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Toyota C-HR previews Qashqai rival

Toyota's hybrid crossover would sit below RAV4 in line-up.

What are we looking at?

While the facelifted Toyota Yaris was shown off in Paris, the big news was this, the C-HR concept. It's all a bit show-car-glitzy at the moment but somewhere in there is Toyota's Qashqai rival.

What's the best thing about it?

The styling. Presumably it will be toned down (and raised up, at the back) for production, but this looks to be the first sign of Toyota getting into a more dramatic styling regime. The hybrid drivetrain will probably be as irritating as ever (bloody CVT 'box...), but a 1.6 D-4D diesel version has the potential to be cracking.

Show stopper or filler?

Got overshadowed by others, but close to being a show stopper.

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Published on October 3, 2014