2001 Toyota Yaris T Sport review from UK and Ireland

Slight rattle from new in the driver's door. I'll have it looked into at the first service.

For its price and fuel economy (just over 40mpg, as the EU figures say), the performance is excellent.

There are a few weaknesses in the specification: the front seats don't have "memory" when they're folded to allow people into the back, there's no boot light, the CD player is of modest quality and the steering wheel only adjusts for rake, not reach.

The T Sport's main problem is that it's close-ratio gearbox gives a buzzy 3500rpm at 70mph. There's plenty of torque to allow a sixth gear to be fitted, and this would make motorway driving far more relaxed. The flipside is that the engine remains very willing to accelerate at this speed, so pulling out into a lane of faster traffic is easy.