Toyota pushes some pieces of information about the successor of the Toyota Aygo to us. As expected, the new smallest Toyota will be built in the Czech Republic and will therefore remain an entirely European affair.
The Toyota Aygo will continue, we have known for several months. In other words: Toyota continues in the A-segment. The Japanese brand has not yet given the successor of the current, second generation of the Aygo a name. The last message also sticks to terms such as ‘a new model in the A-segment’, which suggests that a name change is on the way.
GA-B
That is not surprising, because the new ‘Aygo’ is in many ways different from its predecessors. Among the many brands that are discontinuing their offer in the so-called A-segment are Peugeot and Citroën. The successor of the Aygo no longer shares its technology with the Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1.
Now that doesn’t have to mean a big change in the base, because the French/Japanese trio is already mainly Japanese subcutaneous. However, Toyota is taking the new situation as an opportunity to lift its little one onto its own TNGA platform, the foundation on which the rest of the range now rests. More specifically, it concerns the GA-B variant of that platform, with which the ‘Aygo’ becomes a technical brother of the Yaris.
1.0 VVT-i
This does not mean that the smallest Toyota will be a hybrid, because in this segment it is mainly about keeping costs as low as possible. However, the Yaris is also available with a 1.0 VVT-i with 72 hp, an engine that fits well in the A-segment.
Toyota confirms that the new Aygo, like its predecessors, will be built in the factory in the Czech Republic, in which the French brands no longer have a share. The facility is already primed for the production of TNGA-based cars, the brand reports. Partly thanks to the Aygo successor, Toyota hopes to grow strongly in Europe and wants 1.5 million Toyotas to be sold annually in our continent from 2025.
With the Aygo X Prologue, seen above, Toyota already looked ahead to a new Aygo.