Toyota Aygo X Detailed Review with Economy

A detailed review of the Toyota Aygo X 1.0 litre manual including a comprehensive overview of the interior and storage space. I drove it in the city, the country and on 70mph roads. I reset the trip computer to see what the efficiency is like on each drive. This particular car is the Edge with the parking pack and canvas roof.

Trim levels:

Pure
17" Alloy wheels (5-double-spoke)
Pre-Collision with Cyclist Detection, Day & Night-time Pedestrian Detection
7" Toyota Touch® Multimedia system with Smartphone integration incl Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
Reversing Camera
Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control (iACC)
Emergency steering Assist
Lane Trace Assist (LTA)
Driver Attention Alert
Intersection Turn Assist
Road Sign Assist (RSA)
Manual air conditioning
3 spoke Leather steering wheel
Leather gear shift
Front power windows
Auto headlights
4.2" Colour Multi-information screen
eCall emergency call system

Edge
(additional to Pure)
18" Bi-tone Dark Grey & Machined-face Alloy wheels (4-double-spoke)
Bi-tone Paint (Available in 6 colours)
8" Toyota Touch® Multimedia system with Smartphone integration incl Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
Privacy Glass
Front fog lights
Auto wipers
Gloss black front grille
Automatic air conditioning
LED Daytime running lights

Exclusive
(additional to Edge)
9" HD Toyota Smart Connect multimedia system with Wireless Smartphone integration incl Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
Wireless mobile phone charger
Front & Rear parking sensors
Partial Synthetic Leather seats
Smart Entry & Push-button start
LED Projector headlights
LED Daytime running light guide
Emergency steering Assist
Light blue ambient lighting in centre console
Bi-tone Metallic paint as standard
Available in 4 colours

Air Edition
(additional to Edge)
Available in 5 colours
18" Matt Black Alloy wheels (4-triple-spoke) with Brass Gold, Chili Red & Ginger Beige wheel inserts
Exterior accents (Brass Gold as shown. Chili Red & Juniper Blue have Red accents. Ginger Beige & Cardamon Green have Ginger accents)
Interior accents (Body coloured air vents & gear shift surround)
Canvas Roof
Front & Rear parking sensors

00:00 Looks & Size
01:31 Boot
03:02 Rear space
04:27 Driving position
06:01 Front interior
10:15 Trim levels
14:08 Manoeuvring
16:57 Country roads
19:25 Launch
22:27 Urban roads
25:42 70mph roads
29:51 Warranty
30:32 Verdict

[chel]

I test drove this car today and Richard's review is spot on. A really enjoyable drive. You do have to use the gears but If you get the gears and the clutch right it didn't feel flat at all. I didn't need to over rev the engine, and yes I am buying one, confirmed the order, with the Toyota dealer today.

[skygazer]

A review does not get any better than this. Well done, Richard and thanks very much

[jota]

The one and only reason this car has a 1 litre engine is because of fuel economy the fact it doesn’t do 0 - 60 in 4 seconds is obvious there’s two much emphasis on top speed and acceleration driving on uk roads is top speed of 70 mph if it didn’t do that it would be a problem but it does. Very good in depth review Richard I’m definitely in the market for one of these thanks for sharing 👍

[jamesdaniel]

I have the CVT. It's great - super smooth, and easy to dose the revs. So long as you don't drive aggressively, it's lovely. I've road-tripped mine a lot. From Northern Poland to Italy and back a couple of times, through the Alps; around Croatia, and also to the South West of Germany. It's very planted at speed, and effortless with the motorway assistance systems. Would be nice if road noise were a little lower at 125-130 km/h, but not too instrusive, and good for a tiny car. Main problem is lack of steering reach adjustment! At a solid 125 km/h - including over the Alps - I get 4.9 l per 100 kms without AC, and about 5.1 with.

[davegahan]

Probably the best review of a car I have ever seen! The car itself is one of the best looking cars you can buy at any price, shame the dash (speedo/rev counter are not better designed) and the engine is not a bit more powerful, but apart from that its a great looking car.

[damienj]

When I was first considering this car, alot of other reviewers put me off, with the main focus being on the 1.0 litre engine and rear space, no mention on things like the excellent safety kit that comes as standard. I actually did think I wish there was review from Richard on this one, and now here we are 😊. Very informative as always thank you!

[jdmguy]

Saw one recently for the first time and thought it looked pretty cool. Small yet chunky. Toyota are to be applauded for still offering a relatively cheap A segment product. More interesting than a VW Up or an i10 and as you mentioned that 3 pot engine sounds sweet.

[sh]

You're made for presenting and reviewing cars! Always appreciate your videos mate

[wjlane]

Simply the best video online showing the Aygo X !!! Great attention to details - just like one would expect if it were a Toyota salesperson. (maybe even better) You convinced me and will be leasing an Aygo X on Tuesday. Thank you!

[danstubbs]

Great review! Very informative as always. I’ve been looking at the Yaris myself but it’s good to see that the Aygo is still a good option. It’s great to see car reviews around the roads of my home town as well.

[eddiejones.redvees]

A 10y Warranty is going to put the other car manufacturers to shame

[charlesthomas]

Another excellent, comprehensive and unbiased review. As my next car will likely be the last car I buy - and I want to downsize, this is looking quite favourable.

[Isobel]

I've ordered the Edge version last month, can't wait for it to come.

[ludicer]

I've owned both the old Aygo 2021 and this new one and at first I thought I wouldn't like it, But now I like way more than the last version. The CVT is a massive improvement over the automated manual in the last model. All the additional features, tighter turning circle, the build and height are great. Engine is really slow, if it had a turbo it would be perfect imo

[gsonz]

24:58: By keeping the ACC button pressed for 1.5 seconds you can enable non-adaptive cruise control.

[MrWonderstuff]

Very thorough indeed. Thought "where do I recognise this gent? Conquer Driving of course".

[jaynechaplin]

Thank you for the review. I picked up my Aygo X yesterday after trading in my Toyota Aygo 1.0 and couldn't be more pleased. The 10 year warranty has to be one of the best bits about this car. I love all the features and it's automatic.

[charlesuk]

That warranty info was VERY interesting.... actually a bit of a game changer

[chrisoncars]

Great review, very logical and well judged. I test drove an Aygo X last week and really enjoyed it, it's the perfect commuter car. I liked the spec (especially the adaptive cruise), the ride and composure and the characterful engine. So I've ordered a new one, same spec, just without the soft roof - an Edge manual with parking pack.

[steve-zschannel]

Was an interesting review particularly as I'm a previous Aygo owner. I bought an Aygo Blue 5dr back in 2008 which I used for driving tuition. There have obviously been considerable improvements made since then, you mentioned the quietness at 70mph, my car had high levels of road noise and driving at 50mph on the motorway for an hour used to give me a headache. As to reliability I was unfortunate enough to have the water pump seize which took the drive belt with it when the car had only done 8k miles, managed to get it to the dealer just as the overheating warning light came on. Dealer said it would take 3 days to get the part, highly inconvenient as I had a pupil taking their test the following day, after some pleading they said they would remove the water pump from another Aygo they had in the showroom 😅 Have to admit I didn't have much faith in the car after that. Agree that the gearing holds it back, 5th gear was fine but the other 4 would have benefited from being lower. In general pupils liked it but when I eventually sold my private use car it had to go, swapped it for a Skoda Fabia VRS 1.9Tdi, now that was a fabulous car 😊