Three new Toyota models debuting at the Geneva motor show in March will include the van-based Proace Verso MPV and the Hilux pick-up truck.
The third, of which details are currently very scarce, will be a production model based on the C-HR concept, and will from Toyota’s entry into the booming C-sector crossover market.
According to Toyota the C-HR matches a five-door coupé design to an elevated SUV-style cabin. The car is also said to have debut a new Toyota face with dramatic styling that “represents a breakthrough in the segment.
The debut of the Proace Verso is no surprise as it is built as a joint project with Peugeot and Citroën, both of whom are unveiling their versions, the Traveller and SpaceTourer, at the Geneva show.
Toyota’s version will use diesel engines from the current range, with a hybrid being ruers as a potential future addition.
Like its cousins the Proace Verso will be offered in three lengths and will include interior seating for up to nine people – the first time the Japanese brand has offered such a large carrying capacity in an MPV.
Toyota expects both the Proace Verso and the C-HR to open up new market areas to the brand.
The latest Hilux was unveiled in Thailand and Australia in May 2015 – the Geneva show is its European debut.
The pick-up is all-new design, though still retaining its traditional selling points of robustness, built on a new and stronger ladder-frame chassis.
Power still comes from a 2.4-litre D-4D engine that Toyota says is new and more efficient than its predecessor.
