Nissan Latio facelifted in Thailand, where’s ours?

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Nissan has launched facelift versions of the Latio hatchback and sedan in our neighbouring country of Thailand, where the two models are called the Tiida and Tiida Latio respectively. The facelift has already been out for quite sometime actually, on sale in its country of origin Japan and even Singapore.

Basically Nissan has found a grille that ‘works’ along the way of its various experimentation with styling and are now sticking the Nissan Murano’s grille onto pretty much everything they have. Edaran Tan Chong Motor has yet to do anything about its locally assembled Latio and Latio Sport here.

The front grille is differentiated between the sedan and hatchback by its colour – dark and light grey respectively. There is also a new front bumper design. Look after the jump for a gallery of nice images that Nissan Thailand sent over.

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  • AI-generated Summary ✨

    The comments mainly express disappointment with the Nissan Latio's design, calling it boring and unattractive, despite its good driving quality. Many focus on the unattractive front grille and overall look, comparing it unfavorably to other models like Honda City or Vios. Interestingly, the majority of commenters are more captivated by the Thai models and their looks, with some joking that the girls overshadow the car's appeal. Several comments joke about preferring to focus on the girls rather than the vehicle, highlighting the models' attractiveness as a central point of discussion. Some also inquire about upcoming models like the Navara and Pathfinder, but attention overwhelmingly gravitates toward the models rather than the car improvements. Overall, the sentiment favors the models for their looks, with criticisms mainly aimed at the Latio's design.

  • Wa de girl damn HAWT

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  • unlogic (Member) on Oct 16, 2009 at 4:41 am

    all the uncles gave the thumbs up because of the car or the girls?

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  • Looks like the 1st gen Murano to me…

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  • 8.5/10 for the brunette.

    7/10 for the other gal.

    5.5/10 for the facelift.

    Don't really see much lifting.

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  • CocoBear on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:12 am

    Yup, HAWT.

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  • flopsy on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:28 am

    WANT that girls

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  • Ariff on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:35 am

    WOWWIE!!!hot girls!!the redhead has mesmerizing eyes,but the brunette has nicer smile.I can't decide which one is better.Haha!!Can't really see the difference in the facelifted Latios.From a distance,it looks like the old Murano's wannabe.

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  • rageaccel2 on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:37 am

    the front looks like grand livina to me…

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  • Mazda 3 MPS on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:42 am

    the cars sucks but those girls are hot

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  • screw the car, i want the girl.

    anyway, its minor changes to the exterior and interior, engine wise nothing different. maybe we get ours next year?

    latio isnt selling well either way, due to the overrated vios and again, the segment overkiller pug 308.

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  • budin on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:53 am

    Are you pretty sure those are real girls…? Not a fake 1..?

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  • superguest on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:37 am

    budin said,

    October 15, 2009 @ 9:53 pm

    Are you pretty sure those are real girls…? Not a fake 1..?

    ————————–

    pay a little respect guy, why every thai girl that featured in the news here must be expected to be a fake one.

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  • lowprofile on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:49 am

    not much difference.

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  • pennstater on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:52 am

    damn right they are

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  • my brother wanted to get the sport latio in impul trim……. wel, guess he will have to wait till impul comes out wit bodykit for the new facelift then….. hope will be out before 2010 CNY…….. plz NISSAN(tan chong)… MAKE IT FAST this time ya… BTW, when the navara 6 speeder gonna be out YA?… planning to get rid of my hilux vigo

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  • tikus (Member) on Oct 16, 2009 at 7:36 am

    Thai chic damn nice ,it overshadow the car.That why local car chic always sucks,so we can look at the car. ;) I LOVE THAILAND…Sa wa dee…

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  • deldel on Oct 16, 2009 at 7:41 am

    waliao….real hot gals but real common cars…

    i love the BABES..

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  • still an ugly car

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  • ago87 on Oct 16, 2009 at 8:30 am

    Those girls are hot???

    Watch this….
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EG-LaLJZcc

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  • anonymous on Oct 16, 2009 at 8:51 am

    The girl looks better

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  • Hi Paul,

    What about the NISMO bodykit. Will it comes to Malaysian market. Brunei already got it.

    Nissan Latio with Nismo bodykit.

    1) http://exdrifterz.blogspot.com/2008/12/nissan-lat…
    2) http://bruneicompacttuner.blogspot.com/2009/02/ni…

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  • kimi_ on Oct 16, 2009 at 9:14 am

    WOW…I FALL IN LOVE to this……The GIRL in first pic

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  • fxxtheProton on Oct 16, 2009 at 9:18 am

    still cannot fight with 308~

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  • GuChiaLian on Oct 16, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Honda gerls looks better.

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  • Kamyongkai on Oct 16, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    honda girls better? must be kidding. my grandmother is sexier than a honda girl.

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  • faten dasuki on Oct 16, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    nice car ! i love nissan ;)

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  • Love Babes on Oct 16, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Paul, the babes really nice lorr.. i make the picture as WALLPAPER already…ho ho ho liau….

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  • azrai on Oct 16, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    The front look like Exora. Meanwhile for the hot gurls, relax maybe they are ah kua. Huahua. Thailand is famous for this. Uwekkkkk

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  • nice job girls! paul, do you have the girls pic before they are facelifted?.. cant really tell the differences without the pre-facelift pics.

    why every time chicks goes face lifted, they use car in their photo?

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  • K Tan on Oct 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    @csv – I rather screw the girls..

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  • Jenjarom on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    Whoa! the girls looks wayyyyy better than the cars. Double thumbs up for the car… oopps, i mean the girls!

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  • meteoranaic on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    cheap cars ..

    beautiful girls ..

    better looking PM …

    who doesn't like Thailand ?!? :P

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  • gattaca on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    i think more comments on the girls rather than the car..haha

    PT, should change to 'Girls facelifted in Thailand, where's ours?'

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  • adrianclw on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Look like the hot girl steal the facelifted latio show..

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  • tikus (Member) on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Thailand,Thailand Thailand!!!

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  • stephenstreets on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    screw the car. Looks like some over priced kampung furniture..

    The girls however damn look so fine… brunette smiles like a sweet girl

    redhead eyes are so pretty..

    The nissan latio looks like gonna bang more money for crappy looks and bad engine.

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  • Though the thick look very hot and gorgeous. ….hmm but wait, it could be a tranny. hohohoho!!!

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  • putra_rider on Oct 16, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    next time try put men to get the car more attention..hehehe

    anyway i only see the gals..

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  • the gals look awesome….

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  • scottloeb on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Screw the car! get the chicks instead.

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  • Kanghui on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Huh?! What facelift?! Very hard for me to observe (maybe the girls make me cannot concentrate).

    So many years Tan Chong has been building boring Nissan locally, this is just another boring lift from previous face. Nonetheless quality wise they are one of the best in CKD form. With high trade-in price and high 2nd hand value, they are still far behind T&H. Would this facelift help?

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  • i wan go thailand nissan to find out this girl, wahahahaha

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  • ferox on Oct 16, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Maybe they aren't really 'girls'?

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  • mitlanevo on Oct 16, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    i love nissan, but not latio…

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  • kia spectra5 can smoke this latio (dun pronounce lan ch**) easily…

    underpowered car?

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  • the front look much better than mine (latio)

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  • skull-fire on Oct 16, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    wow thumbs up for the hot babes!

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  • ago87 said,

    October 16, 2009 @ 12:30 am

    Those girls are hot???

    Watch this….
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EG-LaLJZcc
    ______________________________________________

    hahaha, dude that was sh*t!

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  • justice (Member) on Oct 16, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    are those Thai models? Looks like they got some nice faceliftings as well.

    mmm….what Nissan? hahahaha.

    These Latios resemble Murano. Nissan hou yeh! Make me feel like giving a good clean wash for my 130Y and drive it out tonight!

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  • peroempat on Oct 16, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    Nissan has found a way to promo in Thailand, the pretty girls.

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  • mousey on Oct 16, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    i like those spot light.. lol

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  • carneo on Oct 16, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    seldom see car launch girl so pretty, they almost stolen all the attention from the car.

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  • jolly_idiot on Oct 17, 2009 at 12:07 am

    How much the chicks per nite? Need to check with their OKT.

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  • frankie on Oct 17, 2009 at 12:17 am

    Wait, there are girls there?

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  • klguy on Oct 17, 2009 at 12:24 am

    facelift? wat facelift?

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  • pycazu (Member) on Oct 17, 2009 at 12:42 am

    Awesome!!!

    I mean these girls…

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  • Squawk on Oct 17, 2009 at 12:46 am

    scottloeb said,

    October 16, 2009 @ 10:34 am

    Screw the car! get the chicks instead.

    ———————–

    I prefer to screw the girls and get the car instead. LOL!

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  • OMG, the combination of the car's name n the hot chicks makes me accidentally think of a word that starts with 'fe…..'

    Design of the car still looks ugly to me.

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  • sweet chicks!

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  • Ariff on Oct 17, 2009 at 7:04 am

    hahaha!!!Bil,that is sooo funny!!i can't help laughing!!!!fe……….latio.hahaha!!

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  • alldisc on Oct 17, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    always looks better than the vios. on par with city. better in terms of price to spec.

    but thai girls damn hot!! malaysians girl (malays, indian or chinese ) simply out of league!! LOL

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  • just face lift pun nak sibuk adoi.. but nice car lah.. unfortunatly not my taste mpv hope other malaysia bodykit design more nicer then those jurutera buat eekeke ..

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  • old timers on Oct 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    nice one…buy a tiida latio got one chick free…

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  • pycazu on Oct 20, 2009 at 1:25 am

    Bil said,

    OMG, the combination of the car’s name n the hot chicks makes me accidentally think of a word that starts with ‘fe…..’

    Thumb up!!! I can't imagine how mind fly to see any girls driving this car around… lol~

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  • dirtyoldmen on Oct 20, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Kamyongkai said,

    October 16, 2009 @ 6:24 am

    honda girls better? must be kidding. my grandmother is sexier…

    _______________

    hey hey hey, so you're into ….older generation MILF's. that's cool but no need to share that around la. :P

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  • alo everyone. ya, the lady that presented the Latio looks sweet, thumbs up. oh ya anyway, any info that Navara with 6 speed manual will be on sale here cos I saw Nissan's recent billboard shows new Navara with manual transmission… and also hope to see the new Pathfinder on our road, it seem the Navara looks more handsome with station wagon form.

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  • New Grill or new Girls? Seems like nobody cares about the grills, haha! The headlight is so so so so so so ugly, just the butt is tight, the rest is so saggy. God honest, even the new viva elite is better looking. Nissan is so stingy with their good designs, only put good designs on GTRs and Fairlady. For midsizer, we better go for Vios or City(Honda go all out with their design).

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  • mirror mirror on Feb 02, 2010 at 12:29 am

    These everyday cars from Nissan are actually quite good to drive but their designs are always so average.

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  • DUCKthegovt~DUCKtheg on Mar 21, 2010 at 3:48 am

    NO MATTER HOW ITS FACE IS LIFT !! its still UGLY!!!! nissan..boring…

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