With the Toyota Urban Cruiser will be involved in the last booming segment of the compact SUV. But with an SUV the city car has little in common.
Squeeze the Urban Cruiser in a genus is difficult: The commonality with an SUV is limited to its angular appearance and rear underrun protection, for a classic city car he is in turn with its length of 3.93 meters too high. Toyota has declared its new model for city-SUV. This will cost 16,950 euros in the basic version.
2,500 units of the importer in this country wants to market later this year, the European sales target of Toyota is a little over 25,000 registrations in the first full year. "For Germany, the nominally a low target," says Jürgen Stolze, General Manager for Press and Public Relations. The positive feedback from dealers and customers give cause for optimism that he had made with the Urban Cruiser is a good throw.
Toyota is targeting. With the Urban Cruiser claims to singles and couples who are in the small car segment in search of individuality and a spacious, suitable for everyday use and variable five-seater vehicle With a luggage compartment volume of 314 liters, you can travel by car quite well. Especially when one flips the rear seats. Then, the boot capacity increases to 749 liters.
The Urban Cruiser is available with two engines: a new 1.33-liter petrol engine with start-stop system and a 1.4-liter diesel engine. The petrol engine has an output of 74 kW/101 hp and consumes an average of 5.5 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. This corresponds to CO2 emissions of 129 g / km.
The only available with active all-wheel drive 1.4-liter D-4D diesel engine, the Toyota engineers have reworked. He develops a power of 66 kW/90 hp. Fuel consumption is 4.9 liters per 100 kilometers. The CO2 emissions are just 130 km g /. A start-stop system is not due to this good CO2 levels planned.
Both engines are coupled to a manual six-speed gearbox. "It is conceivable that at some point we also offer an automatic transmission," says Tim Fronzek, product spokesperson. Toyota expects that about three-quarters of buyers will opt for the petrol engine, and a quarter for the diesel.
Five trim levels to choose from
Equipped with on board the Urban Cruiser is a comprehensive safety package, consisting of front airbags for driver and front passenger, a driver's knee airbag, front side airbags and head airbags. Also standard are ABS with electronic brake force distribution, brake assist, traction control and an electronic stability program.
The buyer of the Urban Cruiser + have the choice between a basic version and the trim levels Town, Trek, Trek and Town +. The trek is the name reserved for petrol with front wheel drive, however, Trek is the diesel version with all-wheel drive.
In the basic version include electric front windows on board, central locking with remote control and a CD-/MP3-Audiosystem with six speakers. The trim levels Trek (22,950 euros) and Town (19,200 euros), among others, an additional 16-inch alloy wheels, manual air conditioning, a CD audio system with wireless Bluetooth interface, power windows on all doors, and a leather-trimmed multifunction steering wheel.
In the top-trim levels Town + (20,250 euros) and Trek + (EUR 24,000) come, you still electronic climate control, a Smart Key System with keyless access and an engine start-stop button added and electrically folding exterior mirrors. Optionally available is a navigation system with color display.
Toyota Germany estimates that nearly half of all buyers will opt for the Trim Town + and about 20 percent for the Urban Cruiser Town.
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