TOYOTA YARIS CROSS
Autocar UK|April 05, 2023
We test its efficiency in three different driving modes - with inconclusive results
KRIS CULMER
TOYOTA YARIS CROSS

MILEAGE 5565

WHY WE'RE RUNNING IT

To see why people are scrambling for this latest hybrid crossover offering

LOVE IT

GOOD RIDDANCE

Some cars make it really hard to turn off the lane-keeping assist. Here you just need to hold down one button on the steering wheel.

LOATHE IT

GIVE IT A REST

Some of you will scorn me for this, but sometimes I like to cruise along with my right arm on the door - and there's nowhere to rest it in here.

Eco score is difficult to keep up; MPG varies wildly by mode, speed

Last month, I told you that I had got a mere 39mpg on the previous tank of petrol in my Toyota Yaris Cross. Honestly, I expected far more from the little hybrid crossover, and indeed its trip computer had said 53mpg - but a calculator never lies.

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