Elaborating on my gushing about CarMax, the Toyota Yaris is really a great car and deserves its own review. Obviously, it's no Porsche 911 but it's a leader in its own bracket. Here were my "absolute must-haves" when car shopping: Costs under $12,000 as a hard figure. Has good MPG - at least 30 MPG all the time. Can hold four people that aren't contortionists - and is comfortable. Has reasonable acceleration without deadspots. And - yeah, ok - has 'mod cons' like … more