Yaris Redesign

I was reading my Google Reader automotive news feed and I froze mid-sentence after I read "Yaris may settle with 'less ugly.'"

Excuse me, but WTF? I love how the Yaris looks. It's sleek, it's compact, it's smooth as it drives by. It's actually the only Toyota that I can look at without losing my lunch.

Go figure. Beauty in the eye and the beholder and all that. But back to the important part, Toyota is redesigning its little compact car.

"Toyota’s price-leading Yaris undergoes a ground-up redesign for 2012, but, judging by the looks of this prototype—not to mention the Japanese-market Vitz from which it is cloned—Toyota’s entry-level hatch won’t be advancing the state of tiny-car design."

My two cents: I think the angled rear lights and body lengthening have taken away everything that made the Yaris adorable and yet smart looking as well.