Toyota Yaris Cross honoured with best small crossover title in the UK Car of the Year Awards

The newly launched Toyota Yaris Cross has picked up its first significant honour, being named Best Small Crossover in the 2022 UK Car of the Year Awards. Having won its category, it is now in contention for the overall car of the year title, which will be announced on 8 March.

The hybrid electric Yaris Cross impressed the awards’ judges, a group of the UK’s most experienced automotive journalists and commentators. Each member of the panel put the car through its paces, prompting high praise.

Alex Grant remarked how the car “reaps the rewards” of Toyota’s long experience in hybrid technology, being “competitively priced” compared to conventional petrol and diesel models and “offering some of the highest real-world efficiency short of a plug-in hybrid.”

In similar spirit, Tim Pitt noted how the hybrid system is “particularly impressive around town, where the majority of driving is EV-only.” Alex Robbins praised the “accessible eco-friendly motoring” and highlighted Toyota’s “smashing” warranty – up to 10 years/100,000 miles with the Toyota Relax programme.

Quality was the key for Tom Sharpe, who said: “Offering more space than anything wearing a Yaris badge has the right to, and trim quality approaching that of its Lexus premium sister brand, the Yaris Cross should be an instant hit with buyers.”

Yaris Cross is an all-new model which brings together Toyota’s established strengths in small car and SUV design. It is an extension of the new Yaris family, built on the same GA-B platform as the hatchback model, and is powered by Toyota’s fourth generation hybrid electric technology. It achieves official fuel economy (WLTP combined cycle) of 54.62 to 64.2mpg in versions with front-wheel drive. Notably, Yaris Cross recently set the best figure ever achieved in What Car? magazine’s True MPG testing – surpassing the record previously held by its sister hatchback model. As an authentic SUV, Yaris Cross is also available with Toyota’s intelligent all-wheel drive system.

Full details of the UK Yaris Cross model range can be found at www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/yaris-cross.

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