Ranked #17 car in the UK · Hatchback · 38,458 units sold last year
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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The short version
Forecourt score
Value 82 · Reliability 99 · Insurance 96
The Toyota Yaris holds its value well and is cheaper to run than most. Its MOT-based reliability is excellent, 92 out of 100, ahead of 99% of the cars we track. On three-year value retention it ranks better than 82% of models.
The Forecourt score blends how this car ranks against the catalogue on value retention, reliability and insurance cost (weighted 40/40/20). Higher is better; running cost is not yet folded in.
Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.
Fuel
Hybrid · 1490cc
Power
130 ps
Drivetrain
FWD
Cam drive
Chain
Quoted MPG
67 mpg
The volume Yaris. 1.5L 4-cyl hybrid, 130 PS combined (post-2024 facelift), e-CVT, FWD. 9.2s 0-62. 67+ mpg achievable — class-leading economy. Design trim — 16-inch wheels, climate, parking sensors. The fuel-efficiency supermini.
Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.
Remembered as you browse other cars.
Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.
Estimated market value
How we got this number — click for the breakdown, or to challenge it.£14,000
Range £11,600 – £16,650
medium confidence
How a 2023-registration Toyota Yaris loses value over time.
Based on the 2023 car with 21,000 miles you entered above — worth about £14,000 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 7,000 miles a year.
5-year total
£11,791
Per year
£2,358
All-in per mile
£0.34
Fuel per mile
11.1p
If a company carAround £192/mo Benefit-in-Kind tax at the 40% rate (£96/mo at 20%) — 23% band
If you're a company-car driver
At 23% BIK, a 40% taxpayer would pay about £192/month in company-car tax (£96/month at 20%) — on top of the running costs above. Full BIK table below for context.
Best age to buy — around 4 years
A 4-year-old example loses roughly £1,400 a year — under half the £3,200 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.
Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.
Where this car ranks against the 340 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.
How the available versions compare on price, running cost, and the headaches each tends to develop.
Best-in-class hybrid supermini. Exclusively hybrid in UK. Cross-shop Honda Jazz (also hybrid only), Renault Clio E-Tech, Mazda 2 Hybrid (rebadged Yaris). The Yaris is the fuel-economy benchmark. Toyota 10-year hybrid battery warranty.
Watch for
Fuel/energy costs based on this week’s UK averages (w/c 22/06/2026) · Petrol 153.3p/L, Diesel 172.5p/L, Electricity 27.0p/kWh · DESNZ
Group 10 of 50 (low — cheaper end of the scale) · 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.
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
£708
63 mpg, £1.49/L
Insurance
£640
Age 33-39, group 10
Clean-air zones
✓ ULEZ compliantBased on London ULEZ standards — Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and other UK clean-air zones generally follow the same rules.
Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).
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
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
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.
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.
Toyota Hybrid Service Activation extends warranty to 15yr/unlimited if serviced at a Toyota dealer.
Check coolant level annually.
Rare but expensive. ABS warning is the early sign.
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.
Euro NCAP's independent crash-test rating for the Toyota Yaris, from its 2017 assessment.
The passenger compartment of the Yaris remained stable in the frontal offset test.
Independent crash-test data from Euro NCAP. Star ratings reflect the test protocol of the year shown — newer protocols are stricter, so a 5-star from 2024 represents a higher bar than a 5-star from 2014.
How this model fares at its MOT as it ages — from 9,431,430 real DVSA test records.
MOT pass rate by age
A 3-year-old Yaris passes its MOT 89.4% of the time; by 25 years that has slipped to 67.5%. The y-axis is zoomed to this model’s range so the trend is readable.
Longevity
From 17,338 vehicles registered in 1999.
Survival by registration year
Each point is one registration cohort. Older cars on the left, newer on the right. A flatter line means the model holds up over time; a steep drop means cohorts disappear from UK roads faster.
What’s on the road
The fuel-type split of every Yaris currently MOT’d in the UK. From 772,539 vehicles.
Common MOT failures by mileage
The defect categories this Yaris fails on most often, and how the failure rate climbs as the miles add up — from the same DVSA test records.
| Category | 0-30k | 30-60k | 60-100k | 100k+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighting & signalling | 1% | 2% | 6% | 10% |
| Suspension | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% |
| Tyres & wheels | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% |
| Brakes | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Driver's view | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| Emissions | — | 1% | 3% | 5% |
Share of MOT tests in each mileage band with at least one defect in that category. The peak band for each is highlighted.
Typical mileage by age
The average odometer reading for a Yaris at MOT, by age — measured from the same DVSA records, not assumed. A useful yardstick for whether a given car has done more or fewer miles than its age suggests.
Mean recorded mileage at MOT by vehicle age, from DVSA test records (ages with at least 10 tests shown).
Excellent
MOT outlook · age 5 years
52th percentile — About catalogue average
Based on 707,256 MOT tests · ranked against 248 catalogue models with comparable data
Where this car sits in the catalogue
Pass-rate distribution across 248 catalogue models
Safety recalls
Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the Toyota Yaris, or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.
Check on GOV.UKOpens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.
A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.
Whole-car theft
Higher
The Toyota Yaris is targeted for catalytic-converter theft on hybrid models (UK 2025 data). Keyless entry on later cars makes relay theft the usual method.
Parts theft
Higher
Hybrid versions are a catalytic-converter target — a hybrid cat is rich in precious metals and can be cut out in about a minute.
Worth doing
Whether driving a Toyota Yaris into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.
| City | Area | Daily charge | Likely outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | All of Greater London (within the M25) | £12.50 | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
| Birmingham | Inside the A4540 Middleway | £8.00 | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
| Bristol | City centre and part of the Portway | £9.00 | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
| Glasgow | City centre | — | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
| Edinburgh | City centre | — | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
| Aberdeen | City centre | — | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
| Dundee | City centre | — | Likely exempt Hybrid petrol engines from 2006 meet Euro 4. |
Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.
What HMRC's Benefit-in-Kind charge looks like if you ran this Toyota Yaris as a company car, by tax year and income-tax band. Calculated from a CO₂ of 94 g/km, using £24,990 as the P11D value.
| Tax year | BIK % | Tax @ 20% | Tax @ 40% | Monthly @ 20% | Monthly @ 40% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23% | £1,150 | £2,299 | £96 | £192 |
| 2026-27 | 24% | £1,200 | £2,399 | £100 | £200 |
| 2027-28 | 25% | £1,250 | £2,499 | £104 | £208 |
| 2028-29 | 25% | £1,250 | £2,499 | £104 | £208 |
| 2029-30 | 25% | £1,250 | £2,499 | £104 | £208 |
P11D value is approximated from the latest new price; the exact figure on your tax code will depend on options fitted. The 4% diesel surcharge applies only to non-RDE2 (pre-2021) diesels — we assume RDE2 compliance for current models. Bands and rates from HMRC's Autumn Budget 2024 confirmation through 2029/30.
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.
Of every Toyota Yaris ever registered in the UK, this is what's actively on the road, parked off the road on a SORN, or gone for good.
Total ever registered
612,089
Currently taxed & on road
585,020
96% of all registered
SORN (off road)
27,069
4% of all registered
Scrapped or exported
0
UK fleet trend — 2014 to 2025
+3.2% vs 2024Source: DfT VEH0124 vehicle licensing statistics (year-end 2025) · Updated 1 Jul 2026
Common questions
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Same underpinnings
TNGA platform for small cars. Underpins the Yaris family. Different badges, often substantially different residuals, but broadly the same mechanicals and repair cost profile.
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Common questions
Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.