Ranked #17 car in the UK · Hatchback · 21,945 units sold last year
Toyota Yaris
The default 'sensible used buy'. Fourth generation (2020+) is hybrid-only and frugal. Cheap to insure, cheap to fix, and tediously reliable.
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Yaris
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Estimated market value
£12,888
The depreciation curve
How a 2023-registration Toyota Yaris loses value over time.
What it costs to own
Based on the 2023 car with 21,000 miles you entered above — worth about £12,900 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 3 years, at roughly 7,000 miles a year.
3-year total
£10,365
Per year
£3,455
Per mile
£0.49
Best age to buy — around 2 years
A 2-year-old example loses roughly £2,749 a year — under half the £5,748 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.
Assumes roughly £1.45/L fuel (£0.28/kWh for EVs), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. A guide for comparison — your own costs will vary.
How it compares
Where this car ranks against the 330 vehicles in our index — higher is better.
Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.
Estimated insurance
Group 10 · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB
Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.
Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39
£640/ year
Roughly £53 per month
Typical
Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.| Age band | Lower risk | Typical | Higher risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 17-25 | £1,459 | £1,824 | £2,371 |
| Age 26-32 | £762 | £896 | £1,093 |
| Age 33-39Selected | £563 | £640 | £755 |
| Age 40-49 | £478 | £531 | £616 |
| Age 50+ | £426 | £474 | £559 |
How we estimate this
Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.
Expected annual costs
Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).
Routine service
£200
Annual main-dealer service
Major service
£190
Every 2 years, annualised
Road tax
£195
Standard rate, post year-one
Fuel
£729
65 mpg, £1.49/L
Insurance
£640
Age 33-39, group 10
Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).
Unexpected costs
What out-of-warranty repairs typically run, by mileage band. Your selected mileage is highlighted.
0-30k miles
£30
per year · low risk
30-60k miles
£120
per year · low risk
60-100k miles
£280
per year · low risk
100k+ miles
£550
per year · low risk
Parts most likely to fail
Drawn from owner reports and warranty data. Filtered for relevance to 21,000 miles.
Watch now
Failure typically happens around your current mileage.
Upcoming
A known weak point — but you haven't reached its usual mileage yet.
Already due
Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.
Hybrid battery (NiMH)Upcoming
Toyota Hybrid Service Activation extends warranty to 15yr/unlimited if serviced at a Toyota dealer.
Inverter water pumpUpcoming
Check coolant level annually.
Brake actuatorUpcoming
Rare but expensive. ABS warning is the early sign.
Wheel bearingsUpcoming
Light hum at speed.
"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.
Tyres
185/65 R15 · 195/55 R16 · 205/45 R17
What a full set of four will cost you (including fit and balance), and which brand each tier of buyer should pick. A typical set lasts about 28,000 miles.
Budget
£270
set of 4, fitted · £55 per tyre
Mid-range
£370
set of 4, fitted · £80 per tyre
Premium
£550
set of 4, fitted · £125 per tyre
What to fit
Bridgestone Ecopia EP150
OE choice. Optimised for low rolling resistance — every mpg matters in a hybrid.
Michelin CrossClimate 2
Best UK all-rounder. Adds maybe 1-2 mpg loss vs OE summers.
Avon ZV7
Decent value for the money. Slight mpg hit vs OE Bridgestones.
Long tyre life is partly down to the hybrid's regen braking — front pads and tyres both wear slower than equivalent petrol.
Reliability
Excellent
Things owners say
- 01The high-mileage taxi of choice — many examples on 200k+ miles still running.
- 02Boot is small; the Yaris Cross fixes this with a small ground-clearance bump.
- 03GR Yaris is a completely different car — three-cylinder turbo, AWD, no relation to the standard cooking model.
Servicing & the dealer network
How well-supported Toyota is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.
Franchised UK dealers
~180
Large network
Mass-market
Network size relative to the UK's largest (Toyota is 4% of all franchised outlets)
Servicing, parts and warranty work are easy to find UK-wide, and most independent garages know the brand well — which keeps maintenance competitive.
For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.
Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.
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