Updated Yaris turns on the style

Toyota's Yaris goes under the knife for its midlife facelift and comes out with surprising results, writes Dave Humphreys.

The new Toyota Yaris now has a totally restyled front end with new headlight units flowing more naturally into the front grille design.

Toyota’s third-generation Yaris has just come in for its mid-life facelift, but unlike the usual nip and tuck this time the improvements go more than skin deep. Ever since the Yaris first arrived on the scene back in 1999, it has been a very successful model for the Japanese firm, selling in excess of 60,000 units here in Ireland alone.

And it is this popularity, replicated in many other European countries, that prompted ...