Overview The first Toyota Vios made its debut in Thailand back in late 2002. It was developed as the successor of the Soluna, the Southeast Asian version of the subcompact Tercel sedan which was never offered in the Philippine market. As the Corolla morphed into the larger Altis, this opened up some room for a sub-Corolla model in the local market. Toyota Motor Philippines launched the first gen Vios in 2003; this replaced the aging 1.3-liter variants of the Corolla. Thanks to its popularity, by 2007 the Japanese brand’s smallest sedan was being manufactured locally. In 2018, some fifteen years after the first model landed on our shores, Toyota introduced the latest iteration of its Vios. While the platform is largely carried over, the new Toyota Vios receives a completely redesigned body with a design language shared with its five-door sibling, the Yaris. Up front it gets a split grille flanked by longer swept-back headlights. It receives vertical foglight housings and a larger lower grille. Moving on to the sides, it features more dramatic body creases in place of its predecessor’s single character line. At the back it gets slim vertical taillights reminiscent of those found in other new Toyota models. While not too obvious, its C-pillars now flow smoothly into the rear trunk.