#Toyota sport utility wagon drivers#

Toyota dealers say they are willing to bargain. The C-HR XLE Premium starts at $25,922, about $26,722 with delivery charge. Pricing: The 2018 C-HR XLE starts at $23,723, about $24,523 with an estimated $800 delivery charge. Safety: Standard equipment includes four-wheel disc brakes, ventilated front and solid rear four-wheel anti-lock braking system emergency braking assistance blind-spot and lane-departure warning accident avoidance systems lane-departure warning pre-collision safety stability and traction control and side and head air bags. Real-world mileage: We - my wife, Mary Anne, and I - averaged 28 miles per gallon in highway driving carrying no cargo. Fuel capacity is 13.2 gallons of gasoline. Cargo capacity is 19 cubic feet with all seats up and 36.4 cubic feet with middle seats lowered. The engine is linked to a continuously variable automatic transmission.Д¬apacities: Seating is for five people. It has a rear hatch and is available in XLE Premium trim.Д®ngine/transmission: It comes with a 2.0-liter, inline, four-cylinder 16-valve gasoline engine with variable valve timing.

ItвЂ™s not meant to.Д«ody style/layout: The C-HR is a compact, front-wheel-drive wagon/sport-utility vehicle with two large front side doors and two smaller side doors in the rear with hidden door latches. Head-turning quotient: I doubt that it will appeal to older adults. Ride, acceleration and handling: It is acceptable in all areas of on-road performance. HereвЂ™s hoping ToyotaвЂ™s вЂњrebelsвЂќ have as much willingness and enthusiasm to part with their money as buyers of the rival Nissan Rogue.Д«ottom line:вЂ‰The C-HR XLE is a well-made starter vehicle, designed to have an appeal to young buyers similar to that of the Nissan Rogue. To wit: вЂњRevolutionary style meets rebellious spirit.вЂќ This one deliberately is aimed at a younger, less-affluent buyer, although ToyotaвЂ™s marketers are loath to put it that way. Whether it will attain the popularity of the RAV-4 remains to be seen. Like most Toyota products, the 2018 C-HR XLE is well-made, bereft of any obvious fit-and-finish faults. There is an auto-dimming rearview mirror with integrated backup camera display, advanced electronic safety features (e.g., lane-departure alert), and automatic high beams - largely thanks to the Toyota Safety Sense package, highly recommended by this column. The C-HR XLE does embrace modernity in the base XLE model and even more so in the top XLE Premium trim level.

#Toyota sport utility wagon drivers#

But many drivers complain that they lack driving feel and are less than robust in climbing hills.

The advantage of CVT models is that they tend to save fuel. It is an odd small wagon for people with normal driving expectations, who intend to obey all posted speed limits and respect the authorized officials who enforce them.Д®quipment includes a 2.0-liter, gasoline-powered, four-cylinder engine (144 horsepower, 139 pound-feet of torque) linked to an automatic, continuously variable transmission - an automatic transmission that seamlessly sends power to the drive wheels via the use of pulleys instead of fixed gears. It is not a vehicle designed to impress folks who have been driving for 10 or 20 years, or who have long held a desire to sit behind the steering wheel of something with dual exhaust pipes and loud exhaust notes. It is great for car owners with messy young children, or for adults who never have learned to tidy up their living spaces. The interior is washable - a work of recyclable, diamond-embossed, plasticlike door panels and fabric-covered seats.

The C-HR XLE, a new Toyota product for 2018, looks and feels more like a small station wagon, whimsically designed by grade-school students given its loopy yet angular exterior sculpture and availability in two-tone body colors (radiant green mica with ice-white roof in the model used for this column) generally shunned by other vehicle manufacturers. ToyotaвЂ™s marketers call this one a вЂњsport-utility vehicle,вЂќ which is more of a marketing term than anything else. It is inexpensive by todayвЂ™s standards, certainly less costly than the popular Toyota RAV-4 compact sport-utility vehicle. You must insert an ignition key to start this one, which tells you something about its price range in a vehicle age where push-button ignition is commonplace.