Toyota?s C-HR concept spent the last two years on a grand tour of sorts. After making its debut as design study at the Paris auto show in the fall of 2014, it remained on the continent long enough to make the scene at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show wearing slightly more practical duds. A month later, the high-hipped and hopefully hip C-HR concept popped up at the 2015 Los Angeles auto show sporting a Scion badge and a brilliant coat of red paint. It was in L.A. that we learned the C-HR was a go. Now, just prior to the debut of the production version at the 2016 Geneva auto show, images have leaked; we picked up on them via Carscoops.
It?s clear that Toyota didn?t stray too far from the original concept, and we?re kind of impressed how the low-profile/floating roof made the transition to the production vehicle. Indeed, the entire C-HR is only slightly altered from its concept form, with minor changes to the headlamps and lower front fascia joining the smaller wheels as the most discernible changes. Based on Toyota?s new global architecture (TNGA) that?s also found under the latest Prius, we think the C-HR will offer a full hybrid powertrain in addition to one or more gas-only options, but Toyota so far has managed to keep the specific technical details under wraps.
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