Toyota Auris treated to a Mild-Facelift

Revised styling, additional power

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 joelynn joelynn
better but not enough- it needs a radical make-over to compete with the market leaders.
October 15, 2009 11:12 am
 Bristol411S3 Bristol411S3
Oh my Lord, what have they done... The Auris is a second rate effort in the European market and now they've added ugliness to total lack of inspiration. Compare this to the Focus and it's frankly laughable.
October 15, 2009 11:14 am
 eeoikari eeoikari
From inside it looks quite decent, but the blandness outside, oh dear... somehow reminds Nissan Micra, but without any characteristics. And what's with the Hyundai-look-a-like badge?
October 15, 2009 11:23 am
 andreas350z andreas350z
oh god they made it uglier
October 15, 2009 11:41 am
 afterace2 afterace2
Lol, they've made it even uglier than before, which was quite hard to acomplish. I prefered even the prev gen corolla.
October 15, 2009 12:20 pm
 Beybaba Beybaba
whats the "S" like badge in the front grille?
October 15, 2009 12:31 pm
 xLumino xLumino
It's simply the JDM-Logo The Auris dosn't look bad. Most guys called that ugly, shows no relations to that statement. Maybe it's a bit boring insteed of dynamic Audi A3 or sportive Alfa 147... but not simply ugly. I think Toyota change things better like the taillights or the bonnet. But I think, the rearfenders look to wide for the car, that gives it confusing proportions.
October 15, 2009 1:56 pm
 politz politz
actually, toyota sells its models in japan under several different 'divisions', all being toyota, despite having different badges, products and retailers. weird, isn't it?
October 15, 2009 5:05 pm
 N20_Purge N20_Purge
Looks a little... pointier. It is better than the old one, but I still prefer the Impreza and Civic.
October 15, 2009 4:07 pm
 9TNine 9TNine
Still Fugly!
October 15, 2009 4:42 pm
 politz politz
that is a car for people who don't care about cars. just like new age is music for people who don't like music. yeah, toyota is the enya of the auto world.
October 15, 2009 5:07 pm
 eeoikari eeoikari
Hey, don't mock Enya! Enya is making something that is actually beautiful. :)
October 15, 2009 5:51 pm
 HEMI426 HEMI426
Japanese car makers are about the only ones why still make 1.6 or 1.8 engines without turbos. That's a good thing. I rather have a 3.0 v6 with 180 hp than a 1.4 with 180 hp
October 15, 2009 5:56 pm
 BabyMilo BabyMilo
Not really an improvement
October 16, 2009 3:58 am
 9TNine 9TNine
I am really puzzled?! How does a company as wealthy as Toyota produce a car that looks like this and cars that look like the FT-86??? Wasn?t this designed in France??? Ah, some ex-French Resistance at work to destroy the enemy?
October 16, 2009 8:04 am