Toyota Starlet fully alive and being renewed

Look for the differences

The model name Starlet has not been found at Toyota in Europe for 23 years, but since 2019 the name that saw the light of day in the early 1970s was dusted for a new model. That Starlet is now being refreshed, but little Toyota remains.

In 2019 Toyota pulled the model name Starlet from mothballs for its own variant of the then current Suzuki Baleno. That Toyota Starlet also came on the market in South Africa a year later and has therefore been known for several years now. The car on which the Starlet is based, the Suzuki Baleno, which disappeared from the Netherlands in 2019, recently went under the knife and so Toyota deems the time right to also upgrade the Starlet.

Toyota Starlet

Not surprisingly, the Toyota Starlet undergoes the same changes as the Baleno before, so Toyota’s hatchback also has a completely new front and a thoroughly revised rear. If you put the modified Starlet next to the Suzuki Baleno, the Toyota’s somewhat own nose stands out. It has a lower grille with chrome-coloured elements. Lower is a completely own bumper, but with that we have had the external differences. In the Starlet we notice a renewed interior with a more tidy center console, including a new infotainment screen.

The Toyota Starlet now has a 105 hp and 138 Nm strong 1.5, which at least in South Africa replaces the 96 hp and 130 Nm powerful 1.4. As expected, the Starlet will not be marketed in Western Europe, since Toyota has the Yaris in its range here. The Yaris is only available as GR Yaris in South Africa. The unknown Agya here is considered an entry-level model.

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