Toyota Motor Thailand has officially launched the facelifted Toyota Vios, with the B-segment sedan being offered in four variants there – 1.5J, 1.5E, 1.5G and 1.5S – with prices ranging from 609,000 baht (RM76,621) to 789,000 baht (RM99,268).
Under the bonnet, all variants are powered by the 2NR-FBE 1.5 litre four-cylinder Dual VVT-i engine, which the Vios received as part of an update in March last year in Thailand, and in October for Malaysia. The mill provides 108 hp at 6,000 rpm and 140 Nm at 4,200 rpm, with drive being sent to the front wheels exclusively through a CVT automatic gearbox with seven virtual ratios (no manual option).
Of course, the biggest (and most polarising) change as you can tell is in the styling department, with the Vios having a lot in common with the Chinese-market Vios launched at the 2016 Beijing Auto Show, and showing hints of the US-market 2018 Camry. At the front, there are new projector headlamps with integrated LED positioning lights, a prominent T-shaped grille and repositioned LED fog lamps (with new LED DRLs beside them).
As for the rear, the taillights are now LED-type units with revised graphics, and now feature a thinner chrome bootlid bar linking them. The bumper has also been restyled to provide a less “busy” look than before, with more fluid rear fog lamps. Other exterior features include 15- or 16-inch alloys, and a reverse camera (depending on variant).
Compared to the exterior, there doesn’t appear to be any significant changes on the inside, as far as we can tell. Items such as the double-DIN seven-inch touchscreen audio system, keyless operation, leather/fabric seats, multi-info driving display and automatic air-conditioning (not available in Malaysia) all continue to feature here. The Thailand-spec Vios also comes with four different interior themes, which are dependent on variant.
Safety-wise, the Vios comes standard with dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, brake assist, a collision safety body (GOA), Isofix rear child seat anchors, as well as Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and traction control.
Customers in Thailand will get to choose from six exterior body colours – Red Mica Metallic, Quartz Brown Metallic, Super White, Silver Metallic, Gray Metallic and Attitude Black Mica. With the launch of the new Vios in Thailand, we’d expect UMW Toyota to bring in the more fearsome-looking model soon. Interested?
SO UGLY!!! KIA LOOKS BETTER
What the use of Kia looks better but no RV,no reliability,no durability and troublesome for maintenance? Toyota is proven and never disappointing to own.That’s why Toyota is number one in the world.It’s invented and driven by first world country and developed nation.Number one in most of rich countries in the world.Honda,Perodua and proton are for poor people in poor countries.
Malaysians now boycott Toyota la. Every Malaysian including Toyota fans now know that for 20 years, Toyota refused to give VSC in Malaysian cars whilst the same cars globally had VSC and more than 6 airbags.
End of 2016, UMW had no choice but to give VSC in all their cars cause sales was super bad.
This shows what a dishonest and irresponsible company UMW is.
Malaysian government announced already if cars had VSC, 45% of all accidents and deaths can be prevented.
Since Toyota was No 1 non national car for over 10 years, imagive the hundreds of thousands of lives we could have saved if UMW had given us VSC 15 yrs ago.
Any Toyota marketed by UMW wont be cheap.
Mr Kurusamy..will price it higher to please his bosses cos UMW is exiting the oil and gas business after some hefty losses lately.They think the car will sell by itself.
This is a myth…In fact,Honda cars sell by itself now.
That is your problem with UMW.But for Toyota Malaysian market are forgettable.It’s not contributing much to it’s worldwide sales.Toyota much appreciate wiser Thailand consumers coz everything in Thailand is about Toyota.The people in land of smile smiling and proud driving Toyota while in Malaysia,the land of losers driving Honda and proton.That’s why these people so grumpy.Getting salary to pay junks for 9 years.I can see all Honda drivers regret faces anywhere.
Like i said if you can’t afford Toyota,keep driving your 2nd hand down proton or Honda.Now another excuse is mixing oil and gas with Toyota? C’mon lah bro.We talking about car not oil,gas,petrol pump,stationary book store whatsoever.Always another lame excuse to make yourself proud of driving junks eh? Not afford is not afford = poor.
I can’t say is uglier. But is still UGLY!!!
Are you telling us your face? It’s getting uglier when you drive a proton
https://www.miros.gov.my/1/publications.php?id_page=19
One can have all kinds of cutting edge tech under the hood… but not knowing how to use it does nothing at all.
Better attend to the facts that malaysians love tailgating, road-hogging, overloading…
Where did your get the fact Malaysian boycott Toyota? Not bcoz Malaysian no longer afford premium brand like Toyota? Just say la you not afford Toyota then you condemn here and there about Toyota.Malaysian government said? Since when people believe what government is saying? Government so good meh? We all knew since independence government had lied to Malaysian lah.Bcoz of your bad attitude on roads,poor judgement and poor driving skill you blame Toyota for people’s death? This is what i said about Malaysian 3rd mentality.Always blame others but can’t see own weakness.Really jokers.
LOL. Toyota is premium brand. Tell this to your kids as bedtime story. You’re the one don’t afford to get German cars and youre thinking toyota is premium brand? Toyota is for poor people in overseas. Proton safety and design way much more better than toyota. #lifeless #toyotafanboi #bedtimestory
Katak di bawah tempurung
Terok betul lah…nk kondem je tau…kalau rasa x suka tgk keta proton or honda…pegi la tempat yg x de dua jenama kereta ni…pergi lah yg ade toyota jekk…kondem kondem jenama org…toyota pon bukan sempurna sgt ..tu hah…india tu…tata je ade…x nk pulak kondem…bia lah proton atau honda buat keje dorang sendiri…takyah nk berlagak pandai sgt…macam dia buat semua bende…
With this new model, i will be able to get my 5th Lexus soon. Work hard you kimchi driver
Same loor,if u can afford a fifth Lexus,u wont be toiling to sell Toyota cars.
U would be doing business big time.
Believe me,I dont have to sell even 1 unit of Rolls Royce,cos your truly got a fleet of Lexus and Rolls Royce.Wanna see my fleet?
LOL
OLD Toyota RV going down fast as older Toyota does not have VSC, must have safety equipment.
Bye2 Toyota
Best Handling FWD car in our B-segment, if you can’t afford or dislike the RWD gt86, this is the answer to the mass market, practical yet affordable.
Proton Preve is way better in handling than Vios
What? That generic pretend turbo? Oil gasper faster than pee.Plastic everywhere.Fire hazard.
It says better handling… mentioning other issue is like agreeing that preve drives better. Mcpherson vs torsion – everybody know the result
Then why people shun the better handling proton? Worldwide sales less than 80k units.99.99% sales from Malaysia and rest of it from Malaysia embassies been forced to buying proton.Ask yourself.Bad quality,bad RV,bad services.Waste money to drive.Like feeding a goldfish but the fish keep eating and eating eventually the fish bloated and the tummy bursh.Death.That’s proton.
Best handling? Everyone know this car handles like sampan.
You nevery drive mazda 2, ford fiesta, Peugeot 208 before ? Kesiannya
RM99,268?????????
a B-segment car Vios cost at about 100K? and this is the price of vios in a country THAT HAS NO PROTON
How is this possible???
No Proton but still expensive
Where were you for the past 2 years? Ringgit depreciated 35%,blame car is expensive? Most places in southern Thai no longer accepting ringgit from Malaysian coz Bath increase 25% vs Ringgit.Yes proton are junks only deserve to throw inside ocean but why must point your anger towards Toyota? Btw if you are rich anytime Toyota is not a problem to own like the rest of the world.But from your comment I can tell you are poor only deserve to drive low resale value 2nd or 3rd hand Honda or proton.Toyota is for smart and classy minded first class people.
ask Toyota employ you as design engineer
Vios is much better than City and Civic.That’s for sure.
Took them six months to release the CVT one, I think will only arrive here around September.
Look like old mazda 5
From Dugong to Catfish, still two airbags? Even Persona got six airbags ok! Hahaha
UMW bring this car in, it will be close to RM90k. Only a real bodoh will buy this car at RM90k.
Better to buy a Nissan Teana. RM120k after discounts comes 6 airbags, leather seats, big D segment car vs small tiny B segment Vios, reverse cam, etc etc
UMW will increase price blaming the Ringgit
Last last UMW later got no sales, they will reduce price claim that they got magic “EEV certification”. Seriously don’t waste money. Pakai Xiaomi cukup. This year we sacrifice new car smell and just continue drive our old cars. Fuel naik okay rather than paying hundreds or thousands per month on something that depreciates and has no value.
That’s a poor human talk.No ambition and hopeless.Bangla and Nepalese earn much higher than you i guess.Poor people go back living in jungle
Based on your statement, all B segment buyers including City are also bodoh?
Still got 2-3 airbags? come on lah toyota!
There r PPL who proposed to stop buying cars for five years until they drop their price. My car is 11 years old now and I have no plan to buy anything until it runs down to the earth. Let’s fight together folks. Let them bleed to death….
In fact ..keep your car now if it still running good and serve the purpose. Especially if you still have loan to service..bad economy is one thing but buying new car burden you financially unless you high income earner.
You only live once.Why must keep using old proton,perodua or Honda while you can spend your money driving the best in the world? Drive Toyota save your face from being laughed by the world.Don’t be the lowest uncivilised human in the 3rd world country.Be like Japanese and American
Mr. Muthusamy for the presidency! Save our Face people, save the Hooman kind!
so the facelift has arrived
no big deal
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Watch and see who come out on top..City will prevail as always.
This Praba needs a reality check. Perhaps he has not driven a turbocharged car. The vios comes with a NA Engine, it is not even using direct injection technology, how outdated this car is! And they ‘upgraded’ the 4 speed (super ECT – wow, I’m impressed!!) to a virtual 7 speed CVT, Toyota can’t even put in a real , heck, 6 speed torque convertor auto into this tin kosong car. Praba we know you are consoling yourself because you already invested in a Vios. Say as much as you want, consumers are smart enough these days. If you want Japanese, everyone knows, it’s a common sense, that a city or Mazda 2 is the clear winner. However, let me tell you this, the Vento with a turbo stratified injection engine can bungkus your vios anytime. Period.
All Toyotas are direct injection decades ago Mr Tin.Meanwhile latest protons are still using timing belt.If 4 speed is good,why must change? Upgraded to 7 speed is another bonus to Toyota owners.And you talking about vento? Why many VW showrooms empty? Yeah right,after push acceleration that boxy vento make eyes sore for breakdown in many highways causing traffic jams.Only good for towing truck companies making business.Thanks VW for supporting independent after sales services.Volkwagen? My armpit ticklish now
honda malaysia city v spec can give auto aircond whereby toyota highspec doesn’t want to give? why?
But City E and S so bald no safety. 2 airbags, no VSC, worse than Vios J
low spec can give esc..but city s got no esc? city got 6 airbags..vios trd got only 2? come on la..the choice is in the hands of the consumer. just choose the best for you.
99.99% of car never use of airbags and 0.01% having faulty airbags.It is like airbags is nonsense and useless in Malaysia road.Who need airbags if u drive 50-60km/h average? With Malaysia traffic jam everyday going to work,go balik kampung long holiday also all highway and road having mannequin challenge.Tell me when the airbags apply? Are driving 150km/h everyday?
you’ll need airbags when other cars driving 150km/h hentam you from the back. Just because you drive extremely carefull doesn’t mean that others will
Henram from behind can make airbags deploys eh? You watching hollyweed movies too much Mr No iQ
Then why put useless rear fog lamp, not one but two, where it is 100% never use? Its usefulness is far worse than airbags. Some more need to spend money on making video on how to use rear fog lamp.
Rear fog lamp won’t get you sales.
no one want to use any passive safety features on road, nut once you use it, you will know the value
Dei. Actually who you are. I think if volvo listened your opinion means they’ll tutup the company kot
Such a failure car to not have 7 air-bags as standard or even an option.
ah bengs would love this car
they sure get the TRD kit version XD
The price almost the same with malaysia.. btw with this new vios, toyota just raise a bar in this car segment
Such an under powered car with so few airbags!
Aesthetically challenged car.
Toyota very high ego.. they never learn their mistake.
What mistake? It was Malaysian mistake to buy fragile brands like proton.Tell me which country buying proton since 80’s? Why must drive proton and facing the shame for owning the car? Honda not a top 5 brand in Japan itself! Even Japanese shun Honda.But here this 3rd world mentality citizen praised Honda like pharaoh.Proton is another long list failure of Mahathir coz everyone think he is so powerful like pharaoh but look at him now.Pharaoh dethrone by bigger pharaoh easily.That’s proton people!
Honda is second best selling in Japan, study 1st before come out with a statement
Again you comparing toyota with proton? Why not compare your premium brand with volkswagen, ford or Nissan?
yes this car is very reliable in city driving
Tell me it’s a bad dream?
The sunshade still lacks light..Some thing can be found in some older cars..Small feature but this kinda nifty things definitely brings pleasure and usefulness. Of cos.. ppl nowdays find engine start button sooo useful!
For a company which depends on resale value as a key USP, this 2017 Vios will surely upset many 2016 Vios owners. When UMWT brings this new 2017 Vios here, no doubt RV for the 2016 Vios will fall even lower than usual.
However, I don’t think it’s entirely Toyota’s fault, because last year, the Thai government began enforcing a new CO2 emissions-based tax system. TMT was forced to discontinue their ancient Vios engine and 4-spd auto, and fit in a newer engine with CVT to meet the tougher standards… and UMWT/ ASSB imports Vios engines from Thailand. This 2017 Vios was likely supposed to be the mid-life Vios facelift model, not the 2016 model.
Anyway, personally, I think the front design of this latest Vios is too polarising; the back looks okay. It would be hard to recommend this over the new 2017 City facelift. And 2 airbags across the range is disappointing, but not surprising… I doubt the Vios was ever designed to have 6 airbags anyway. Unlike the City, Toyota does not sell the Vios in Japan, Western Europe, North America or even Australia… therefore, no need to pass strict safety standards. The Vios is an ASEAN car with ASEAN safety standards. Sigh…
The front grill for toyota cars are getting weirder day by day, i think they have merged design teams from toyota and lexus to save cost.
Incarnation of 2nd Gen Vios! Toyota! “Reverse Your Drive Experience”
chassis frame pakai balik 2008 version rojak current version grill and lights = 2017 new version vios !!