Toyota Unveils 2017 C-HR at Geneva Motor Show
CARS.COM — The tiny SUV that Toyota unveiled today at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show should look familiar, but its name might raise an eyebrow. The C-HR concept was first unveiled at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show under the Scion badge. With the canceling of Toyota’s youth-oriented brand, the production C-HR will wear the Toyota name and offer a hybrid version.
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The 2017 C-HR will join the booming subcompact SUV class, competing against the likes of the Chevrolet Trax, Honda HR-V, Jeep Renegade and Mazda CX-3.
Toyota says the SUV was designed to stand out in the automaker’s lineup and across the segment; that it will. The production model draws heavily on the outlandish concept’s styling cues, incorporating a version of the concept’s squat stance, crisp corners, integrated door handles, beady-eyed headlights and wedgy profile. Its face has been toned down a bit, however. The crop-circle formation of the concept’s LED light-pipe headlights is gone, and the now-streamlined grille looks borrowed from a RAV4. In back, the concept’s boomerang-shape taillights return, as do wheels that feature chiseled cutouts of the car’s profile.
In Europe, three powertrains will be available. The hybrid will use a 1.8-liter four-cylinder shared with the 2016 Prius. There also will be non-hybrid turbocharged 1.2-liter and normally aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinders as well as two transmissions: a six-speed manual or a continuously variable automatic. Right now it’s unclear which powertrains will come to the U.S.
As with other new Toyota models, the C-HR will offer Toyota’s Safety Sense system, which includes features like a precollision system, lane departure warning, road sign assist, automatic headlights, pedestrian detection and adaptive cruise control.
We expect to see the C-HR later this month at the 2016 New York International Auto Show.
