Toyota unveils production-ready C-HR

Toyota unveils production ready C-HR

Toyota knew it was a bit late with the small crossover. So he thought it was to make a splash. C-HR is the spark.

"The designers drew the initial sketches for a concept car, and we told them 'stop there'. We do not tamper with it," Toyota Europe boss Karl Schlicht said TopGear.com. So that the production car is good enough to follow the concept. And yes that means it has poor visibility from the rear seat and the trunk is smallish. He was fine with it. "If everything else had to be compromised, the winning design."

The front end face of the latest Toyota carry the gene, but the side is something else. Metal under-directional double stone shells, and sharp Taper window line. If you think that the area around the door handle is a little messy, well, we agree. In the vicinity of the hatchback is all peacock's tail does not need aero: spoiler, extractors, diffuser.

Yup, there must be a whole lotta design going on here.

Inside, too. And you're hit by a tremendous step forward in the interior and quality for Toyota. This obviously has to spend money. "Europe demands more from around the world," Schlicht said, and the car was made for our continent. Soft materials and interesting textures. Diamond motif is all over the place: in the switch, even a dimple in the headlining.

Connected applications and end on JBL stereo entertainment features on the big screen. Driver assistance, at all levels, including the city of active braking and active cruise control.'

Toyota's massive business in today's hybrids. So dealers have ordered more than 70% of their first-stock C-hours as a hybrid. And by the way there first attract potential owners to C-HR of Toyota anything ever.

Hybrid has a 1.8-liter gasoline engine making 120hp, and the Holy emit 82g / km of CO2. Rivals did not come close in carbon. There's also a new 1.2 turbo with 114hp, available with FWD or 4WD. Front-driver manual, AWD CVT.

The engineers made big promises to the chassis dynamics, aided by Toyota's new global platform. We'll be the judge of that, when we get to leave in November.

Oh by the way before anyone says Urban Cruiser is Toyota's first small crossover, let's Toyota dignity quietly forgotten. The distance between it and the C-HR really bottomless.