2018 Toyota C-HR (USA)
It’s time for Toyota to introduce the C-HR North
American version to the U.S. and Canada
too. The North American specification C-HR will debut
at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 17.
Toyota hasn’t verified the available powertrains for
the C-HR that will go on sale in the States next year, but in other parts of
the world, it’s available with two gasoline engines, a 114 hp 1.2-liter
turbocharged four paired to a 6-speed manual transmission or a CVT, and a 142 hp
2.0-liter mated exclusively to a CVT, plus a hybrid variant with a 1.8-liter
four-cylinder mated to an electric motor producing 120 hp. Front-wheel drive
should come as standard, with all-wheel drive being optional.
The Japanese brand calls the C-HR a compact model,
but at 4,360 mm long, 1,795 mm wide and 1,550 mm tall, with a 2,640 mm wheelbase, it’s in-between categories,
being bigger than the Juke, but smaller than the RAV-4. Honda’s HR-V should be one of its closest rivals.
