Toyota Aygo

Toyota Aygo at a glance

The Kolín joint venture

Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroën agreed on 12 July 2001 to develop a small car together under the project name B-Zero. They built a shared plant in Kolín, planned for 300,000 cars a year, 100,000 for each brand. The Aygo name comes from "i-go".

The joint venture ended with the second generation. When PSA, later part of Stellantis, left the project, the Kolín plant became Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic. The Aygo X therefore has no Peugeot or Citroën counterpart.

First generation (2005–2014)

The Aygo made its debut at Geneva in March 2005 and reached showrooms that July. It was offered with three or five doors and two engines:

Some sources give 50 kW (68 PS) for the petrol and 40 kW (54 PS) for the diesel. Two facelifts followed, around 2010 and 2012: the first brought new bumpers and clear rear lamps, the second an angular bumper with daytime running lights.

In January 2010 the Aygo, C1 and 107 built between February 2005 and August 2009 were recalled because the accelerator pedal could stick. In the ADAC breakdown statistics of May 2010 the three twins topped their class for cars aged one to four years.

Toyota also showed how far the small body could be pushed. The one-off Aygo Crazy of 2008 had a mid-mounted 1.8-litre turbo engine with 147 kW and 240 Nm, weighed 1,050 kg and reached 100 km/h in 5.75 s. Toyota said it cost £100,000 to build in 2008.

Second generation (2014–2022)

The new Aygo appeared at the Geneva show in March 2014 under the slogan "go fun yourself", and production started on 27 May 2014. It sat on an updated version of the old platform. A 2015 x-wave test car with a fabric folding roof was 3,455 mm long, weighed 840 kg and cost £12,390 in Britain in 2015 (about €17,100).

The facelift, shown in Geneva in March 2018, brought new bumpers, new lights and the 53 kW engine. Standard equipment on the second generation included six airbags, stability control and hill-start assist; a 7-inch touchscreen and a rear-view camera were available. Trim names followed the "x" theme, from x-play to the x-claim, of which 350 were built with an electric sliding roof.

Aygo X (2022): crossover and hybrid

The Aygo X Prologue concept appeared on 17 March 2021 and the production car on 5 November 2021. Built since March 2022, it uses a shortened version of the GA-B platform of the Yaris. Designer Noriyuki Nakamura gave it chunky crossover styling; two-tone paint and a peel-back fabric roof are offered.

The 2025 facelift, unveiled on 2 June 2025, replaced the 1.0 with a 1.5-litre full hybrid. It also brought rear disc brakes, a 7-inch digital instrument panel, an electronic parking brake and a driver-attention camera. A GR Sport trim joined the range. Reviewers welcomed the economy and safety equipment but criticised the noisy engine under hard acceleration and the higher price. What Car? still named the Aygo X its Small Car of the Year for 2026.

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Sales and prices

The Aygo X sells almost as well as the old car did in its best years. In Germany the basic 1.0 cost €15,890 in March 2023. In Britain the hybrid started at £21,595 in January 2026 (about €24,900), roughly £5,000 more than the 1.0 had cost in 2025.