SA-bound Toyota C-HR - the inside story

Published Jun 28, 2016

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By: IOL Motoring Staff

Tokyo, Japan - These are the first official pictures of the interior of Toyota's snazzy-looking new C-segment crossover, due for release in South Africa in the first quarter of 2017.

It's called the C-HR (Coupé-High Rider) and it's derived, quite closely in fact, from the eponymous concept that attracted considerable attention at the Paris motor show in 2014.

The interior styling is centred on a seamless, layered dashboard that flows through to the door trims, contrasting soft-touch surfaces with crisp edges.

The piano black centre panel, with all the switchgear and the 20cm touchscreen display for the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system, is slightly angled towards the driver in a classic 'cockpit' layout, while the screen stands proud of the dashboard, keeping the top of the dashboard low for improved forward vision.

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The front seat-backs have a two-tier design, with a slender, sporty-looking upper section over a strongly bolstered, more supportive lower section, emphasised by different upholstery patterns for the two sections.

The trim elements are finished in piano black and satin silver, while the instruments and switchgear are backlit in a clear light blue. It'll be available in three colour combinations, depending on the trim level - plain grey, black and black, and black and brown.

The production version is almost exactly the same size as the concept at 4360mm long on a 2640mm wheelbase, 1795mm wide and 1555mm high, with crisp, almost crystalline edges, and a dramatic roofline that sweeps into a skeleton-frame rear spoiler.

Standard safety kit includes a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, adaptive cruise control, lane departure alert with steering control and automatic high beams.

Higher grade customers will be able to specify heated seats, a smart entry system, tinted glass, partial leather trim, intelligent parking assist, 18 inch alloys, two-tone metallic paint and an eight-channel premium audio system designed for this car by JBL.

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