Meet Toyota's Ecosport Fighter: The Raize

If the Rush is a combat likewise family-looking for you, mayhap nosotros tin involvement y'all inward Toyota’s newest offering: the Raize. Like the Copen, the Raize is produced yesteryear affiliate fellowship Daihatsu, simply manages to include input from Toyota, peculiarly alongside its platform.

Measuring at an ultra-compact 3,955-mm long as well as 1,695-mm wide, the Raize caters to customers who desire to campaign an SUV, simply who also desire something that’s slow to campaign inward the city. It also puts it squarely inward the same category every bit the Ford EcoSport as well as the Nissan Juke.

The Raize rides on Daihatsu’s next-generation platform, DNGA (sounds familiar?) as well as takes into draw concern human relationship all aspects of the automobile from platform to powertrain to realize heightened levels of driving performance, safety, as well as peace of mind. Most of import of all, this merges production evolution for both Toyota as well as Daihatsu brands.

Outside, the Raize provides a potent feel of might as well as stability alongside its criterion 17-inch alloy wheels as well as protruding fenders. It’s extremely angular alongside sparse LED headlights as well as sequential plough betoken lights. Yet, inside, it boasts of class-leading cargo infinite (369 liters). Moreover, the bring upwardly seats tin also live on folded farther to increase the available cargo space. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sum digital 7-inch LCD approximate cluster takes centerstage as well as has iv modes: Advanced, Exciting, Simple, as well as Analog.

The unibody architecture is paired alongside a 1.0-liter turbocharged engine (1KR-VET) which promises functioning equal to that of a normally-aspirated 1.5-liter engine. The forced induction engine is paired to a CVT transmission alongside 10 preset gear ratios. Two-wheel campaign models arrive at upwardly to 18.6 km/L, spell the optional four-wheel campaign model does 17.4 km/L.

Now, spell the Raize is for sale inward Nippon for now, Toyota has hinted that it’s destined for international markets, peculiarly the Association of Southeast Asian Nations where appetite for pocket-size SUVs is strong.