"Restyled"... How??? - Toyota Yaris Forums

CTScott · 11-12-2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by otterhere

I waited with bated breath for the "redesigned" 2009 Yaris and, now that it's here, for the life of me I can't see any difference between this and the 2008.

Can anyone else???

Based on a side by side comparison with my 09 and Sodium_duck's 08 we found the following:

Front and rear bumpers, headlights, taillights, hubcaps, seat fabric, dash lighting color, engine immobilizer standard, six airbags standard, vents, and HVAC control knob knurling and color. Oh yeah; an option for two more doors, one renamed color and a couple of new colors...

Maybe the sheetmetal, engine, and suspension guys were on strike during the grand redesign...

otterhere · 11-13-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CTScott

Based on a side by side comparison with my 09 and Sodium_duck's 08 we found the following:

Front and rear bumpers, headlights, taillights, hubcaps, seat fabric, dash lighting color, engine immobilizer standard, six airbags standard, vents, and HVAC control knob knurling and color. Oh yeah; an option for two more doors, one renamed color and a couple of new colors...

Maybe the sheetmetal, engine, and suspension guys were on strike during the grand redesign...

That's a pretty complete list! But I meant just "surface appearance"; I'll look at my pics ('09 and '08) and see if I can pick out that body restyling (???)...

At any rate, although I can't identify exactly why, the '08 just looks cuter and maybe more "cartoonish"; the '09 is maybe a little "sportier" looking???

CTScott · 11-13-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by otterhere

That's a pretty complete list! But I meant just "surface appearance"; I'll look at my pics ('09 and '08) and see if I can pick out that body restyling (???)...

At any rate, although I can't identify exactly why, the '08 just looks cuter and maybe more "cartoonish"; the '09 is maybe a little "sportier" looking???

I know what you mean. I am really toying with the idea of putting an 08 nose on my 09. The differences are small, but there is just something that I like better about the 08...