European Yaris TS 2012?

[kimona]

IMHO, the pinched-nose, gaping mouth, and A-shaped rear pillar are just plain ugly.

[Dabbalz]

Originally Posted by kimona

IMHO, the pinched-nose, gaping mouth, and A-shaped rear pillar are just plain ugly.

This is new style. It's the same shell as the present Yaris so a short front end is normal to me and the sharper design looks so much better, the rear window is only missing the pointless fixed window section to the rear, i actually think it makes it look less dated. The gaping mouth is just the way design is now, from Audi, VW, Seat, Mitsubishi, Ford...........
They all doing it and I thought the same when it first started out but i really like it now and i guess thats the same for the majority of Europeans or this wouldn't have taken off so well here.
I'd have this over the present Yaris and most other small hatch's out there at the moment.
It sit's extremely well between the IQ and Auris, include the Prius, Carolla, Camry, Avensis etc and this shows Toyota's design direction in full and I like it.

[Kongo-Otto]

Originally Posted by Dabbalz

the rear window is only missing the pointless fixed window section to the rear

It is not pointless. The glass couldn't be lowered all the way down without it. Now they made the frame around the glass much, much thicker to prevent this.

[Dabbalz]

Originally Posted by Kongo-Otto

It is not pointless. The glass couldn't be lowered all the way down without it. Now they made the frame around the glass much, much thicker to prevent this.

The window should still roll the whole way down on this version due to it's shape so it was pointless really when you could have it look much cleaner and less dated, if not i don't really care what my passengers don't get, don't like it don't ride in it lol. Our lass got the 3door Yaris as she hates the rear side windows in the 5door so much even when she wanted the practicality of the 5door.
Also i probably like it as my RX8 Had a very similar shape rear side windows. It's just modern and makes the 5 door look fresh and i've always hated small 5door hatch backs.