UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has begun teasing the brand new Toyota Vios forward of its Malaysian debut, with a throwback to an outdated Malaysian business that was launched in 2005 titled “Bait,” which you’ll watch within the YouTube video embedded beneath.
“Don’t be fooled by the serenity of your surrounding as what is to come will excite you, definitely,” the corporate wrote within the video’s caption, which exhibits a serene lake that has a “monster” popping out to wreck some warning indicators.
We don’t get to see mentioned “monster” or perhaps a automobile for that matter, however the teaser is probably going for the up to date Vios that has already been launched in Thailand. Known because the Yaris Ativ over there, the B-segment sedan will get some styling and gear modifications.
Starting with the design modifications, the newest Vios in Thailand beneficial properties wider fog lamp sections in comparison with the present mannequin we have now right here. These accompany a familiar-looking higher grille and slatted decrease consumption, whereas the rear will get a tweaked decrease apron and unchanged taillights. As for the inside, it stays just about the identical as earlier than.
In Thailand, the replace for the Yaris Ativ lastly sees the addition of the Toyota Safety Sense suite of security and driver help techniques, together with Pre-Collision System (PCS), or autonomous emergency braking, and Lane Departure Alert (LDA). While these are new for the mannequin there, our Vios already has them since December 2020 when the facelift was launched, and we even take pleasure in a blind spot monitor (BSM) with rear cross visitors alert (RCTA).
As such, we count on the brand new Vios coming our strategy to get the styling revisions and probably some modest gear updates. The mechanicals ought to keep the identical, with a 1.5 litre 2NR-FE Dual VVT-i four-cylinder offering 107 PS at 6,000 rpm and 140 Nm of torque at 4,200 rpm – drive is distributed to the entrance wheels by way of a CVT. We’ll have to attend for UMWT to disclose extra data within the coming weeks to raised perceive why the brand new Vios is “irresistible as ever.”
On a distant notice, a earlier report from August suggests a next-generation Vios will make its world debut within the fourth quarter of this 12 months. Codenamed D92A, the fourth-gen mannequin is claimed to be launched in Thailand first in August and might be underpinned by the Daihatsu New Global Architecture. It’s been months since that report got here out, however Toyota has not talked about if this may truly occur.
GALLERY: 2022 Toyota Yaris Ativ (Thailand market)
GALLERY: 2021 Toyota Vios 1.5G (Malaysia market)
