New Toyota Yaris revealed

Here's what the new Toyota Yaris will look like.

It's out with the gently curvy current look and in with an entirely more angular incarnation for the third-generation supermini, with Toyota perhaps searching for a more sporting intention to the new car.

And it's an important new supermini too, having sold over 3.5 million units since launch in 1999.

There's been a bit of a cult following for the Yaris over the years, with its nimble chassis, capacious-for-a-small-car interior and cheeky looks winning the hearts and minds of so many buyers, not only in Japan where the car sold 1.4 million units, but in Europe; the world's most important car market.

There could indeed be many differences between the European car and the Japanese domestic market offering, but these images from Toyota are a good place for any through-and-through Yaris fans to start dreaming of their next purchase.

In-keeping with new car development, the new Yaris is a little bigger than before and is evolving its frugal engines to suit the ever more conservative use of fossil fuels.

Full, Europe-specific details are yet to be confirmed by Toyota, but expect small capacity engines along the same lines as the current car, namely a 1-litre, 68bhp unit and a 93bhp, 1.3-litre, coupled to a 5-speed manual gearbox.

The new Yaris comes to the UK in the summer of 2011.

The new Toyota Yaris is a little bigger and should offer some more interior space, as well as these sharper, 
more sporting lines

Interior is clean, uncluttered and calm