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20 Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 3 2021
Plenty of options in funky Yaris
FROM STARLET to Echo to
Yaris, Toyota’s small car range
has been widely accepted in New
Zealand through the years.
I’d have expected nothing less,
each of those models represented
efficiency, practicality and
longevity.
Yaris is still around, just recently
a new-generation model
landed in New Zealand and it
also gets a new three-cylinder
engine that is a bit of a departure
for Toyota.
Nevertheless, in the three drives
I had in that model last year it
quickly charmed me with its
honesty and overall performance.
What’s more, there are also
hybrid options in Yaris, Toyota’s
formidable electric drive system
hooked to the three-potter.
Toyota has now gone one step
further, the Yaris is also available
as Yaris Cross, a funkier car that
is also a little larger all round.
Notably, it is also taller, 30mm
added to the ride height. That
might not seem like much, but it
does make a significant difference
to those who aren’t quite so agile,
entry and egress is much easier,
and ground clearance is just
that little bit more user-friendly.
With the extra length there is
more space inside in which to be
comfortable.
Interestingly, Toyota claims
the Yaris Cross sits in the sport
utility vehicle category, I’m a little
ambivalent on that, I’m suggesting
it’s more of a crossover model,
that is also represented in the
name.
The Yaris Cross shares much the
same driveline componentry as its
stablemates, there are three models
and, as you would have guessed,
there are two hybrid options. This
is some indication of where Toyota
sees the use of fossil fuel and its
environmental impacts. Never
before have New Zealand buyers
seen such a prolific array of hybrid
options, and full credit to Toyota,
the drivelines fit the concept of
Yaris, in all forms, well.
Prices for the Yaris Cross start
at a tempting $29,990 for the
GX-specification petrol-only
model, an extra $4000 will get
you into a GX hybrid, while the
range-topping Limited hybrid sits
at $38,990.
This evaluation focuses on the
two hybrids, and just like the car
it is based on the hybrid system
is something rather special.
Firstly, I’m sold on three-cylinder
engines, and the torquey
characteristics of it hooked to the
surge you get from electric power
makes the Yaris Cross feel rather
feisty. Acceleration from all areas
is surprisingly swift, it will make
100km/h from a standstill in
11.4sec and will power through a
highway overtake in around 7sec
(80-120km/h).
Toyota claims outputs of 67kW
and 120Nm from the 1490cc
petrol engine, add in an extra
TRENDY: The Yaris Cross sits on the outer periphery of the
sport utility vehicle market.
TOYOTA YARIS CROSS: Hybrid or petrol-only drivelines.
18kW of electric energy and it
all equates to very respectable
figures.
Of course, we all relate to fuel
efficiency when the term hybrid
is used, and Toyota lists the Yaris
Cross hybrid with a 3.8-litre per
100km/h combined cycle average.
That’s pretty much the same as
the standard Yaris at 3.4l/100km
and sits well with the 5l/100km
figure during my time in both
evaluation cars. At 100km/h there
is a 4l/100km return instantaneously.
When I picked up both
vehicles they were full of fuel,
each registering a 500km distance
before refuelling, that’s quite impressive
and I have no doubt that
would be achievable.
Bear in mind that the hybrid
system is working constantly to
prevent the internal combustion
engine firing. Depending on
throttle application and how you
drive, considerable fuel savings
can be made. It’s the best of both
worlds really, fuel saving and
solid boost when acceleration is
required. That’s something that
Toyota has done well with its
hybrid system, and as further
development comes through that
equation will only be increased
in time.
As it is now I find the system
quite remarkable even to the
point where I’ve said many times
before that I’d be tempted into a
• Price – Toyota Yaris Cross
hybrid GX, $33,990;
Limited, $38,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4180mm; width, 1765mm;
height, 1590mm
• Configuration – Threecylinder,
front-wheeldrive,
1490cc, 67kW,
120Nm, continuously
variable automatic.
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 11.4sec
• Fuel usage – 3.8l/100km
hybrid, it’s doing just that little
bit for the environment as well as
getting a purposeful drive.
Of course, the energy from
both drive elements is channelled
through a continuously variable
transmission, it offers a seamless
flow of energy and ratio change.
The Yaris Cross is also a decent
type of handler. Sure, with its
extra height there are gravitational
compromises, but the steering and
overall balance is biased towards
dynamic, there is solid steering
feedback and precise corner turnin
even in the base model which
has tyres significantly smaller in
diameter than the Limited.
My testing time in the Limited
was perfect. A blustery nor’west
wind was belting the Canterbury
Plains, it was a good test of
Toyota’s crosswind assist safety
program. It was quite noticeable
in the way it corrected and
adjusted steering to compensate.
That’s just one part of Toyota’s
extensive suite of safety technologies
finding their way across the
whole product range.
Not only are safety features
extensive in the Yaris Cross, well,
the entire Yaris range actually,
there are high levels of specification
for comfort and convenience.
Even in base model form
there is still plenty to satisfy long
after a purchase. What’s more,
the trim materials and cosmetic
detailing is high quality, adding to
the comfort levels.
I’d be happy with the GX model
at $34k, but for those who do step
up to Limited specification it’s nice
to know you get a few extra goodies
such as satellite navigation,
head-up display, cloth and leather
trim with heated front seats.
Toyota hasn’t stopped there
with Yaris and development of
the three-cylinder concept. I’m
due to drive the GR Yaris soon, as
its nomenclature suggests it gets
treatment from Toyota’s performance
arm Gazoo Racing. The
GR gets hefty turbocharged boost
and a whole host of go-faster
goodies. I can’t wait for that drive.
In the interim, I’m also scheduled
into the petrol-only Cross,
I’m sure the entire range is going
to leave a solid impression on me.
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