Toyota to Debut 2018 Yaris At New York; No Mention of Yaris GRMN

[NYC-SE]

So I finally saw a few of the 2018 models in person during my recent trip to Europe. I can't decide if the front is uglier than the 2015-2017 design or just displays the same level of ugliness in a different combination. The Fu Manchuishness is still there but I think it is tamed a little, but the foglight area looks horrible with those stupid chrome accents. Looks even worse with those stupid chrome accents and no foglights.

Rear view is good though. Although my personal preference is for tail lights to be separate from the hatch/trunk area they look good here. LED tail lights over there. The one thing I don't like about the rear is the rear reflectors being placed in those black surrounds. That seems to be another unwelcome design trend I'm seeing more and more elsewhere as well.

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by NYC-SE

So I finally saw a few of the 2018 models in person during my recent trip to Europe. I can't decide if the front is uglier than the 2015-2017 design or just displays the same level of ugliness in a different combination. The Fu Manchuishness is still there but I think it is tamed a little, but the foglight area looks horrible with those stupid chrome accents. Looks even worse with those stupid chrome accents and no foglights.

Rear view is good though. Although my personal preference is for tail lights to be separate from the hatch/trunk area they look good here. LED tail lights over there. The one thing I don't like about the rear is the rear reflectors being placed in those black surrounds. That seems to be another unwelcome design trend I'm seeing more and more elsewhere as well.

I like the look of the 2015-2017 Yaris in SE trim, but I'm not feeling it on the 2018 refresh for a variety of reasons. It looks less-tamed to me and more like a fish/frog now in front-grill styling, and the upside down chrome trim fang near foglight housings doesn't help in that regard. The new projector headlights + LED DRL also look really cheesy to me versus the current SE ones. Unless the next Yaris after the 2018-2020(?) version is better styled to my tastes, I don't see myself buying another Yaris at this point when 2020-2021 rolls around.