netz Toyota until a few days ago.

Honda used to do something similar by selling it's cars through three different sales networks in Japan: Verno, Clio and Primo.  Why three different chains of dealers each selling their own unique models?  Beats the hell out of me!  Seems to me like it would cause a lot of confusion among consumers since the cars sold at all three dealers were badged as Hondas.

As if that weren't enough, Mazda had four sales channels in Japan.  In addition to the Mazda brand, there was also Autozam, Efini and Eunos.  There was also the stillborn Amati brand which was to have been Mazda's answer to Lexus and Infiniti, but the project was killed at the last minute.  One car that was to have been sold as an Amati did make it to the US, badged as the Mazda Millenia.  There was also the short-lived Xedos, an upmarket sub-brand sold through Mazda dealers in Europe.

For some inexplicable reason, Toyota still does this.  Want to buy a new Toyota in Japan?  Well, I hope you're not a fan of one-stop shopping!  That's because if you want to see everything Toyota has to offer in Japan, you will have to visit no fewer than five different chains of dealers!  First, there's the "Toyota Store".  Sounds simple enough, but those only have some of Toyota's model range.  If you want to see more, you'll also need to visit the "Toyopet Store".  BTW, 2o6's "Belta" is actually a Toyopet.  Then there's the "Toyota Corolla Store".  No, they don't sell just only Corollas.  They have lots of other models, too, including the comically named Ractis, Probox, Kluger (our Highlander) and the familiar dishwater dull Camry, plus many others.  The "Netz Store" is the fourth dealer chain and used to be called the "Toyota Vista Store" and before that was known as the "Toyota Auto Store"  Got all that?  Last but not least is Lexus, and we all know what those are.  Just to make things even more confusing, some models are sold through more than one dealer chain!

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!  MY HEAD IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Madman]

After doing a bit of research, it seems 2o6's Belta is sold at both the Toyopet Store and the Toyota Corolla Store.

Damn, my head hurts now!  

[Laconian]

I bet it makes more sense for Japanese people. Have you seen their magazines before? Their brains are capable of processing what we perceive as clusterfucks.

[Secret Chimp]

Desu~

[Madman]

I bet it makes more sense for Japanese people. Have you seen their magazines before? Their brains are capable of processing what we perceive as clusterfucks.

Yes, it's a well-established fact the Japanese are strange people.

[AutobahnSHO]

GM is just as bad..

[2o6]

This what I was talking about when I said "What's the point?"

Why modify a Jetta?


Besides, the grey car is just the "S" bodykit with a different lip and nicer wheels.

[2o6]

I think I drive a lot more than I used to. I bought this car five days ago and I have already put on ~350 miles.

[Raza]

I think I drive a lot more than I used to. I bought this car five days ago and I have already put on ~350 miles.

New car that you really like does that to you.  I got through break-in on the Wolfsburg in about a week--and this was before I had a 100+mile daily commute.

[giant_mtb]

I think I drive a lot more than I used to. I bought this car five days ago and I have already put on ~350 miles.

I drove 450 miles my first day.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I drove 450 miles my first day.

I suppose that is proportional to the awesomeness of your car.
I drove my VAN about 10 miles in the first week.

[SVT666]

I drove my SVT Focus 1100 miles in the first 27 hours.