Riceburner 284 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 First pics. Of the Hybrid R http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-yaris-hybrid-r-first-full-pictures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 Nice bhp, but looks like every other hot hatch unfortunately Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 Like it. :+: This could well be the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFA 68 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 It would be great to see toyota first to the post with a production sports hybrid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fusion 13 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 I like the application of Hybrid tech and would be interested in seeing how those additional motors are applied but I can't see a Yaris having the same appeal as the other hot hatches out there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelerad 256 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone actually think that anything like this spec will ever be offered for sale? And if they did how much would the tech in this cost, my guess is it would approach what you could get an LFA for.Alec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 I agree with Alec, they made an awesome beastly IQ a while back with mega performance as a "just cos we can" but never bothered producing them.....instead Aston Martin slapped together the Cygnet instead :32 (33): Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamHarrison 10 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 It would be great to see toyota first to the post with a production sports hybrid The BMW i8 is meant to be on sale next year so I doubt they can get production running fast enough to be the first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 Does anyone actually think that anything like this spec will ever be offered for sale? And if they did how much would the tech in this cost' date=' my guess is it would approach what you could get an LFA for. Alec[/quote'] No chance in all honesty but a watered down version would be fab. :+: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob275 1817 Report post Posted September 5, 2013 I think it's doable, but define a reasonable price? to be fair the economy is f*cked so you can't put a reasonable price on things for people. I think it's doable the tech is there, it's already in production cars they just need to adapt it. Admittedly there is R&D in this and it costs money. It wouldn't be slow though and i'd expect to see this up for £45-50k if it was put in to production. Would I buy a yaris hybrid for that much? No, but that's the problem the yaris isn't exactly known as a performance car so why would someone want it. Trying to create a hot hatch out of something that doesn't have any history of being one is dangerous for Toyota. Renault have been known for some good hot hatches so you expect it of them but Toyota? They ought to release it under a different name if they were going to put something like this in to production. I just think it's sales would flop due to not having that reputation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
