The explorer that’s built for the city, meet the Yaris Cross Hybrid. Bringing all the qualities of our new generation small car to a high riding SUV, the Yaris Cross Hybrid takes its namesake to new heights. With the Yaris Cross Hybrid you can drive using either electric energy or a combination of both petrol and electric power.
Yaris Cross is only available with a single 1.5-litre petrol-electric hybrid powertrain, which develops a respectable 114hp and drives the front wheels through an easy-going automatic CVT transmission. Four-wheel drive is available too.
While both the Yaris and Yaris Cross offer comfortable interiors, the Yaris Cross takes advantage of its larger size to provide a more generous cabin space. The Yaris Cross offers increased headroom, legroom, and cargo capacity compared to the standard Yaris.
There is the Toyota Safety Sense which comes as standard across the Yaris Cross Hybrid range and includes active technologies to help you stay safer when you’re on the road. The Yaris Cross Hybrid is equipped with wireless smartphone integration including Apple Car Play ™ and Android Auto ™, Cloud navigation, your favorite music and so much more at your fingertips. Available on selected grades.
is the best-selling SUV of just over four meters in length in Italy, it has a famous name as does its full hybrid system, that hybrid which in the city allows you to go on electric for over 80% of the time time recharging itself.
It is the Toyota Yaris Cross, the high-wheeled sister of the sedan, which receives a more powerful 130 HP engine, alongside the 116 HP version. An injection of power accompanied by a review of the multimedia system, soundproofing, vehicle assistance systems guide. With the spirit that they were good before and will be better now.
If the design has not been touched even two years after its launch, the Yaris Cross Hybrid 130 that Toyota invited us to test on the streets of Lisbon and its surroundings is “wrapped” in films inspired by the architectural ornament of the Portuguese azulejo and designed by street artists, just to make someone dizzy at the traffic lights.
A new color has been added on the Premiere version, the Urban Kaki, two-tone livery with 18-inch wheels, leather and Premium Black fabric interiors, specific “Outdoor” front and rear bumpers. It is the most expensive, 37,400 euros with front-wheel drive and 39,900 with all-wheel drive, the other versions are called Trend, Lounge, GR Sport.
First deliveries between April and May and promotions aside, the Hybrid 130 starts with prices from 33,400 euros with front-wheel drive. The all-wheel drive version is available on the Trend, Lounge and Premiere at a cost of 2,500 euros more, while the 116 HP Yaris Cross starts from 28,650 euros.
The manufacturer claims half a second less acceleration for the 130 in 0-100, but behind the wheel it’s not the most brilliant performance that counts. The tested hybrid system responds more fully and offers greater fluidity in daily use, where the thrust of the electric motor is always present.
Yaris Cross 130 often exceeds 90% of the time in zero emissions mode. Taking the seafront that leads to Cascais between the blinding light of the summer sun and speed limits that suddenly go from 90 to 30 and 50 km/h, in electric you go well over 70% of the time taken.
Toyota’s engineers intervened to improve silence, something that is barely noticeable with the 18-inch wheels of the Premiere in a city made of famous tram tracks and cobblestones.
The multimedia system has also been updated: the two displays are 7 or 12.3 inches for the digital instruments and 9 or 10.5 inches for the central touchscreen, depending on the trim level.
More important is what has been done on the Adas, the driving assistance systems which are standard and have benefited from improvements for active safety. There is a new system of cameras and radar that can scan longer and wider than before and it is possible to detect accident risks more precisely.
Among the new features, which can be felt when driving in traffic or more quickly along the seafront, is the intervention of the electronics which reduces sudden acceleration when it “sees” the risk of collision with a vehicle in front.
Just as you can see the new setting of the active lane keeping device (Lta), adjusted so that you won’t be jerked if you were just distracted. And the lane departure warning (Lda) has been made less invasive, which now recognizes when the driver has left the lane while trying to avoid an obstacle and temporarily cancels its warning function.
Our research shows that Toyota hybrids like the Yaris Cross Hybrid can save you money by using less fuel through the use of the electric motor. Business users can save too, with reduced BIK contributions.
From cornering in heavy rain to accelerating on loose surfaces, intelligent All Wheel Drive* provides the stability and traction to keep you away from trouble. On icy, snowy and muddy roads, it helps to minimize wheel spin and tyre slip, keeping you on track and moving on.
Toyota Hybrids offer lower CO2 emissions in comparison to conventional engines, driving one can help you to reduce your impact on the environment.