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Tokyo 2009: New Toyota Mark X

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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 literally did a facelift on it, seemingly stretching the front design outwards and upwards.

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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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35 Comments »

  1. mustafa said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 9:40 am

    is a camry upgrade…which is an a bigger altis which is a bigger vios…..

  2. 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.

  3. oricon666 said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 9:57 am

    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…

  4. davv said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 10:22 am

    After Accord now Toyota…they are now trying to look Korean!! Must have got the input from Kia for the rear light…

  5. Ariff said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 10:44 am

    ehh..like paul said b4..the design is stuck in the past.

  6. eddy said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 10:59 am

    mark X, nice

  7. kodok said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 11:19 am

    rear looks almost like kia forte..wakakaka

  8. shan said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 11:19 am

    the 1st thing tat came to my mind after looking at the rear..nissan sylphy oso…

  9. Toyo said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 11:44 am

    Always loved Toyota and will always love one, boring or not, but the back definitely looks like the Nissan Sylphy.. definately..

  10. MADBOY said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 11:56 am

    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.
    —————————————
    This car is not for Malaysia market, only the grey importer will bring it here.
    We already have corolla here in Malaysia.

  11. Gajen said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 12:04 pm

    nissan sylphy is very ugly…this is very sporty and sleek

  12. tim said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 12:21 pm

    n u guys know wat, Sylphy’s rear design is almost the same as Lexus IS250..so who ‘refer’ whose design?..hmmm..interesting~

  13. MBX Boy said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 12:45 pm

    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.

  14. theanswer said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 1:21 pm

    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.

  15. Slayer said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

    Why not we call it Toyota Kambing instead !!

  16. lambov12 said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 3:04 pm

    i prefer the previous design .. this is too camry-ish

  17. milanRed said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

    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.

  18. chew ban said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 3:52 pm

    change toyota designer

  19. 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.

  20. 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…

  21. Zul said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

    oh no i’ve to sell off my current mark x….

  22. banny said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 6:05 pm

    It looks like the lexus LS 250 from the back.

  23. nmh said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 6:18 pm

    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

  24. wth said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 7:15 pm

    Zul, how much ure selling urs?

  25. littleboy said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 7:54 pm

    sayang…..the rear look very koreannnnnn…..i like the older model of markX….got a numbers of units in Kuching….look like Jaguar……nice….

  26. Gajen said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 9:21 pm

    i still think it looks muscular and nice…this interior is a huge jump from the old mark x

  27. Toyota Fan said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 10:35 pm

    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

  28. king said,

    October 28, 2009 @ 12:26 am

    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

    _____

    well said…

  29. oricon666 said,

    October 28, 2009 @ 12:57 am

    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

    _____

    Someone is making sense finally….

  30. maa said,

    October 28, 2009 @ 2:09 am

    superbly crafted machine!

  31. CK said,

    October 28, 2009 @ 7:26 am

    prius and new wish is nice though…. will choose IMPUL SLPHY over this MarkX anytime

  32. gangully said,

    October 28, 2009 @ 1:00 pm

    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…
    ___________________

    original mark x? as in those that were used as the airport limos?

    hahahaahah

  33. Micheal said,

    October 28, 2009 @ 2:22 pm

    urm… mixed up design from various brands? i like the previous one better

  34. MI said,

    November 1, 2009 @ 4:41 pm

    Awesome! not much differ than camry… more sporty & cool.

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