COMBINING stylish design with segment-best loadspace and functionality, the new Toyota Auris Touring Sports is the segment’s first wagon bodystyle available with a full hybrid powertrain in addition to a range of petrol and diesel alternatives.
With CO2 emissions of 85 g/km, the Auris Hybrid Touring Sports has the most efficient powertrain in the segment. And because its battery is located beneath the rear seats, the installation of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive technology delivers no compromise to either loadspace (up to 2,047 mm length) or luggage capacity (up to 1,658 liters).
Moreover, the new Toyota Auris Touring Sports is the only C-segment wagon to offer customers the combined benefits of Toyota’s Easy Flat, one-touch foldable rear seats, a double level loadspace floor, a roller-type luggage net and a two-way tonneau cover.
Wagon body-style variants currently represent 25 percent of the C-segment market, with 75 percent of those sales attributed to the fleet market. The new Auris Touring Sports will further broaden the appeal of the Auris range, helping to increase the model’s segment share to over 5 percent in 2014, its first full year of European sales. At launch, the new Toyota Auris Touring Sports’ anticipated pan-European hybrid mix will be approximately 45 percent. This demonstrates that, far from a niche solution, full hybrid is a mainstream proposition, accessible to the largest possible audience.
Designed for Europe, the new Auris Touring Sports will be built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK alongside the Avensis, reinforcing the company’s commitment to its European operations.
Sharing its 2,600 mm wheelbase and 10.4 metre turning circle, the Toyota Auris Touring Sports is 285 mm longer than the hatchback — all of which is dedicated to the extended loadspace.
With the rear seats in place, the loadspace is 1,115 mm long and 1,452 mm wide with a superior capacity of 530 liters. With the 60:40 split/folding rear seats folded flat, the loadspace length increases to a maximum length of 2,047 mm and a maximum height of 890 mm (760 mm with double floor deckboard in place) to give a class-leading total capacity of 1,658 liters.
The hybrid models benefit from a packaging of the battery pack under the rear seat, and luggage capacity is equivalent to that of conventional models in the range.
The sill height is just 624 mm thanks to the new bumper and tailgate design - 100 mm lower than the hatchback version.
A new, optional Towing Pack allows the Auris Hybrid Touring Sports to tow loads of up to 345 kg.
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