Test Drive 2018 Toyota Yaris iA

Both of my siblings have bought the Scion iA and the Toyota Yaris iA (both the same car, when Toyota rolled Scion up it brought the iA in as the Yaris iA). I strongly recommended this car to both of them because it is a rebadged Mazda Mazda2, comes with a manual transmission (what my immediate family drives), and because one of the best cars in a price and size category above this is the Mazda Mazda3. So far both siblings are happy with the purchase.
I apologize for the photos on this, we were facing west down a street in the late afternoon.

Styling:

The car has more butt lift than I would ideally like but the visibility is otherwise okay. For a car with a starting MSRP of $15,450 it comes with alloy wheels which are nice. It is also a very small car but it is wonderful in that it does not have headlights that are too big for it (see the Hyundai Accent and Ford Fiesta for cars that appear to have disproportionately large headlights). It would be nice if the headlights were LED or HID, but this would add to the cost.
I also like that the hood is low and allows a good view over it.

Engine and Transmission:
Shift is light weight but affirming. Upshift from 2-3 is really nice, I mean really nice.
Gears 1, and to a lesser degree 2, have a lot of transmission noise, not completely unpleasant, but loud. Reverse is a push down lockout and there are 6 gears. I found no lugging at 1500 RPM, did not check much lower.
All power appears midway up the RPM range, going toward the top of the rev range the power drops off sharply. The very start of first gear from a dead stop is gutless, but this quickly goes away as the revs climb.
It is not an enthusiast engine. My brother says he has lifetime average of 40 miles per gallon and does not exactly drive it to hyper mile it.

Handling and Steering:
90 degree turns from a stop require 270 degrees of steering wheel input. 90 degree turns under throttle (not at a stop) require 180 degrees of steering wheel input.
The steering immediately off center is very muted, not much happens, but turn in gets much better further off center. I did not get to try steering or handling on anything fun.
The suspension was neither supple nor crashy. It was also not isolating.

Interior:
Materials are on the decent end for economy cars but nothing special.
The interface for the screen has a scroll wheel that doubles as a directional pad and button.
The steering wheel has useful controls.
The steering wheel and shifter are located nicely proximate to one another.
Rear seat space is decent behind a driver of average height, but the rear headrests must be put up otherwise they dig into your back.
Trunk space is quite reasonable and usable.

The tachometer is a screen to the left of the steering wheel.

The Mazda2 (Scion iA, Toyota Yaris iA) stands out to me as one of the better economy car experiences and is not devoid of the features, handling, and engine that make its big brother, the Mazda3, such a wonderful sedan.