There is an awful lot like about new Toyota C-HR 2017. Most importantly, it's not is just Toyota. It is much more, it's almost like the beginning of a new chapter for a brand that has so long been lost in the wilderness of monotony.
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Toyota C-HR has character, sense of style and attention to detail that has been heard from the giant Japan just a few years ago, but it is also not perfect.
From the outside C-HR push the boundaries of the Toyota design language to a new level. It has more lines than the spirit of the Zebra. This is a very busy design and one that looks fresh and hip to current, but does not always stand the test of time (although only time will be the judge of that). He was soon recognized as a Toyota from the front, but the back was a bit derivative, with hints of Honda is also present.
A new global architecture built at Toyota and as such, it has an engine Bay underneath the engine, allowing for a better Center of gravity and overall vehicle height lower. This did two things: first, theoretically improving handling and, second, allowing the car to measure only the high 1565mm, to look more like the hatchback of the small SUVS while still offering SUV levels of practicality and spaciousness.
The exterior is very conflicted interior, which while not a conservative like some Toyota (with diamond shape of stitches and a roof coating actually taste the difference) seems to present the ideal balance near the style and practicality.
First, Chair. These are the best seats at any Toyota we have sampled. They are not only comfortable, but they look amazing. You would love to see them in a car with a six-digit price tags, let alone that we suspect will begin in mid-to high-$20, 000s (price will be confirmed at the beginning of 2017).
Then there are the clever use of space and ergonomics are good, such as a built-in Cup holder door in the rear or systems infotainment facing towards the driver.
In fact, one could easily be surprised with the level of subtlety in C-narrated from the skin which covers the dashboard for piano gloss surrounds the tooth level, by means of the buttons feel and respond when pressed. It is not quite at the level of say, Lexus NX, but it's getting pretty darn close and really having to worry Lexus.
Infotainment system better (for Toyota), although, unfortunately for us, Toyota Australia is getting the screen double-din six inches smaller bit UNBTUK eight-inch resolution is very high in our European spec test vehicle. Nevertheless, both models miss out on basic technologies such as Apple and Android Carplay Auto.
Realistically, the Toyota C-HR will not fit five adults, but despite the initial appearance of zero headroom in the back, once we really get to the back, we are very surprised by how much room is present. The back seat is positioned rather low and deep into the car, gives a lot of headroom and leg.
Much like the back of a Chair, boot appears very small at first, but once you open it it really is rather broad, in 377 liters (more than enough for a small push and the weekly expenditures) and much more with the rear seats folded down.
You can fit four adults is high without complaint — well, some may whine as the rear window is rather small and odd-shaped to accommodate the high door Handles and hidden from the rear guard, which has the disadvantage of making the things that felt a little tightness in the back. Overall, though, it was a major advance on the inside of something like a Corolla.
Turn on Japanese built vehicles devoted to Australia is 1.2-liter four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine that produces power and a esteemed 85kW 185Nm torque. Both can have as a front-wheel drive with a six-speed manual or as all-wheel drive with continuously variable transmission.
Out on the open road, where we come to test Toyota built Bbq Turkey (for the European market), the machine proved to be gutsy and efficient, but felt constantly let down by CVT. raving and lifeless it isn't that C-HR is slow, or gutless-in fact it is far from it-it's more that it feels like.
One must admire the speedometer goes up fast to really appreciate how quickly small SUV, for linear acceleration is served by the CVT is not really anything to instill a sense of rapid movement. Also not soul-destroying the accompanying drone.
On the plus side, C-HR rides beautifully. The new platform allows for structural rigidity that is far more than any previous Toyota, suspension and thus do not need to work hard or be as rigid to provide reasonable dynamics. This has resulted in a soft ride that really bad road bump and slide appears. We'll have to wait and see (and hope) that share this suspension vehicles Australia delivered aligned.
As far as Dynamics go, this is the car that participated in the 24 hours Nürburgring endurance race gruelling. The Chief Engineer is the crazy fans of sports cars (he also lent the name is a variant of the name Koba high spec) and a lot of effort has gone into the dynamic capabilities.
On the plus side, it's been worth it. For C-HR well behaved and generally more feasible when punted around some corner. Push hard, though, and began to fall apart. It rolls to bend a little bit too much, and as much as we want to praise the steering wheel to be perfectly weighted, has zero feedback. It also doesn't help with the heavy pavement 1460kg. This is all largely irrelevant, however, for it is really suitable for the purpose.
Become an inherent bias car front-wheel-drive, snorting machines more often than not only the front wheels only, but given 185Nm is limited, there is a sense torquesteer.
AWD variants using electro-magnetic clutch for torque distribution, depending on the requirements of the road and the driver, can vary the distribution power of Auldey drive from 100 percent to 50/50 front wheels front and rear. There is even a small display in the instrument cluster that let you know where the power will be.
What impressed us most about the new C-HR, in addition to the interior, is the array of standard active safety systems. Everything from pre autonomous emergency braking collision (from 10 km/h), smart active cruise control, lane departure warning and automatic high beam assist will be available. Other features include a blind spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic warnings while parking sensors reversing camera and is also standard. This is an incredible amount of technology to major car below $30,000.
Complete specs, features and price of the end will be revealed early next year.
We are very impressed with what Toyota C-HR has turned into. Offers a fantastic interior with good sorted up and a number of standard features, if Toyota can get the right price, it was for a winner.
Overall, it was a bloody good little things, and if you can learn to love the styling, you certainly will not regret the experience of ownership.
