Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
The new Toyota Mark X’s Mazda-like wheel arches are even more obvious in real life than in photos. Toyota has basically taken the existing Mark X design and litreally did a facelift on it, seemingly stretching the front design outwards and upwards.
As for the rear end, the car’s bangle butt design has been toned down a little and the tail lamp design now stretches onto the car’s bootlid. Kinda reminds me of the Sylphy really. Look after the jump for more live photos of the Mark X at Tokyo 2009.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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is a camry upgrade…which is an a bigger altis which is a bigger vios…..
The name "MARK" is not suitable in Malaysia. Maybe they can change it for suite our ear needs..
My suggestion is corolla.
For the 1st time…. i'm looking at a Japanese car that got Korean car's styling…
not praising the Korean though…. Never..!!
Just dunno what Toyota is doing…
After Accord now Toyota…they are now trying to look Korean!! Must have got the input from Kia for the rear light…
ehh..like paul said b4..the design is stuck in the past.
mark X, nice
rear looks almost like kia forte..wakakaka
the 1st thing tat came to my mind after looking at the rear..nissan sylphy oso…
Always loved Toyota and will always love one, boring or not, but the back definitely looks like the Nissan Sylphy.. definately..
Kambing Laut said,
October 27, 2009 @ 9:41 am
The name “MARK” is not suitable in Malaysia. Maybe they can change it for suite our ear needs..
My suggestion is corolla.
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This car is not for Malaysia market, only the grey importer will bring it here.
We already have corolla here in Malaysia.
nissan sylphy is very ugly…this is very sporty and sleek
n u guys know wat, Sylphy's rear design is almost the same as Lexus IS250..so who 'refer' whose design?..hmmm..interesting~
The back doesn't look lika a Kia nor a Sylphy. I swear the rear looks so much like a muscular Hyundai Elantra. Like the front design better than the current Malaysian Camry.
Kambing Laut,
Toyota Mark is not a new name. already here few years back. so no point of changing its name. its a different model from corolla..different class.
Why not we call it Toyota Kambing instead !!
i prefer the previous design .. this is too camry-ish
i've seen the previous model on the road, it stands out from the rest of the vehicles… the new one does look slightly taller. Very sweet indeed.
change toyota designer
vios, altis, camry, and mark x, most of the design is either similar or ugly, they are one ugly duckling family.
i actually love the original mark-x.. its unorthodox styling gives it a certain charm inexistent in most other toyotas.. this upgrade however sees it being a victim of commercialization with it taking design cues from the tried and tested… the rear to me looks more like the elantra's than the sylphy's while the front still retains much of its existing look which i like though it doesn't save the entire look…
oh no i've to sell off my current mark x….
It looks like the lexus LS 250 from the back.
Yes the design stuck in the past….but tis is pure RWD. Shudnt be compared wif camry, altis, sylphy or whatever cheapo-but-expensive-in-malaysia FWD car
Zul, how much ure selling urs?
sayang…..the rear look very koreannnnnn…..i like the older model of markX….got a numbers of units in Kuching….look like Jaguar……nice….
i still think it looks muscular and nice…this interior is a huge jump from the old mark x
As you see the difference of the new corolla altis and the previous corolla altis. In fact the older altis has better build quality for interior while the new ones are very plasticky not only that. Due to the new interior cluster and dashboard, the cabin volumn seems smaller and much more lower in fact. To me, Corolla Axio has very bad build quality and feels like a cheap car which Hyundai Elantra has better build quality and they implement the same interior for the New Altis. OMG, no wonder the new altis not selling as well as the predecessor.
Any way back to Mark X. This is a much more upmarketed Camry and i am sure that the handling is going to blow our minds off. Mark X is somewad bigger than IS250 thus Lexus, face the wall and have a well damn good reflection about ur "upmarketing". Anyway Mark X on reliability wise better than Mazda 6
chew ban said,
October 27, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
vios, altis, camry, and mark x, most of the design is either similar or ugly, they are one ugly duckling family
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well said…
chew ban said,
October 27, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
vios, altis, camry, and mark x, most of the design is either similar or ugly, they are one ugly duckling family
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Someone is making sense finally….
superbly crafted machine!
prius and new wish is nice though…. will choose IMPUL SLPHY over this MarkX anytime
DtG said,
October 27, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
i actually love the original mark-x.. its unorthodox styling gives it a certain charm inexistent in most other toyotas.. this upgrade however sees it being a victim of commercialization with it taking design cues from the tried and tested… the rear to me looks more like the elantra’s than the sylphy’s while the front still retains much of its existing look which i like though it doesn’t save the entire look…
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original mark x? as in those that were used as the airport limos?
hahahaahah
urm… mixed up design from various brands? i like the previous one better
Awesome! not much differ than camry… more sporty & cool.
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