Toyota Yaris Cross 2024: updated small SUV revealed featuring more tech and power

Toyota’s Yaris Detrimental shrimp SUV is about to web a raft of updates to its tech, safety and powertrain alternatives in Europe which can now feature a extra out of the ordinary hybrid likelihood, doubtlessly foreshadowing adjustments we would look for in Australia.

The addition of what Toyota calls a ‘Hybrid 130’ powertrain available on bigger spec European fashions headlines the adjustments at the side of total updates to the automobile’s safety tech, infotainment, and the addition of a new vary-topping grade.

The updates had been published by Toyota which says the refreshed lineup would possibly per chance well be available for online reservation in chosen European markets from this month, even supposing there’s no word but on whether and when these adjustments will walk thru to Australia for the three-year-old fashion new generation shrimp SUV.

Extra out of the ordinary hybrid joins the vary

Realizing to be one of many most main additions to the refreshed Yaris Detrimental is the Hybrid 130 powertrain likelihood that would possibly per chance well be made available on bigger spec Yaris Detrimental fashions in Europe.

The extra out of the ordinary hybrid adopts Toyota’s most up-to-date fifth-generation hybrid abilities and can sit above the brand new hybrid likelihood – now renamed as ‘Hybrid 115’ – that will proceed to be offered on decrease spec fashions.

That incorporates a extra out of the ordinary electrical motor mated to the brand new 1.5-litre three-cylinder engine, the brand new hybrid is purported to content a 14 percent lengthen in energy output from 85kW to 97kW and a 30 percent lengthen in torque from 141Nm to 185Nm.

As effectively because the replace to the hybrid powertrain, Toyota says the Yaris Detrimental has also had “a vary of further measures to diminish noise and vibration” including further insulation.

Updated tech and safety aspects

As effectively because the extra out of the ordinary hybrid, Toyota has detailed a series of updates to tech and safety aspects for the shrimp SUV which involves the addition of a 12.3-flow customisable digital instrument cluster on bigger spec fashions (decrease spec fashions near with a 7.0-flow demonstrate) besides to a 10.5-flow infotainment show cowl.

Here’s paired with the emblem’s most up-to-date multimedia gadget that Toyota says involves extra evolved remark recognition capabilities, over-the-air updates, and also supports wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

As effectively as this, the European Yaris Detrimental also now comes with a ‘digital natty key’ giving up to 5 customers the flexibility to lock, unencumber and begin the automobile with their cellular phone.

In phrases of safety, Toyota has detailed a raft of contemporary aspects and updates, which contain a new digicam and radar gadget which the emblem says can scan further and wider than sooner than besides to detecting pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycles.

Toyota says the adaptive cruise control, lane departure alert, lane heed motivate and avenue model motivate aspects take into accout also all been refined at the side of the addition of contemporary aspects.

These form of are a Rear Seat Reminder Diagram to alert drivers if they’ve left a child or pet in the motivate seat, and Safe Exit Attend to cease a door being opened into the bathtub of incoming autos or cyclists.

As effectively as to these, Toyota also well-known aspects a new Emergency Using Stop feature which brings the automobile to a at ease cease if it detects the driver is incapacitated, and Acceleration Suppression which slows sudden acceleration if it recognises the anguish of collision with one other car.

Are there any utterly different adjustments we can ask?

Toyota Europe has also launched a new vary-topping grade they call the ‘Premiere Version’ that aspects new two-tone coloration alternatives, new 18-flow wheels, and a particular interior styling remedy, with new upholstery patterns to feature across the vary.

It’s unclear what number of of the brand new adjustments in Europe will walk thru to the Australian market which imports its Yaris Detrimental from Japan not like European fashions which can be constructed in France.

The brand new Yaris Detrimental lineup includes four grades including the GX, GXL, Metropolis and GR Sport. Hybrid powertrains that contains the brand new 1.5-litre three-cylinder are available in across the vary, with both front- and all-wheel-drive alternatives.

Pricing for the brand new Yaris Detrimental begins at $28,000 for the entry-stage GX front-wheel-drive non hybrid variant, and tops out at $37,350 for the Metropolis Hybrid with all-wheel-drive, both prices sooner than on avenue prices.

Up to now in 2023 Toyota has delivered 4946 gadgets domestically, making for an 11.1% market piece. This locations the Yaris Detrimental in the motivate of the phase dominating Mazda CX-3 (13,324), Kia Stonic (6069), Hyundai Venue (5180), and Volkswagen T-Detrimental (5014).