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MOTORING<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
29<br />
New<br />
SUV is<br />
lively<br />
sibling<br />
BY BOB NETTLETON<br />
The CHR urban SUV was<br />
one of the first massproduced<br />
Toyotas to<br />
showcase amore<br />
adventurous look to help the<br />
company reel in younger<br />
buyers, who demand greater<br />
styling flairand individuality<br />
in the look of their vehicles,<br />
and this one has it in spades.<br />
However, the companystill<br />
produces wellmade<br />
conservative looking cars<br />
that have been the<br />
cornerstone of its success<br />
and still account for alarge<br />
chunk of theirrevenue<br />
especially on the Japanese<br />
domestic market.<br />
In <strong>20</strong>17 Toyota’s European<br />
design team createdthe<br />
radically different CHR.Its<br />
almostinstantsuccess<br />
motivated Toyota to produce<br />
more models that genuinely<br />
push the styling envelope<br />
and go beyondbland and<br />
safe.<br />
Recent examples include<br />
the latestRAV4 and soontobereleased<br />
Yaris.<br />
For <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> the CHRhas<br />
undergone amodest<br />
cosmetic refresh with a<br />
revisedfrontend with deep,<br />
curvy character lines. At the<br />
rear, it sports new LED tail<br />
lights.<br />
The nonhybrid CHR<br />
range comprises abase front<br />
wheel drive versionpriced at<br />
$33,490, with a$2k price<br />
bump to the top spec<br />
Limited.<br />
Rating out of 10<br />
Performance 6<br />
Handling 7<br />
Build Quality7<br />
Comfortand space 6<br />
Styling7<br />
Fuel Economy:Rightcar website: petrol<br />
6.5L/100km, onroadtest: 7.6L/100km<br />
Value for money6<br />
Safety: five star ANCAP crash rating<br />
Overall points outof10: 7<br />
This can be had with either<br />
two or four wheeldrive and<br />
retails for $36,490and<br />
$37,990 respectively.The<br />
$1500 premium for the AWD<br />
option is amodest ask and<br />
one well worth considering<br />
with our demanding roads,<br />
weatherand terrain.<br />
This is one of afew models<br />
in Toyota’s passenger car<br />
range with aturbo charged<br />
engine and it’s lively enough<br />
with a1.2 litre turbo making<br />
85kw and offering purposeful<br />
low speed pulling power.<br />
This is generatedbythe<br />
185nm of torque that’s<br />
primed and ready to between<br />
1500 to 4000rpm. You get the<br />
best of both motoring worlds<br />
with this motor–low fuel<br />
consumption and willing<br />
enough performance.<br />
This is one of the more<br />
enjoyable small urban SUVs<br />
Ihave driven.Throttle<br />
responseis crispalthough<br />
not exactly in the<br />
scintillating category, with<br />
performancedragged down a<br />
touch by the vehicle’s weight.<br />
On the plus side of the<br />
ledger, the motor is largely<br />
free of turbo lag, althoughthe<br />
test car was at timeshesitant<br />
from standing starts. Engine<br />
and roadnoise are well<br />
suppressed and pegged at<br />
levels that are barely audible<br />
in the passenger<br />
compartment, earning the<br />
motor abig tick for<br />
refinement.<br />
AConstant Variable<br />
Transmission(CVT) with<br />
QualityEuropean<br />
Vehicle Servicing<br />
•Advanced<br />
Diagnostics<br />
•Experienced<br />
Technicians<br />
sequential shift mode<br />
provides seven simulated<br />
manual gears. The AWD<br />
system is able channel up to<br />
50 per cent of the engine’s<br />
torque to the rear wheels.It<br />
features eco, normaland<br />
sport drivemodes that vary<br />
throttle sensitivity, steering<br />
weight and transmission<br />
performance.This all seems<br />
to work cohesively.<br />
There are regular<br />
reminders that this is aCVT,<br />
such as the aimless hard<br />
revving of the motor, and<br />
whirring and slurring sounds<br />
associatedwith these<br />
transmissions.<br />
Passenger space is<br />
surprisinglygood with a<br />
decent sized cargo hatch that<br />
can be extended with the<br />
60:40 split foldingrear seats.<br />
The CHRcomesequipped<br />
with the Toyota Safety Sense<br />
package whichfeatures afull<br />
suite of driverassistance and<br />
active safety features<br />
includingallspeed dynamic<br />
radar cruise control, aprecrash<br />
safety system with<br />
autonomous emergency<br />
braking,lane departure alert<br />
with steering assist and<br />
automatic high beam<br />
headlights.<br />
Handling is agile and has a<br />
fluent natural feel about the<br />
way it navigates, demanding<br />
undulating terrain,an<br />
attribute you do not typically<br />
find in some small urban<br />
SUVs.<br />
Ride comfort is hard to<br />
fault.<br />
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