First drive: Toyota Touring Sports 1.8 Hybrid

Review

Significant reductions in tax liability promise to boost in the first compact estate to feature a petrol-electric powertrain, Toyota.

And hybrid versions soon be accounting for the lion’s of fleet take-up for the new Auris Sports model, believes GB president Jon Williams.

“This is the car for the times,” he said. “As the continues on business overheads, drivers are putting their costs under the microscope and we the ideal product for anyone to achieve higher efficiency.

“The latest Auris offers the perfect balance making a reduction in overheads still retaining all the comfort and features of cars from the above.

I see our latest hybrids as a great opportunity to win fresh

Speaking as the British-built car was launched to media in Spain, Williams “a large number” of had already shown a high of interest in the new workhorse model.

He added: “I think we the chance of exceeding our volume

Now on sale, the model is expected to 1,700 registrations this and more than 4,000 in with a fleet share of than 60%.

“Demonstrators are on their way to key customers because keen for people to experience the ease of driving and practicality of a car takes hybrid transport a fresh area,” Williams

“It’s an ideal proposition for users looking to downsize.”

in four trim levels, the Icon is expected to be the fleet matching the Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi on price but featuring equipment and lower benefit-in-kind claimed to be worth up to £1,400 three years.

Despite its wheelbase with the Auris the TS’s bodywork is 285mm making room for 530 litres of with the rear seats in and 1,658 litres loadspace the in the sector with the seats thanks to the underfloor location of the battery.

But Toyota claims that like a one-touch folding seat system, twin-level two-way tonneau cover and luggage net also contribute to the car more functional than

Sharing interior and trim with the hatchback, the TS has a quiet and gait for relaxed progress, noise levels rise the transmission sends the motor at high revs when is needed to cope with or maintaining speed on inclines.

Stats

P11D Price: £ Benefit in kind: 10 Power: n/a n/a CO2 Emissions: 92 Combined MPG: 71 VED: 0 Top Speed: n/a 0-60: 0 Size: 1798 On Sale 2013 Transmission: automatic of Gears: CVT Fuel Type: Vehicle Type: Lower Residual Value

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