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Toyota Yaris Hybrid test
Sober and racy

The latest generation of the Yaris demonstrates Toyota’s mastery of
hybridization, a technology Toyota pioneered. But above all its perfectly

successful design will amplify its success, with a price that starts at € 21,450.

Style is the first criterion in buying a car, a fuel consumption of 4.7 liters. The same journey in Eco mode and a
often superseding the mechanical qualities slower ride gave 4 liters.
or practicality of an automobile. It becomes a
‘love at first sight’ impulse purchase, as was Maximum comfort and equipment
the case for example at Toyota with the first generation of the RAV 4, So, these are reassuring figures for the ‘saving’ chapter, as well as for
released in 1994, which was a phenomenal success. Today, the Japanese CO2 emissions. The owner of a Yaris Hybrid can also be delighted
manufacturer is giving itself the same chances of success with the new with the level of equipment and the quality of details of the car. In fact,
Yaris with its eye-catching look, especially in its high-end versions where from the entry level, the electric parking brake, reversing camera and
its cleverly measured aggressiveness blends perfectly with a two-tone automatic light management are provided, while the higher-level version
chassis, that is stocky but smooth shape, set on beautiful 17-inch alloy offers head-up display, heated seats, partial leather upholstery or the
wheels. 3.94 m long, this 4th generation, which remains a 5-door, remains smartphone induction charger and a panoramic roof. Behind the wheel,
more French than ever when it leaves the Valenciennes factories. you immediately appreciate the comfort of the suspension which easily
handles the speed bumps, the silence provided you do not accelerate
116 hp well operated abruptly making the CVT purr too much. The only disappointment is
When it was released in 2000, the Yaris was more intended for urban use that the car does not provide sequenced paddle shifters on the steering
with a height of 3.75 m. The new Yaris completes its business card by wheel, as can be found on the Toyota C-HR of 184 hp.
becoming a very good touring car thanks to astonishing comfort and a
good level of power. It retains 70 hp and 120 hp petrol engines, but the
whole point of the car lies, for an additional € 3,000, in its new hybrid
system composed of a naturally aspirated 3-cylinder 1.5 liter of 92 hp,
associated with two electric motors. One motor drives the front wheels
and delivers 79 hp, while the other acts as a generator and gear ratio
control unit for the variation CVT transmission;
for a total of 116 hp.

Consumption around 4 liters
This technology has no trouble propelling the
only 1,160 kg of the Yaris which also benefits
from a completely new platform. With a small
lithium-ion battery, the Japanese car does not
claim to drive many kilometers on electric
power, but it performs all its starts on the sole
force of current and can maintain this mode of
propulsion for nearly three kilometers, especially
at low speeds city driving, when the battery is
well charged and on the condition of having a
‘light foot’. It is then perfectly possible to record
the consumption of 3.7 liters claimed by Toyota.
Three programs are available, Normal, Eco and
Sport. With the first, a 100 km test of city-driving,
road and highway, carried out at the legal speed
limit, allowed the on-board computer to display

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