A solid eccentric – NRC

2024 was a good year for Toyota Nederland, and that was partly thanks to the hybrids. They sell excellent again due to the increasing costs for electric driving. Now that they have to pay road tax, like others and the tax privileges for EVs have been abolished, plug drivers also grab the affordable compromise of a little gasoline and a little electric. The new competitors of the electric middle class players are again with one leg in the fossil world. The evolution is quite of the leg, you can say.

Great for Toyota and Toyota-Terlag Lexus, who never lost their faith in the hybrid and rolled out the formula in all price ranges and genres, with and without plug. In that spectrum, the five-door C-HR with its giant walfish mouth unexpectedly plays the role of crazy uncle. The second generation of this interesting enough mainly by the elderly crossover, perhaps he is thinking of their rebellious young years, is even more eccentric than the first. Pointed back doors poke as giant ball pins in the meat of a back black injected, which seems to have been baptized in a inkwell by a bully. A concept car for the public road, Toyota proudly bluffed the debt complexes about generations of boring cars, when the Corolla-clarity began to sand with the Exhibitionist fair that you can now call this time.

Zoom in for all details of the Hybrid Toyota C-HR 2.0Click on the points for explanation about the details.

The rebellion was sobriety ‘in Drag’ at Toyota, the crazy of the neat bourgeoisie who goes crazy once every year in carnival provinces and then becomes the long arm of the system again. Under the skin, the C-HR is a solid Toyota with technology that you will find in Priussen and Corollas. A petrol engine with electrical help and a stepless automatic, in the plugin versions coupled to a 13.6 kWh battery with a specified range of 66 kilometers.

The machinery is clearly outgrown the sleepy rider of the Prius years. With 223 hp and a wake -up driving behavior for Toyotas, the test car places an interesting footnote in the power display in the electric middle class. In the C-HR you experience with retroactive effect how logs ride a lot of pure electric heavyweights. You feel it compared to similarly large EVs low weight even with plug-in hybrids with a relatively large battery pack like this. The 1,625 kilos of C-HR is wonderfully on the road and especially the price stability is a relief compared to much vague and woolly steering EVs.

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With new Toyotas, the rear lights form a spoiler -like plateau with continuous light tape.

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With new Toyotas, the rear lights form a spoiler -like plateau with continuous light tape.

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Even at Toyora, 19 inch wheels are nowadays normal.

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Even at Toyora, 19 inch wheels are nowadays normal.

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Poker beautiful in the extension of the center armrest, wireless charging plateau perfectly accessible.

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Poker beautiful in the extension of the center armrest, wireless charging plateau perfectly accessible.

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As if Zorro with his sword was the headlights in the front.

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As if Zorro with his sword was the headlights in the front.

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Photos Merlin Doomernik

Out of the wrist

Also beyond the driving characteristics, this Toyota is pleasant transport, apart from the hallucinatory blind spots through the micro-rear windows that the Crossokekoeksei had to look like something sporty. Inside, the human size was well -known old -fashioned the leading principle. The seats are a bit hard but good in shape, with a lot of support for the thighs and a long backrest. The operation of the cruise control, formerly a clumsy stalk on the steering column, is now practically on the wheel, just like almost all competitors. See how smart the switch on the center tunnel is placed in line with the armrest that you can operate it with your forearm in the relax position from the wrist, perfect. Gives a hugely comfortable feeling, and that also applies to the climate cluster, excellent control -friendly button bar with two digital temperature displays. The wireless smartphone charger is perfectly in sight. Above that nice buttons for camera, parking aid, steering heating and USB connection. No weird twists on both screens. The meter house is digital with classic traits. Round clock for the speedometer, on the left the Data corner with only memorable messages about the efficiency of crazy Henkie. With consistent drawers, it drinks no more than 3.4 liters of gasoline at 100 kilometers during the test week, masterful. With an average electric range of 50 to 60 kilometers you save considerably on gasoline, although the power rates are now also rising. Fortunately, the idiotic prices at the fast charger are spared the C-HR audience, because he can’t go there.

Of course I should be inexorable for everything with a combustion engine. But I can imagine people think: just pack. Those who do not feel like cracks and charging cables can move from 36 mille to a140 hp strong basic model without plug, although the price difference of approximately 3,500 euros seems to be too small to abandon the obvious plug advantage. Unless the road tax is point of consideration, because the basic C-HR is more than 200 kilos lighter than the plug-in.

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