The second generation of Toyota Yaris was officially introduced in early 2005 when the Japanese carmaker launched the car on the domestic market.
If the other markets, including the European, the Australia, the Canadian and the Mexican got the new Yaris in the last months of 2005, the Americans only saw the car in 2007, being unveiled at the 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show. For the first time since it was introduced in 1999, Toyota marketed the car as Yaris on the Australian and the North American market. At this time, Toyota’s Yaris is manufactured at multiple locations of the world, including Japan, France and Thailand.