Toyota has made a huge splash at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show with its 2017 C-HR crossover debut. This C-segment, couple-like crossover wears very aggressive styling, especially for Toyota, and offers both hybrid and conventional powertrains with a CVT and an honest, six-speed manual gearbox.
The C-HR’s Geneva debut suggests Toyota’s plans for rollout. The crossover will first be available in Europe and surrounding counties, with the U.S. to follow. Production is set for Toyota’s Sakarya, Turkey plant. Showing its global reach, Toyota designed the C-HR at the Calty design center in California, the hybrid powertrain will be built in Toyota’s UK engine plant, and the whole project is managed from Toyota’s home office in Japan.
Response, linearity, and consistency are said to be the C-HR’s theme, set by chief engineer Hiroyuki Koba. Toyota benchmarked the current crop of C-segment hatchbacks for driving dynamics, though we’re hoping engineers leaned toward the hot-hatch end of things. While that isn’t likely the case, Toyota says the C-HR was engineered to be fun to drive.
Hybrid versions are powered by 1.8-liter four-cylinder, while conventional models are powered by either a 1.2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder or a naturally aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinder.
The C-HR should begin arriving in European showrooms in the fall of 2016, with U.S.-bound models arriving in the spring of 2017. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but we suspect the C-HR will slot above the RAV4, which starts just over $24,000.
Continue reading to learn more about the 2017 Toyota C-HR.
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