Toyota · 1991–1999
Toyota Paseo
The Toyota Paseo (known as the Toyota Cynos (Japanese: トヨタ・サイノス, Toyota Sainosu) in Japan and other regions) is a sports-styled subcompact car sold from 1991 until 1999 by Toyota and was directly based on the Tercel. It was available as a coupé and in later models as a convertible. Toyota stopped selling the car in the United States in 1997, however the car continued to be sold in Canada, Europe and Japan until 1999. The Paseo, like the Tercel, shares a platform with the Starlet. Several parts are interchangeable between the three. The name "Paseo" is Spanish for "a walk" or "a stroll", while the name "Cynos" is a coined word taken from "cynosure", meaning "the target of attention". In Japan it was exclusive to Toyopet Store locations.
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UK vehicles on the road
112 licensed and 194 SORN (306 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 748 |
| 2015 | 640 |
| 2016 | 556 |
| 2017 | 492 |
| 2018 | 436 |
| 2019 | 411 |
| 2020 | 392 |
| 2021 | 380 |
| 2022 | 360 |
| 2023 | 347 |
| 2024 | 316 |
| 2025 | 306 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q682114CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_PaseoCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1362557571 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.