Toyota’s most powerful SUV heading to Australia: faster, more practical BZ4X revealed

The BZ4X Touring has been unveiled as Toyota’s most unheard of SUV yet, and it’s coming to Australia in 2026.

Toyota’s most modern fully electric car is an extended model of its BZ4X midsized electric SUV, which is gaining some fundamental updates for late 2024.

Serving because the Toyota model of the Subaru Trailseeker, which itself attracts inspiration from the trendy Outback that has considered wide success in Australia despite its accumulate 22 situation wagon-love shape.

The BZ4X Touring capabilities a rear overhang that’s 14cm longer than the trendy SUV, a transfer that will enhance boot capability by 30 p.c.

Toyota doesn’t quote a particular volume for the Touring, but in accordance to the trendy BZ4X’s 441-452L figure the Touring is accumulate 22 situation to provide more than 560L of boot location.

The Touring will characteristic the same (bigger) 74.7kWh battery because the upcoming upgraded BZ4X.

The Touring, then all all over again, will provide in factual a single “flagship” spec with a dual-motor output of 280kW.

While the MY26 BZ4X AWD will procure bigger vitality by 92kW, its most output is 252kW.

The one-motor FWD BZ4X can bask in 165kW (up 15kW).

Toyota Australia says the BZ4X Touring is “one among the next battery-electric autos to be offered” by the company, suggesting at the very least one varied new EV can be released sooner than then.