2009 Toyota Aygo Facelift Revealed

2009 Toyota Aygo Facelift

Nip and tuck time for Toyota Aygo, to be officially revealed in Italy on December 4

By Thami Masemola
November 6, 2008 3:59 PM
Filed Under: Facelifts, Japanese, Toyota

Toyota Aygo is to be revealed after a mid-life facelift in the next few weeks in Bologna, Italy. The promise is to give it a series of exciting new changes in the exterior, further differentiating it from its competition. Aygo is also to benefit from Toyota's long-time commitment of cutting down emissions by getting Optimal Drive technologies.

The new 2009 Aygo being unveiled at the Bologna Motor Show (because Italy is the world's largest A-segment or ultra-small market) on December 4 is one of 13 new models planned for launch by the world's biggest automaker. And this is just in 2009. Such a number of new models is a great sign of confidence in the 2009 - 2010 market for Toyota, which itself hasn't been immune to the current slump in global vehicle sales.

Source: Toyota

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Comments

Tuner_Mad

November 6, 2008 4:26 PM

Well at least it looks better the Other cars using this platform (C1/107.)

lelu

November 6, 2008 9:32 PM

Erk, the C1s better!

need4speed

November 6, 2008 4:59 PM

HELLO TOYOTA YARIS, NORTH AMERICA. OR NOT?

BabyMilo

November 6, 2008 10:04 PM

we have the yaris here in AU but i think it would also be good to bring this over

blay

November 7, 2008 4:26 AM

yehhh we got the yaris here in australia...though i think this would be a better car if brought over here. australia needs some cheap cars.

Auto3motion

November 6, 2008 5:18 PM

One that looks permanently paralysed with an amazed expression, one that has bad teeth and needs braces at least this one is normal if not a little more angry.

joelynn

November 6, 2008 5:19 PM

No, it's a seperate smaller car than the Yaris. This facelift definitely is more successful than the 107s

BritBoy

November 6, 2008 6:06 PM

Yes I agree, this has always been the better looking of the Aygo/C1/107 triplets, it has distanced itself even further now.

machida

November 6, 2008 6:10 PM

Funny how the world has changed. Ten years ago the Peugeot version would be the most attractive, the Citroen the most funky, and the Toyota the most plain. Now the Pug is just weird, the Citroen is kinda boring, and the Toyota looks cohesive and clever, like one person designed the whole car.

If PSA are going to keep using other people's cars (like the Mitsu Outlander), they're gonna have to get a lot better at restyling them not to look like they're wearing Halloween costumes.

politz

November 6, 2008 8:14 PM

yawn.

this toyota looks just boring to me; the peugeot is, like all others, ridiculously over the top; and the citroen, despite not being actually pretty, is somewhat cute. more like a cartoon character than a halloween costume, i guess.

besides, one shouldn't take such tiny little things seriously, right?

BabyMilo

November 6, 2008 10:03 PM

the best facelift out of the trio

9TNine

November 6, 2008 11:56 PM

Looks okay but a lousy drive...

Rear seat too small for me. Really only for children. Car is way too small for the US market.

lucifa

November 7, 2008 10:39 AM

that we do - citroen looks better, but i'd rather the toyota for reliability issues and resale

ringi

November 11, 2008 10:46 PM

Im always wondering why US costumer say the same thing about a small car like Aygo. The said that the seat are to small? So why do you need a bigger seat than a European? This car is number one in Denmark, why cant this car not be a hit in US?

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