Toyota has engineered the Yaris Cross hybrid to give small SUV customers an all-wheel-drive variant -- in a segment that’s predominantly front-wheel drive – that is also more fuel efficient, resulting in rival-topping CO2 results.
“All the all-wheel-drive systems used thus far will normally compromise fuel efficiency and therefore increase the CO2 emissions,” Yaris Cross chief engineer Yasunori Suezawa said in a video conference. “But in our car the combination of the hybrid system not only improves fuel efficiency but also provides better performance.”