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Originally planned for a Geneva Motor Show debut, Toyota just revealed the newest member of its overseas lineup: the Yaris Cross. As its name suggests, it's the crossover version of the Yaris compact hatchback. No, not the Mazda2-based thing Toyota passes off as a Yaris here in the U.S. (and, incidentally, turned into a pickup truck as an April Fool's joke last year) but rather the TNGA-B car it sells in Japan and Europe. Y'know, the good one it made a rad GR hot hatch out of and cruelly refuses to bring to the U.S.

Toyota waited over a month to introduce the pint-sized crossover it planned to unveil at the 2020 edition of the Geneva Motor Show.Called Yaris Cross, the smallest and most affordable member of. New Yaris-based small crossover which is expected to start from around £18,000 when it goes on sale in 2021. The Toyota Yaris Cross will be the smallest SUV in the firm’s range, sitting below the C-HR and competing against the Ford Puma, Nissan Juke and Volkswagen T-Cross.

Yaris Crossover 2021 Suv

1. The new Toyota Yaris Cross will be the brand’s smallest and most affordable SUV. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
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3. The big Japanese manufacturer is late to this subcompact segment with the new 2021 Yaris Cross, and now the somewhat stylish mini crossover gets a sporty, appearance package and options by TRD. This new 2021 Yaris Cross will be Toyota’s smallest and most affordable SUV.

Toyota says the Yaris Cross, like pretty much every other small-ute, aims to blend a nimble, compact body with 'SUV-like interior comfort and luggage room.' As enthusiasts, we know we're supposed to dislike faux-SUVs like this but as compact crossovers go, this doesn't look terrible. It can be had with the cool two-tone paint scheme already seen in a bunch of current 'Yotas and, for what it's worth, looks a hell of a lot better than the Corolla-based CH-R.

The plumper Yaris will be available powered by gas alone or as a hybrid. The gas version uses a 1.5-liter three-cylinder paired to either a CVT or a six-speed manual while the hybrid is also powered by a 1.5-liter but with the benefit of electric motors and optional e-AWD. Gas-only models are exclusively front-wheel-drive.

Like its vanilla and GR Yaris siblings, the possibility of the Cross coming to the U.S. is admittedly--like the Yaris itself--small. However, if a TNGA-based Yaris were to come over here, it'd probably be this one. America-bound or not, the new Toyota Yaris Cross will arrive in Japan in the fall and hit Europe mid-2021.

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