Toyota's pricing of the Echo is keen - at the very bottom of the range. Adding practical and comfort options, however, easily adds $4,500. Bill McKinnon says this parsimonious approach tarnishes its clever city-car touches.
Its deceptive interior is impressively large. It performs better than it looks, too. But until Toyota shaves its price tag, the Echo will never have the resounding success it deserves, says PHIL SCOTT.
Toyota's Echo rules the ultra-competitive light car class, and now comes well-equipped and well priced. The five-door hatch version puts even more versatility into the mix.
The bane of small affordable cars is that if they are involved in an accident, often despite being completely repairable the cost of these repairs along with replacements parts often means declaring the vehicle as a write-off.