Monday, 18 March 2024 07:35

Toyota C-HR PHEV review

Is it really necessary to have PHEV power in a Toyota C-HR? Jonathan Crouch decides. Ten Second Review Top versions of the second generation C-HR gain the PHEV powertrain Toyota thought unnecessary in this small coupe-crossover model's original predecessor. You could almost treat the resulting confection like a full-EV for commuting duties, but inevitably, there's a price to pay for…
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 06:31

2024 Toyota bZ3X

At first, Toyota’s bZ4X electric SUV had us scratching our heads. Was this a nameplate left scrambled? An unsolved CAPTCHA? However, after Toyota teased a larger bZ5X SUV, and later this compact bZ3X crossover, the nomenclature makes a little more sense. As another offering in Toyota’s growing bZ (Beyond Zero) model lineup, the bZ3X exists today as a concept, but…
Friday, 23 December 2022 07:06

First drive: Toyota Corolla Cross

The best-selling car of all time now has a brother: although younger, the new member of the family is bigger, more powerful, and more advanced. What did we have? So, in the past couple of years, Toyota has rounded out the cross section of its smaller cars. In order: the urban Aygo received a version transformed into a new model…
Saturday, 29 October 2022 05:36

2023 Toyota Crown Courts Controversy

Toyota embraces polemical design with the Avalon's tall four-door successor, the 2023 Crown. Nobody ever argued about the Toyota Avalon, which was universally described as "perfectly nice." But Toyota, in case you haven't noticed, is no longer content with inoffensive competence. So it replaced the Avalon with the 2023 Crown, a jacked-up four-door coupe-roof sedan that looks like a 1999…
The new Sequoia is among the most statistically impressive three-rows on sale. Pros Huge fuel economy gains Seriously improved towing capacity Thoughtful and easy third-row access Cons Unsettled ride quality Interior quality fails to match the price tag Mushy brake pedal saps confidence The oldest known specimen of Sequoiadendron giganteum lived for 3,266 years in the Converse Basin Grove of…
Tuesday, 20 September 2022 02:58

Test: Toyota Yaris 1.0 VVT-i Sol

We couldn't even dream that the Yaris would become the best-handling car in its class. Even with the weakest engine, it easily copes with city traffic, with low consumption and extremely rich safety equipment. It really impressed us with its great performance and low consumption. Of course, there is also a hybrid variant on offer, which is by far the…
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 06:02

Toyota Aygo X hatchback review

Pros Affordable Smooth ride Well equipped Cons No electrification Cramped rear seats Sluggish acceleration The Toyota Aygo X (pronounced Cross) is the Japanese giant’s bet on the future of the city car; a small, nippy hatchback with the styling of an SUV and raised suspension. It looks ideally suited to Britain’s often less than ideal roads, which are strewn with…
You can probably imagine how the conversation went in the office when an invite to drive a pre-production version of a facelifted Toyota Corolla arrived. Not even an all-new model, but a facelift, which also isn’t scheduled to go on sale until 2023. Be still those beating hearts, for you are at risk of putting the planet off its axis.…
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