Toyota NZ to sell only hybrid all-new C-HR

The 2024 Toyota C-HR is priced from $45,990. Photos: Toyota

Toyota New Zealand is adding the all-new C-HR, a new addition to the brand’s hybrid passenger vehicles with pricing from $45,990. 

Designed and built in Europe, the new C-HR brings a higher level of avant-garde design and refinement to the model, which has been a strong seller in the compact SUV market since it was first introduced.

In line with customer preference and in keeping with the marque's determination to reduce tailpipe carbon emissions from its portfolio by 46% by 2030, the new C-HR is only available in hybrid powertrains. For performance enthusiasts, there will be a substantially upgraded GR Sport version with a larger engine and E-Four all-wheel drive system.

Pricing for the new C-HR will start at $45,990 for the GX 1.8-litre hybrid with front-wheel drive. Then moving up the range the GXL will retail for $49,990, the C-HR Limited for $52,990 and the GR Sport with a 2-litre hybrid powertrain will be available for $55,990. 

Toyota New Zealand Vice President of New Vehicles, Steve Prangnell, says the new C-HR is different from the first generation, launched in 2017.

The C-HR now has coupe-like lines.

“It has bold, sophisticated styling with coupe-like lines which are accentuated by a sharp new two-tone paint option for the Limited and GR Sport. The interior has been completely redesigned with a European look and feel that takes the C-HR up and above its rivals,” he says.

The new C-HR is marginally shorter and wider than the current model giving it a striking, sporty and planted stance on the road, which is further enhanced by its coupe-like profile, short overhangs and 17, 18 and 19-inch alloy wheels. 

With a combined maximum power output of 103kW, the new 1.8-litre hybrid powertrain offers almost 15 per cent more power than the current hybrid version. All variants include a fifth-generation hybrid system with a Lithium-Ion battery. The C-HR will tow 725kg braked or unbraked.

While the new powertrains are designed to help improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 tailpipe emissions, the new C-HR also features other innovations and measures to help reduce its carbon footprint. Compared to its predecessor, the new generation C-HR has double the content of recycled plastics - used in more than 100 different parts.

The first stock units of the exciting new C-HR will arrive in New Zealand in the first quarter of 2024. 

It has new two-tone paint option for the Limited and GR Sport.