Toyota Yaris Cross 2021 review | Chasing Cars
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We drive the new 2021 Toyota Yaris small SUV and see how this crossover compares.
Have Toyota done it again? The new Yaris Cross hybrid SUV competes with the Mazda CX-3 and Hyundai Venue, as well as the Volkswagen T-Cross and Skoda Kamiq. But is this fuel-sipper the SUV to buy? Does it live up to the reputation of its big brother, the RAV4 Hybrid? Tom Baker from Chasing Cars takes a close look at the 2021 Toyota Yaris Cross GXL Hybrid to find out.
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I just bought one, it's the best little car!!
Hi, Cassandra. Did you receive your car yet? I bought the car in May, nil production date confirm yet
Thanks for a great review Really helpful
Love your reviews!! Love the humour
As a Prius owner, my inclination is to stick with hybrid for my next car but the C-HR from Toyota is polarising in look, boot is pathetic, rear visibility is poor both from driver and passenger perspective and it is only offered in the top spec model which makes it tips over 40K. This makes the Yaris Cross a much more compelling package with similar interior space, but more safety features, more boot space and even better fuel consumption. I think Toyota has nailed this one and you can have it for mid 30K. The let down is the lack of an centre arm rest and the look of 16 inch wheels which I think is acceptable compromise to me. Nothing is perfect.
Very helpful and balanced review. Would be keen to see how it compares to its slightly bigger and more polarising (in style) brother, the CHR.
When I started watching this I thought “oh god, another inexperienced engineer telling me what his inner city trendy mates want to hear” but, I take my hat off to you mate! Good balanced reporting and a damn fair assessment of a car that will definitely divide viewers 👍 good job!
Your presentation is appreciable
I can’t wait for my mineral blue GXL Yaris Cross delivery. Toyota is building my car for my order. I am so happy to see good review on GXL from a car expert. I only had test drive Urban and GX, Toyota Australia in my area doesn’t stock GXL. I don’t know why.
YOU are a GREAT reviewer.
Subbed.
Great review Tom - Ford puma review soon? I prefer its looks and the T Cross I think in this class and maybe the Juke also as all seem a little more resolved and less like something on stilts :)
Can't wait to test drive !
I just bought a GXL 2WD hybrid coming end of Jan hopefully. Spare wheel is a must for me. There’s some cons that I can put up with like the opening of the back doors and lack of an armrest and visibility out the back is fine if I take the 2 side head rests out. Disappointing that the European version looks a bit more plush . I really enjoyed the test drive, needed a car and wanted a hybrid with a higher ride height so it made sense for me compared to everything else out there like a Mazda. TSS for mid spec is good. Love that the engine doesn’t even turn in some cases. I will keep this car until the charging infrastructure in Australia is good enough. For now I’ll get the best of both worlds.
Very good review. Is it better then t-cross 1.0 TSI?
I cant wait for this car to be released in Sweden!!
The rear booty light looks very nice, similar to Yaris but unique in its own way
Great review. When is the facelift due. It desperately needs one.
Tom, like so many of your viewers, I thoroughly enjoy watching your balance, unbiased and rather entertaining review of this vehicle. 👍
I love the blue colour!
I like this small SUV. I know that i 'panned' the non SUV version, but this 'wins my heart'. Weird question. Could you give me the overall width from mirror extremities. Thanks Tom.
3.9 litres per 100 km is pretty good for the hybrid version. My 2015 Toyota Camry hybrid averages 6 litres per 100km or under and use regular unleaded (91), the best I have been getting lately is 5.4 litres per 100km with the air conditioner running as well. I would buy a hybrid version of the Yaris cross as I like the higher driver position and would probably buy the GXL 2 wheel drive model.
Tom, can you please state whether these new Hybrid vehicles (all makes) you test, use regular unleaded petrol 91 or use Premium unleaded 95 or 98 as this does change the price structure per 100km the vehicles might achieve with the difference in the initial cost per litre of the petrol needed. The Yaris Cross looks far better than the basic Yaris 5 door hatchback and the CH-R. Is the CH-R going to be discontinued?
Pretty practical would choose this over chr hope they bring rhis to north amerika
Excellent. That’s a refreshing change.
How does this compare to your family vw polo in terms of power, comfort, and noise isolation.
I always have a large voss bottle with me in a car and I often use that as an armrest haha
How's this size compared to the kamiq? Comparable?
Excellent review Tom. My question/s are. If one is overtaking say a B-Double Semi trailer on a long hill, as on the Hume, is there a zip, or is it a long hard & planned slog? And in this situation., what is the best model Yaris Cross &/or other SUV that'll do that job. thanks again.
As usual an excellent presentation. 😊
Are the 2021 Toyota Yaris Cross and the Corolla Cross selling in the U.S.?
I think the CH-R still will be better. Yaris cross to be a small suv needs more equipment, more power in the engine, 1.8 would be perfect, city, freeway, highway, some dirt roads, with the knowledge that "always" you will drive it with 3 passengers, and trunk loaded, because that's what it was designed for... we will see in which position of sales, and if people like it after a few months of use. Great review mi friend well explained 👌.
Thanks for the review. Currently looking at this and the C-HR some interesting trade-offs depending on which one we choose.
CHR has got very low clearance compare to this new yaris cross.
@@karmawangchuk7689 Hadn't considered that. We ended up going with the Yaris Cross anyway 😀
With this and the RAV4... where the heck does this leave the CHR? It's a good car by all measures but... I don't see much of a market for it.
What a great package!
Would you take it over the cx-3 1.5L?
Wow that looks great
Hi Tom, can you do the base petrol version as well please? Thank you :)
Had a look today at an GXL in that same blue and was pretty disappointed by the interior. It seems GX is the same inside as the GXL. It does look good in black or white though. But for the price it’s a bit bland.
I want one!
When Will it be coming to South Africa
Did you choose the color?
Where’s the rear grab handle behind the driver?
We are currently looking at this kind of thing and was in the local Toyota dealership. One of these things was in the middle of the yard and we wandered over 'Oh, that's new???'' we said. The salesperson was unsure why it was parked there and we poked around in it. Looked in the boot (trunk) that kind of thing.
There was another young couple looking at smaller hatch's etc and they went to leave and they had an older person looking with them. He hoped in HIS new Cross and left, after giving us a few dirty looks. The sales person, my wife and I laughed. Whoops. Sorry guy who decided to park in the car yard.
I think it looks better in real life that this video may imply? Something missing in translation to the CZcams Video.
Don't think we will be buying one, but had to relate the story.
Finally a Toyota that hasn’t had too many designers adding to the finished product. Much cleaner and less bling. I need to check out the colours, mud flap and nudge bar options. Prices are still a little hyper for a 3 pot engine. Nice to hear measurements in inches for a change, especially for other international viewers. The Hybrid is better placed in the market I feel.
Theres a choice of 7 colours if my memory serves me correct, with ink black being the no cost option
Unfortunately there are no factory mud flap or nudge bar options at the time of writing this in Feb '21.
Really nice blue colour :)
Really bad taste you have my friend
You might want to measure that rear headroom again Tom. It looked closer to 4" (100 mm) to me.
Come
On hahaha
Has anyone tried to fit a pram or small child in this car..? If so, how did you go?
Almost 50 years since the Metric system was introduced, people are still using inches.
and these believe the earth is flat :-)
whats with the toxic comments??? I thought this was a great review, got me interested in the yaris cross :)
It's strange, the Yaris and Yaris Cross in SA is a completely different car to the rest of the world.
I bought one basic model of the Yaris cross hybrid two weeks ago instead of the CHR. It is under recall now and I have to wait another two weeks to pick up. But someone told me don’t buy the odd number cylinder cars as the second hand selling price will go down further than the even number cylinder car. It that true? And why?
I don't think an odd amount cylinders affects resale value at all. There are Audis with 5 cylinders and they hold value well enough. Resale value isn't just determined on number of cylinders, there are many other factors such as overall quality etc.
There are many small cars on the market now with 3 cylinders as they are now very improved compared to old school 3 cylinder engines, such as more smoothness and better power delivery. People judging on cylinders need to get with the times IMO.
Not sure "Open tailgate by kick " function was mentioned in the video.
I think that for urban level
Awesome
Bonjour elle est très belle cette VOITURE il coute combien mon ami
I wish car reviews would include more time on the ergonomics of the seats.
Back in the early 2000's Toyota had the most comfortable seats in the market as they were designed by a physio.
Sadly after 2011 they went cheap n painful.
Surely an ergonomics assessment could be added in.
Would also like reviewers to add in how the headlights work at night also.
I am more interested in these things.
Rather than scratching panels that you never touch anyway.
My old XE Falcon had a centre armrest. It was built in 1982....
The reason why it is missing an armrest is that the car is equipt with airbags in the seat.
@@RichardMedellin
GREAT Point! (I missed that)
Lool this boomer compares a full size limousine with a small city car...
Hope this will release in the Philippines. Planning on getting the Hyundai Venue but this would be a better choice.
This is definitely a more sophisticated vehicle than the Hyundai Venue.
@@chasingcars thanks for the reply. Now i reaaalllly wish it will come to the philippines
The front grille reminds me of a Citroen Ami (I'm very old)
I see the resemblance! This car appears even more shocked, though...
Quote: "This car will never run in electric mode only...". Ahah... Outstanding review! A Yaris hybrid in the city run 50-70% of the entire distance in electric mode only. I know, I have one.
Please quote me accurately: "It never really runs in electric-only mode, apart from for very short stints." You can hear what I said at 1:20. The Yaris Cross will coast and decelerate in EV mode, but any acceleration other than very, very light throttle applications will trigger the petrol engine to activate. I am a big fan of Toyota hybrids, but what I actually said (not the way I was misquoted) is entirely accurate.
@@chasingcars are you doing okay Tom. You seem on edge when replying to people’s comments, quick to take offence. Has this year taken more of a mental toll than you realise?
@@craigthacker No one likes to be deliberately misrepresented. i would say it's perfectly ok for Tom to point that out. He was not abusive at all with his reply. People take liberties in the comments section.
@@briantitchener4829 I was genuinely asking if he was ok? Sorry you think that is poor form.
Nice little car
Hello I am very ineterrested in the Yaris Cross Hybrid but i have a question
Can somebody in Australie tel me how much is the ball presure off the towbarr. I need 70 kilo for my e bikes end the stand. In Holland the car comes in the summer of 2021 so nobody can tell me this. Kind regards Henk
I just phoned Toyota spare parts and he could not give me a' tow ball rating' but said it can tow a maximum of 1250 KG.
That is all I can tell you. Sorry.
Melbourne, Victoria, 'OZ'. (Australia)
Regards.
I hear comments about this car ugly or prefer to have CHR, RAV 4 or this overpriced. This car is a nice colour and saves petrol cost. CHR, RAV 4 are four wheel drive and they uses up more petrol . Yaris Cross is not a four wheel drive but it looks like a four wheel drive . In regards to pricing, all car brands have cheaper and more expensive price and I don’t think any brand has the perfect car where all features are included and a satisfactory price. I looked at even used car in 2019 cost between $28,000 - $35,000 and one car in 2015 cost $23,000 and just these 3 cars in different brands not Toyota cars cost this much then I prefer buying Toyota Cross. yes they don’t have arm rest in the front, no vent in the back and no arm handle at the back either but it still consider a nice car to buy because nothing is perfect really. 2014 Yaris cost around 20k plus and 2021 Yaris Cross is $31,000 - less than $32,000 is considered alright, 2019 was a really tough year for so many people and so may businesses.
Exactly what we think, thats why we just bought brand new Yaris Cross last week with 5 years warranty compare to secondhand car. We can save some money for petrol at least next 5 years
This car is beautiful. Thanks for your review.
Hey Tom do you know if there’s any aftermarket central armrests available?
There is. Ruiya from Japan Amazon do have aftermarket armrest for the cross and doubles as a storage console too. However my concern is will it interfere with the centre airbag between the seats? Might want to research that beforehand. That may be a reason why there's no armrest to begin with IMO, could be wrong but...
@@st3vo1210 my sales guy told me today seat covers not advised ,'cos they would interfere with air bag between front seats...so i guess thats why no arm rest!
Nikos, in Europe will be delivered with armrest and better interior
This is a Toyota I would actually consider throwing hard earned money at. Looks very sensible and the design is better than what I have seen from Toyota in a long time. I do believe the future is fully electric though.
First yaris I have liked.
Looks like a good tender vessel for a Landcruiser...
Reminds me of the fugly 1st generation Subaru Tribeca B9.
Interesting.
Now make a GR version like the upcoming Yaris, with 250hp 😀
With this clearance it will roll of in the first corner ...
Sorry but i bought the FIAT 500X 120 anniversary Totally awesome car 150HP 6 speed DCT 4 cilynder Firefly 200km/h
Fiat is crap dude, you compare the shittiest brand with the most reliable?
No adjustable passenger seat is a dealbreaker for me. Pity because it’s great in nearly every other way
How much will it cost in Europe? Like the normal Yaris?
Nobody can answer that moron.
Europe is a continent with many country's and all different prices.
We need a sport version of LX 570 with 2 row seats to compete with Range Rover sport .
Good
I don't know, maybe I'm getting old, but I feel like the SUV versions are almost always the better one.
Very nice Color. Baby Blue :)
No Center arm rest? Is it sooo expensive for them to add that as standard!
agreed, total dealbreaker
The fold down centre seat is essentially the arm rest
@@craigthacker I meant at the front haha
@@ashrafdocrat8082 oh, true. I agree, that is a deal breaker
czcams.com/video/3GHoi5O2J7M/video.html
Was it that expensive to fit two sizes bigger wheels instead of those tiny wheels they fit??
Was interested in this car with the 16" wheels, asked if I could get the larger 18" from the upper spec model put on
Quoted something like $2600. Salesman suggested I just go to Bob Jane instead to get rims.
Looks a bit like the Hyundai Kona (don't know if it's sold in Australia, but in Europe it is). Especially the black wheel arches and black parts under the door panels. Funny...
I don't get why Toyota are bumping up the pricing on there small models lately, they are pricing themselves out of the segment.
For $6K more you could just get a Rav4 which is bigger and has allot more tech.
Do they come with spare tyer
On the 2wd models, yes in spacesaver form. AWD models do not as per the review and come with a repair kit instead.
Nice car, but can’t believe they copied the steering design from Mazda
It’s so cool when you watch on video but when you actually test drive it ... its very small and the inside design makes no sense ... the car is very very slow and loud due to the small engine. First gen need tons of improvements... I recommend to look at something else.
You said the interior is better on the yaris cross than the yaris but I don't see any difference?
The standard leather wheel and shifter help, and between the test vehicles we were provided with, quality was higher on the Yaris Cross.
@@chasingcars Ok thank you for your reply. There may be a difference between Europe and Australia. Here the leather wheel is standard.
Unfortunately the base model is still $8k more than a Hyundai Venue, and $3k more than a Kia Seltos. It is over priced for its segment.
It's a Toyota, engineered to last. It will outlive those two Koreans. Worth paying extra for quality.
Hopefully Toyota offers the GR Yaris in other markets Seemingly very special to reserve it forJDM only
GR yaris is coming to Australia as well as Europe
@@hexagonview But not to North America ?
Price in indian rupees please
For some reason the editing of this report is not up to your usual standard
I still don't know the release date in Europe.
Online reports speculate mid 2021 for Europe when they start building it in the France factory, hope that helps.
Toyota seem to forget that kids travelling in the rear seat normally use tablets... so where are the charge points?
Gonna wait for Corolla cross
CHR
will it be available with Hybrid and AWD ?? But no armrest is a NoGo...sry, even the cheapest cars have it today !
I Would buy the GXL than the Urban that brown looks just like 🟫
I rather have this instead of the chr!
Grab handle above the driver but no grab handle in the rear, seems the wrong way around
Debating between this and the Rav4 hybrid.
Also make sure you consider the C-HR Hybrid.
I think you said that the top of the line model (I.e. the Urban) has a wireless charger... pretty sure that’s not true.
Its so cute 😂
hars 18 cars
This is the best for my needs mow
I like the neat baby RAV4 looks. Interior design a bit sedate, but it looks very user friendly and practical.
So how much???
He told us!!!
ill be honest those shift knob looks so 90's lemao