This is the car the C-HR should have been from the start. Perhaps not fully electric – though you would have thought Toyota would have been an EV pioneer given all its experience with battery tech as a leading advocate of hybrids. But certainly in format, the C-HR+ is, finally, the full-fat version of this crossover. It makes the current car seem like the C-HR-.
First launched here in early 2017, the regular version faced criticism for its overworked design, amid fears it would not age well. It was also rather claustrophobic in the back, with the sharply sloping roofline impinging on headspace and just making it feel less like a family car and more like a supermini for rear seat passengers. In the options for powertrain, you had a 1.8-litre hybrid or a 1.2-litre petrol engine, the latter being better suited to the car.
Yet, despite our initial concerns, the C-HR has proven to be a hit. The rear space was tight, but buyers rarely sat back there.
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