Updated public employee Toyota Yaris: now a sedan

Outside and inside, the four-door has changed in the likeness of the restyled alternative hatch that debuted earlier. In addition, the state employees got new equipment.

Last year, Toyota introduced a low-cost next-generation sedan aimed at countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East: in some places the model is known as the Yaris Ativ, and in some markets it is the Vios or just the Yaris. Recall that the “four-door” has nothing to do with the small Yaris hatchback, created on the GA-B “trolley” and intended for Europe and Japan. The fact is that the new sedan is built on the DNGA platform (a kind of Toyota TNGA), it is a direct successor to a simple car with a factory index XP150, which, in turn, is based on an extended version of the B-platform. At the same time, Toyota left the old alternative Yaris in its range: in March, a restyled hatch debuted in Thailand. Well, now it turned out that the “four-door” on the “trolley” DNGA will not appear everywhere: sales of the XP150 series sedan, updated in the likeness of a related hatchback, have begun in Vietnam. By the way, in the Vietnamese market, the four-door model is called Vios.

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In front, the sedan repeated the Thai hatch, Vios got similar “broken” headlights (they are already “in the base” LED), the same grille, bumper and foglights. In addition, the “four-door” received a new design wheels (but they are still exclusively 15-inch). But the reforms almost did not affect the stern, except that the rear bumper was slightly retouched. 4

As in the case of the “five-door”, inside a more or less significant new thing appeared only in the top-end restyled Toyota Vios: this is a 9-inch multimedia system tablet that rises above the front panel (simpler trim levels have a 7-inch screen, and it is still built into the panel).

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The most expensive Vietnamese sedan also gained frontal collision prevention and lane departure warning systems, top versions still have climate control and cruise control control.

The technology is the same: in Vietnam, the Vios is available with a 1.5 petrol four-cylinder «aspirated» with a capacity of 106 hp. (140 Nm), which is combined with a five-speed “mechanics” or CVT.

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The price of a restyled «four-door» is approximately $20,000. Yes, for Vietnam it is relatively inexpensive, because even a Kia Soluto sedan based on the old Rio will cost at least $17,000 there.