Agree. Could be. But indeed the Yaris Hybrid does cost AT LEAST 8000 euro more on purchase price with around the same equipment as the SpaceStar, I bought mine for 11.500 and yaris will cost me 19.500 and it still don't have fog lamp, no leather wheels and gear, not sure about lamp sensor, rain sensor, auto start/go, start/stop button, climate control. Just count how much fuel u can buy for 8000 euro? If fuel cost 1,70 euro for every liter, you can buy 4705,88 liter of fuel. It will keep you going for 94.117,64 km on 1/20. On your case of driving 15.000 a year you can buy fuel for 6,27 years!!
So .... easy to decide, right? Imagine how many start motor and accu you can buy with 8000 euro on price difference alone?
Oh right, and soon you will have to pay for the road tax, yaris hybrid is way heavier than space star ;-)
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View my fuel log 2013 Mirage 1.0 manual: 47.5 mpg (US) ... 20.2 km/L ... 5.0 L/100 km ... 57.0 mpg (Imp)