As a new SUV that inherits the qualities of the brand's flagship compact car, Yaris, Yaris Cross will be launched in Japan in autumn this year, and in Europe mid-2021.
Behind the new Yaris Cross was a goal to develop a vehicle that could help redefine what an urban-type compact SUV should be, sharing the same driving pleasure and feeling beyond its class as the Yaris brand.
By adopting the all-new hybrid system and the TNGA platform (GA-B) for compact cars, the "Yaris Cross" offers a higher dimension of basic and environmental performance.
Also, the vehicle achieves an easy-to-handle body size while providing SUV-like interior comfort and luggage room. The exterior design, though simple, expresses the robustness of an SUV. Toyota said the interior design was shaped to give it a feeling of higher quality and comfort.
The car will be sold either with a 1.5-litre inline 3-cylinder petrol engine or as a hybrid. Front-wheel drive and electric 4-wheel drive choices will be made available in the market.
The new vehicle follows the debut of the all-new Yaris, unveiled in October 2019 as the next-generation compact car, which promised improved driving pleasure, the world's highest level of fuel effifciency for its class as a result of using the latest hybrid system, as well as advanced safety and security technologies.
Yaris emerged in 1999 as a global compact car. Since then, 8.71 million units (as of March 2020) have been sold around the world as the flagship model of Toyota's compact car business.
Yaris Cross will be built at Toyota Motor East Japan Co., Ltd. for the Japan market, and at Toyota Motor Manufacturing France for the European market.
