The ASEAN-spec Toyota Yaris hatchback – will soon receive a comprehensive facelift. A pre-production test mule with a complete body wrap has been spied testing in Thailand by a Headlight Mag member.

The facelift borrows cues from the new Toyota Corolla Altis, featuring sleek and long LED headlamps that directly flow into a bold chrome bar housing a larger Toyota logo. There is a slim, wide air inlet below the grille, followed by the radiator grille, flanked by a pair of fog lamps. The changes are substantial and should help cultivate a new car appeal to the Yaris. 


The rear-end also seems to significantly differ from the outgoing car. Gone are the vertical, stylised taillamps for a simple pair of horizontal, wraparound units likely LED-powered, and the bumper also appears to be sharper. The facelifted model features a shark fin antenna and roof spoiler. Dimensions are likely to be similar to the current car, which is 4,115 mm long, 1,700 mm wide and 1,475 mm tall, and has a gross weight of about 1.5 tonne.

The facelifted Yaris is likely to retain the 3NR-FE 1.2L four-cylinder petrol engine with Dual VVT-i available only with a Super CVT-i transmission, which develops 86 PS and 11.0 kg.m of max torque. The export-spec Yaris is will sport the 2NR-FBE 1.5-litre Dual VVT-i engine which develops 108 hp at 6,000 rpm and 140 Nm of torque at 4,200 rpm on the new Vios.