According to a report by Headlightmag, the next-generation Toyota Vios will be launched in Thailand in the third quarter (July-September) of this year. This echoes what we reported in August last year, and the upcoming Honda City rival is said to be codenamed D92A.
The D92A Vios will reportedly be built on the Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA), which is currently used for the Perodua Ativa/Daihatsu Rocky/Toyota Raize as well as the Toyota Avanza/Toyota Veloz/Daihatsu Xenia.
The DNGA platform should provide the all-new Vios (known as the Yaris Ativ in Thailand) with notable benefits weight savings, enhanced rigidity and improved safety. More than that, it also allows for electrified powertrains, as evident by the Rocky e-Smart Hybrid in Japan.
It’s claimed that Toyota will look to counter the City e:HEV by putting a hybrid powertrain in the D92A, which features a 1.5 litre petrol engine and an electric motor that is part of the Toyota Hybrid System II (THS II). The alternative is adopting the e-Smart Hybrid that is made up of a 1.2 litre and an electric motor.
There will also be a more conventional 1.2 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine offered, and not a downsized, turbocharged mill as previously rumoured. Expect front-wheel drive and a CVT to be paired with these engines.
As for how the D92A Vios will look, the report says inspiration will come from the Daihatsu DN F-Sedan concept that first made its debut at the 2017 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS).
With a sleek four-door coupe body, the concept measures 4,200 mm long, 1,695 mm wide, 1,430 mm tall and has a wheelbase of 2,510 mm. By comparison, the current Vios we have here is much bigger at 4,420 mm long, 1,730 mm wide, 1,475 mm tall and packing a wheelbase of 2,550 mm.
Of course, we shouldn’t expect the concept to be directly translated into a production car, but some of the rather attractive cues might survive the transition. We’ll have wait until Q3 2022, which is just a few months away, to see what Toyota comes up with for the next Vios.
GALLERY: Daihatsu DN F-Sedan concept
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Not bad
Daihatsu Vios, way to go!
Buying a Vios will make one feel like buying a cheap Daihatsu instead of proper Toyota. Long live the old Vios!
This is not cheap daihatsu. This is new platform.
1.2L NA? Unlikely to bring here
Love to see bringing hybrid to malaysia
But RON95 so cheap…
Hybrid is still considered as hybrid petrol engine
RON95 = pumping hybrid car
Looks cool and handsome
Of course!! Inspiration from Preve
Mr honda fanboy, why are you so jealous and complaining so much
At least not as full copied like honda city
What are you smoking about. This is concept car, dude.
How blind are you
So the current gen Vios will be the last Vios purely build by Toyota and sat on Toyota own platform. It’s so sad we will not getting the high end TNGA-B platform and Toyota new 1.5 Hybrid Dynamic Force like the one use in JDM/European Yaris.
DNGA Raize 1.0Turbo also being sold at Japan, immediate top seller since launched.
Back to back sales figure with the TNGA Yaris Cross.
Even the 1.5L dual vvti also available @ Japan ongoing selling, 1 commercial vehicle model there just received this 1.5L dual vvti engine after 2019, proven robustness to support durable commercial purpose.
A TNGA yaris cross and Corolla Cross priced closely,
It’s better we have the TNGA Corolla Cross.
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Both DNGA and TNGA, which they are better
Toyota’s TNGA is better
Incoming Vios DNGA soon
This is more macho n manly with sharp edges
Yup… any sharper and this car will cut queue standing still
This looks even more better
Toyota is getting cooler
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I hope they use m15a d4-s engine. If they doing that for sure auto buy. Time for 3cyl dual injection