Toyota's Yaris Cross Makes World Debut
April 23 2020 - 8:25AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Toyota announces that its new compact SUV, the Yaris Cross,
originally planned to be revealed at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show(1),
has made its world debut. 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.
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Yaris Cross |
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Behind the new Yaris Cross was a goal to develop a vehicle that can
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. The interior design is also shaped to give it
a feeling of higher quality and comfort.
The new vehicle follows last year's debut of the all-new Yaris,
unveiled in October 2019 as the next-generation compact car, which
brought enhanced driving pleasure, the world's highest level of
fuel efficiency for its class thanks to its use of Toyota's latest
hybrid system, as well as advanced safety and security
technologies.
Yaris was debuted in 1999 and manufactured under the spirit of
building a global standard for compact cars. Since then, approx.
8.71 million units (as of March 2020) have been sold globally as
the flagship model of Toyota's compact car business.
Yaris Cross will be manufactured at Toyota Motor East Japan Co.,
Ltd. for the Japan market, and at Toyota Motor Manufacturing France
for the European market.
(1) Official event name Le 90e Salon international de l'automobile
Geneve (canceled)
About Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is the global mobility company that
introduced the Prius hybrid-electric car in 1997 and the first
mass-produced fuel cell sedan, Mirai, in 2014. Headquartered in
Toyota City, Japan, Toyota has been making cars since 1937. Today,
Toyota proudly employs 370,000 employees in communities around the
world. Together, they build around 10 million vehicles per year in
29 countries, from mainstream cars and premium vehicles to
mini-vehicles and commercial trucks, and sell them in more than 170
countries under the brands Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino. For
more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.
Source: Toyota Motor Corporation
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