Toyota Urban Cruiser 1.4 D-4D road test
Manufacturers are inventing new niches of vehicles that are increasingly hard to pigeonhole. But although Toyota’s Urban Cruiser literature avoids use of the term ‘crossover’, like Nissan’s Qashqai, that’s what this all-new model is – a crossover between a compact off-road 4×4 and an on-road family 5-door estate. But will you want one?
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Unusually, the Urban Cruiser is offered in just one spec level with prices of £14,500 for the 1.3 with Stop & Start and £16,400 for the 1.4 with AWD (thus falling neatly between B-segment Fiestas and the C-segment Focus). Insurance groups are currently undecided, but the initial VED band will be C (both models) with CO2 emissions at 129g/km (1.3) and 130g/km (1.4). The benefits of the 1.3’s Stop & Start system aren’t apparent in the official mpg figures. Although 42.8mpg on the urban cycle and 51.4mpg (combined) aren’t shabby, the 1.4 D-4D beats it with 48.7mpg (urban) and 57.6mpg (combined). Those are the facts, but I found myself charmed by this attractive little car. I’d recommend the 1.3 for urban mums on the school/supermarket run, and the 1.4 for rural, higher-mileage drivers.
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