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Sexy Scion C-HR Concept Crossover.
Toyota’s youth-focused Scion division is all grown up now and is adding a crossover to it’s lineup.Toyota is reportedly ready to unveil the production Scion C-HR crossover.Toyota is reportedly ready to unveil the production Scion C-HR crossover.
Good things sometimes do come in small packages, and this little concept, which was also one of the most impressive items at the
2015 LA Auto Show, is proof of that.
Toyota is trying to reinvent itself and shake the “reliable but boring” image. It is therefore entering new segments that attract young buyers looking for sporty vehicles.
The GT86 was part of that change in philosophy.
Next in line is a compact crossover, a class in which the
Japanese giant is conspicuously absent so far. It will be entering soon, though, with the C-HR that’s already been displayed on international auto shows twice.
Just like the GT86, which is sold as the
Scion FR-S in the US, the upcoming model that will be sold as a Toyota in the rest of the world will be wearing the sub-brand’s logo when it comes
Stateside.
Based on the new
Toyota New Global Architecture (
TNGA), the high-riding crossover with the dramatically swooping roofline and looks like a coupe but is actually a five-door.
Expect the production car, which may debut as early as the
Geneva Auto Show in March, to be toned down, especially at the rear. Even so, if they don’
t completely botch the operation, it will be quite a looker.
The Scion C-HR Concept has been revealed at the 2015
Los Angeles Auto Show. If, however, you find that it looks all too familiar, well, it should be — this Scion concept
SUV is effectively a rebadged
Toyota C-HR which made its global debut at the recent
Frankfurt Motor Show.
Also underpinned by Toyota’s New
Global Architecture (TNGA) and wearing an identical diamond-inspired exterior design, the only differences between this and the Toyota-badged concept we saw at
Frankfurt appear to be the allocated Scion badges, and of course, the new red body colour — previously, the C-HR featured a grey shade of metallic paint, while this deep red colour appears equally fitting.
The C-HR is of course a preview of a future road-going model that Toyota will introduce in 2016, while a Scion-badged version has also been confirmed for the US market. When it is finally revealed, the new Toyota compact crossover SUV will join a segment that includes the
Mazda CX-3,
Honda HR-V and
Ford EcoSport.
Scion vice president
Andrew Gilleland said, “Scion is known for doing things differently, and maybe even being a little weird. This C-HR Concept embraces that idea and wears it like a badge of honour. We couldn’t be more excited to add the production version to our line-up
.”
In the past, Toyota also mentioned that it would be introducing a new-generation full-hybrid powertrain for the production version of this SUV. It claimed that the new hybrid system will be lighter and more compact, and will offer further reductions in fuel consumption and
CO2 emissions that the current hybrid system.
Our spy photographers have managed to catch a glimpse of a Toyota test mule believed to be the road-going version of the C-HR. By those images, it looks like the production model could have a lot of design similarities with the C-HR concept here.