New TOYOTA AYGO is driven by Akio Toyoda's determination to make ever better cars that are even more fun to drive. It builds on the current TOYOTA AYGO's strengths of a frequently refreshed model line-up, engaging design and driving enjoyment with a new, more playful dimension. New TOYOTA AYGO's design theme was dubbed 'J-Playful'; a link to contemporary Japanese youth-culture, which favours strong and outspoken shapes and forms.

From an iconic new frontal 'X' design to its range of customisation options, all styling and engineering decisions for new TOYOTA AYGO were purposefully made with fun in mind. Geneva, Switzerland - A design that forces people to take sides "My main driver was to create a car that people would fall in love with" says David Terai, Chief Engineer of new TOYOTA AYGO. This approach explains why new TOYOTA AYGO builds on the legacy of the first generation, which already went some way towards rejecting the conventional and basic A-segment stereotype. Despite its compact dimensions, it has a striking appearance, with dramatic and sophisticated yet playful lines. It's a design that forross the surface of the bodywork, and contains all the vehicle's key components, including upper and lower grilles, headlamps, foglamps, and even mirrors and side glazing.

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This powerful 'X' graphic also forms the basis for the exterior customisation, which is integral to the design of new TOYOTA AYGO.

In profile, the roof of the TOYOTA AYGO has been lowered and the front header moved forwards. As a result, the cabin's centre of gravity also shifts to the front, creating a more balanced and forward leaning posture. This is further emphasized by a sloping beltline which terminates in the forward leaning rear light clusters. The roof itself features a new, double bubble-style profile and an integral rear spoiler to aid aerodynamics.

The shape of the side-glazing differs between the 3- and 5-door models, the latter extending its window graphic into the rear light clusters, giving a feeling of length appropriate to a 5-door vehicle.

The rear of new TOYOTA AYGO mirrors the frontal design statement. In this case, the tailgate and lower bumper form the break lines splitting the solid surface of the vehicle. The lamp clusters are set within a hexagonal tailgate, and the upper bumper section widens into strongly protruding wheel arches which give the vehicle a broad and stable stance.

Comfort Within
The main theme for TOYOTA AYGO’s interior design is provided by the trapezoidal centre console, the design of which is mirrored throughout the cabin in such elements as air vents, door trim and the gear lever surround.

The TOYOTA AYGO console supports a wide dashces people to take sides; that will not appeal to everyone. And David Terai maintains that this was exactly his intention.

"If you aim for an emotional link between customer and design, you have to accept that tastes differ" he says. "And in a crowded market place, it is better to have a design that half the people absolutely love, rather than one that nobody objects to. That is why new TOYOTA AYGO wants to stand out."

And it does. Both the interior and the exterior have been conceived in such a way as to allow a wide variety of different executions. So now, new TOYOTA AYGO's not only fun to drive, but also fun to customise to your own bespoke style. And each of the resulting personalities has the ability to appeal to a specific taste.

What's more, about 10 parts around the TOYOTA AYGO can be easily replaced by alternative colours and executions, allowing customers to create their very own TOYOTA AYGO. Clever construction and a carefully considered installation strategy keep this personalization affordable and straightforward, ensuring that both price and delivery time remain fitting for the A-segment.

Life on board is now even better, thanks to increased cabin space and an array of innovative equipment designed to fit the lifestyle of the younger customer base that is likely to embrace new TOYOTA AYGO. The most eye-catching example is the x-touch multimedia system. Its 7" full-colour touch screen controls numerous on-board systems, and MirrorLink smartphone connectivity allows the car to be seamlessly integrated into the busy online lives that most of us lead these days.

New TOYOTA AYGO is equipped with an improved version of Toyota's award-winning 3-cylinder, 1.0 litre VVT-i petrol engine. Still one of the lightest engines in its class, this remarkable unit incorporates numerous revisions that enhance performance and help deliver class-leading fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions.

With new TOYOTA AYGO now ready for its first customers, Chief Engineer Terai is a happy man: "I wanted to avoid the traditional compromises of the A-segment, by creating something that I could be truly proud of. When I look at the car now, it makes me smile and fall in love, so I feel I have succeeded." It's Toyota's hope that the smiles don't just end there, and that new TOYOTA AYGO can bring a sense of irreverent fun to drivers and passengers alike.

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J-Playful Design
New TOYOTA AYGO was designed to seduce. The design theme was dubbed 'J-Playful'. It takes its inspiration from contemporary Japanese youth-culture, which favours strong and outspoken shapes and forms.

Compact packaging was fundamental to the demands of new TOYOTA AYGO's largely urban-based customers. The overall length has increased by just 25 mm to 3,455 mm, maintaining new TOYOTA AYGO's class leading compactness. Despite a 7 mm increase in front headroom, vehicle height was reduced by 5 mm for aerodynamic efficiency. And the track was widened by 8 mm at both the front and rear to improve vehicle stance.

Though compact and playful, the exterior of the TOYOTA AYGO exudes robustness. This is no accident, as Nakamura goes on to explain. "Designing a compact car such as this one is not easy. You want it to be loveable, but at the same time it also needs to have proper street credibility. Therefore, it should look solid and strong, fully occupying its space and having real road presence."

This solidity comes from a strong mono-form which provides the overall volume of the design. In order to add a playful character, TOYOTA AYGO’s concept was based on the expansion of a soft object within this rigid structure. As it bursts through the hard shell, it creates break lines and forms the TOYOTA AYGO's bold frontal 'X' graphic. This spreads outwards aboard with a matt anti-glare finish, framed by sleek A-pillars designed to increase driver visibility. The instrumentation features a concentric ring meter design. Permanently lit, it incorporates a central multi-information display with a large font for optimum legibility.

As with the exterior, numerous interior elements can be customized.

Despite an unchanged wheelbase of 2,340 mm, the length of the passenger compartment has been increased by 9 mm, with 20 mm wider armrests further contributing to front seat comfort.

Finally, the luggage capacity was increased by 29 litres to 168 litres, and access has been improved thanks to a 75 mm wider load space opening between the tailgate sill and the rear seat back.

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Keep it safe
The new TOYOTA AYGO is equipped with a wide range of active and passive safety features.

It offers, fitted as standard, ABS (Anti-lock Braking System), EBD (Electronic Brakeforce Distribution), VSC (Vehicle Stability Control), curtain airbags, Isofix child seat attachment, a tyre pressure monitoring system, an adjustable speed limiter and, newly adopted, Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) and emergency brake signalling.

New TOYOTA AYGO's high rigidity bodyshell is designed to not only minimize cabin deformation during front, side and rear collisions, but also absorb pedestrian collision impact forces.

The lights that lead the way
Standard on all new TOYOTA AYGO models, the headlamp clusters incorporate Poly-Ellipsoid System (PES)-type halogen headlamps for a longer reach and broader illumination under both low and high beam conditions, and integral LED clearance lamps which give the TOYOTA AYGO a unique light signature, making it recognisable from afar.

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