Toyota Motor Europe unveiled their latest variant of the Yaris Cross: the Yaris Cross Adventure.
The European market gets some of the best looking, most interesting vehicles from Japanese manufacturers. One such vehicle is the Yaris Cross. While Asian markets get a different, simpler version, Japan and Europe have one based on TNGA. This Yaris Cross has now received a new trim level or grade in Europe called ‘Adventure’.
What this adds is a lot more rugged appeal in both aesthetics and functionality.
Compared to the basic ‘Elegant’ grade, the Toyota Yaris Cross Adventure gets the following upgrades:
- front under-run
- rear lower bumper protection plate
- silver roof rails
- 18″ alloy wheels in dark grey finish
- piano black trim details
- black headlining
- leather-like seats are upholstered in an Adventure grade design
- Warm Gold deco line on the instrument panel and inner door mouldings
- Leather steering wheel and shift lever gaiter
For the first 12 months of sales, the Yaris Cross Adventure will also be available as a Premiere Edition. This comes with:
- exclusive leather seat upholstering
- exclusive 18-inch machined alloy wheels
- powered back door with kick sensors
- head-up display
- bi-tone colour combinations
Don’t expect to see these versions of the Yaris Cross in Malaysia. In fact, we doubt the parallel importers will even bother. But if they do, now you know what the ‘Adventure’ grade brings to the table.
PRESS RELEASE
The all-new Toyota Yaris Cross displays its authentic SUV quality with the Adventure grade, revealed for the first time today.
This version of the all-new hybrid B-segment SUV has a distinctly different character from the Elegant version, shown at the model’s world premiere in 2020. The Adventure grade emphasises the car’s suitability for life beyond urban streets, for time spent exploring and enjoying the great outdoors and open roads.
The new model’s essential ruggedness can be seen in the front under-run and a lower bumper protection plate at the rear. The specification also includes a set of silver roof rails as standard and 18-inch alloy wheels with a dark grey finish.
In the cabin the Yaris Cross Adventure’s sense of purpose is expressed in piano black trim details and a black headlining. The supportive leather-like seats are upholstered in an Adventure grade design and there is a deco line across the black, soft-touch instrument panel and inner door mouldings, finished in Yaris Cross’ signature Warm Gold colour. Leather is used for the steering wheel and shift lever gaiter.
Yaris Cross Premiere Edition
The Premiere Edition is the ultimate Adventure grade with exclusive leather seat upholstering and dedicated 18-inch machined alloy wheels. The grade will be equipped with powered back door with kick sensors, head-up display and available in bi-tone colour combinations as standard. The limited series Premiere Edition will be available for the first 12 months of sales and open to pre-launch reservations.
Yaris Cross – All Urban, All SUV
Although built on the same GA-B platform—part of the modular Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform—as the new Yaris hatchback, Yaris Cross has a higher driving position and increased ground clearance, true to its genuine SUV status alongside Toyota’s RAV4–the world’s original and best-selling recreational SUV–and Toyota C-HR compact crossover. The platform gives the car an essential high body rigidity, low centre of gravity and a well-balanced chassis; ensuring agile, nimble and sure-footed handling and excellent ride comfort.
The hybrid powertrain is also available on all versions of the Yaris Cross, based on the 116 DIN hp 1.5-litre Atkinson cycle fourth generation system which debuted in the new Yaris hatchback. The system’s exceptional efficiency is expected to deliver CO2 emissions of around 100 g/km in the front-wheel drive Yaris Cross, and less than 110 g/km in the AWD-i models.
Mid+ and above grades of Yaris Cross feature front and rear LED lights, including sequential turning lamps in the rear, and robust side sill and wheel arch mouldings. The side mouldings have a Yaris Cross badge insert either in silver and Warm Gold depending on vehicle colour.
Intelligent All Wheel Drive
Yaris Cross is the only compact hybrid SUV to offer the intelligent all-wheel drive system (AWD-i) which automatically switches from front-wheel-drive to all-wheel-drive depending on road conditions, offering customers an enhanced layer of safety. Furthermore, the intelligent all-wheel-drive system comes standard with a manually-selected mode switch for Trail and Snow modes to enhance vehicle stability in tricky road conditions.
The electric, intelligent all-wheel drive system (AWD-i) is compact and lightweight, so it doesn’t compromise the Yaris Cross’ class-leading fuel economy, yet gives it the extra traction to take rough and slippery surfaces in its stride.
Toyota Smart Connect
Yaris Cross offers customers seamless wireless mobile device connectivity through Toyota Smart Connect, featuring industry-standard cross-device support for the first time on a core Toyota model. Centred on the large 9-inch high-definition multimedia display, navigation is a breeze with cloud-based live map updates, real-time traffic information and road events, and points of interest searches online. Via the MyT smartphone app, Yaris Cross owners can send journey plans and manage onboard climate controls before getting in the car, as well as locking and unlocking the car remotely.
Toyota Teammate Advanced Park
Toyota Teammate Advanced Park provides an additional level of safety and convenience in busy urban environments to guide drivers into parking spots with the intuitive controls found on the high-definition multimedia display. The advanced semi-automated parking feature ensures smooth parking and fewer manoeuvres using the onboard 360° panoramic camera to guide the car safely into place without additional steering, accelerator and brake inputs from the driver. In addition to the 360° Panoramic Camera, the advanced semi-automated parking system comes standard with the combination of Blind Spot Monitor, Rear Cross Traffic Alert with Automatic Braking and Intelligent Clearance Sonars with Automatic Braking which further enhance the safety and convenience for drivers in busy urban roads.
Toyota Smart Cargo
With practicality and versatility for the customer in mind, Yaris Cross features a kick-activated powered back door and the flexibility of the cargo deck board which can be adjusted in height or split into two to offer secure underfloor storage or increased luggage space on demand. The capacious load compartment can be extended with the 40:20:40 split folding rear seat system, allowing each rear seat to be individually folded, to accommodate skis, mountain bikes or a week’s holiday luggage with the ability to secure the cargo with fixation rings.
Designed for European customers and manufactured in Europe at Toyota’s factory in Valenciennes, France, the new Yaris Cross will be available to order in early Q2 of 2021, ahead of the official sales start in September.
