Daily Voice 2023-06-09

THERE is no denying it: the era of the tiny hatchback is upon us. There’s also no denying that the pandemic left most of us with less cash, more concern about how to make ends meet, and facing higher living and fuel costs. Not a good situation. But it does go a long way to explain the accelerated growth in the small car segment, which now accounts for 64% of the market, up from 53% in 2018. In short, more people are seeing the reasonableness of the new generation of three-pot one-litre powerplants in lightweight bodies, wringing the most out of that costly petrol you have to put in. Range Toyota’s Vitz is one such cabbie. Replacing the Agya and sitting just beneath the Starlet in the range, the Vitz…