Toyota C-HR Concept is a High-Riding Hybrid Hatch

9 years, 6 months ago - 2 October 2014, Autoblog
Toyota C-HR Concept is a High-Riding Hybrid Hatch
Despite having the tendency to offer decidedly bland production cars, Toyota occasionally surprises us with interesting concept cars.

Such is the case with the C-HR concept making its debut at the Paris Motor Show this week. It's a concept showing forward-thinking design that hints at "a type of crossover vehicle Toyota would like to bring to market," according to the automaker's release, and it rides on an all-new platform and uses a hybrid powertrain.

About that powertrain: Toyota isn't revealing anything, just saying that it will – brace yourselves – "deliver significantly improved fuel efficiency" (over what, exactly?) The car also uses a brand-new architecture, though it hasn't really revealed any major details about that aspect, either.

It's a high-riding, muscular thing, with a rakish hatchback shape. Should it reach production, Toyota says it would take the shape of a C-segment crossover. It'd be cool to see something like this hit the road someday, but for now, we won't hold our breath.