Here's the full CAR magazine of the impressive Toyota C-HR hybrid crossover
Plug-in hybrid now available
And just how influential has the C-HR been? We’re now talking about Coupe-SUVs as a thing in mass-market terms, and we’ve lost count of the number of carmakers who cited the C-HR as their inspiration for a whole raft of lookalikes. So much so that we’re staring down the barrel of the death of the traditional hatchback as buyers fully appreciate the benefits of a high H-point and rugged plastic cladding to protect them from city scrapes.
The prototype we drove was representative of the final production version as it was built on production tooling. It was the range-topping plug-in model, and this is probably the one we’d recommend if you like to make decent progress and intend to use it in EV mode in a meaningful way. Claimed 0-62mph time is 7.3 seconds and the maximum speed is limited to 112mph – and when you’re cracking on, it certainly feels quick and responsive on anything other the lightest of throttles.
We have a game at car launches where we see how long it takes a manufacturer spokesperson to use the word ‘premium’. It didn’t take Toyota long, and our first impressions are that it really didn’t need to use this term. Yes, the interior quality is vastly improved over the outgoing car, and it’s tightly put together with a solid material quality. It looks good, feels a nice place to spend time in. But premium, it isn’t, and that’s no bad thing.
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