2011 Toyota Vios Mid-life Facelift Launched In Thailand

The 2011 mid-life facelifted Toyota Vios has been officially launched for the Thai market. Changes are mainly for the exterior, although there are also two new colours to choose from as well as minor changes for the interior.

The exterior comes with a redesigned front grille with chrome strip, restyled multi-reflector tail lights, a chrome strip on the boot lid and new 15-inch alloy wheels. The two new colours for the exterior are Blackish Red Mica and Light Blue Mica Metallic. The interior is relatively unchanged except for the centre console and door panels which are now metallic in appearance.

As expected, the mechanicals stay the same. The 1.5-litre 1NZ-FE engine, with 107 bhp (109 PS) at 6000 rpm and 141 Nm at 4200 rpm, remains mated either to a four-speed automatic or a five-speed manual transmission.

UMW Toyota Motor has yet to introduce the facelifted Vios for Malaysia, although that should be soon since the new Vios' outline has already been put up on Toyota's Malaysian website to act as a “teaser”. The new prices are listed as estimated, but it seems UMW Toyota Motor has taken the chance to increase prices—not unlike what Honda Malaysia did recently with Honda City, Vios' main rival.

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