Autocar understands that Toyota offered some 14,000 examples of town automotive within the UK final 12 months. Had these all been the brand new hybrid, Toyota would have been capable of promote in extra of 2000 further ICE automobiles whereas remaining inside its restrict.

Individually from the ZEV mandate, such a major discount would have given Toyota essential leeway in its fleet emissions targets: it will have offset the whole output of practically 1600 GR Yarises (rated at 215g/km) or 1400 Land Cruisers (240g/km).

The uprated powertrain will, nonetheless, convey a rise in price. Toyota has but to substantiate numbers, however Romero mentioned: “What we’re focusing on is, particularly on a month-to-month cost, the whole price of possession. Gas consumption of the automobile shall be a lot decrease than for the present automotive, due to the hybrid powertrain. We anticipate the step [in overall costs] to not be so massive.”

For reference, the present pure-petrol Aygo X begins at £16,485, whereas the Yaris opens at £23,445.

Inside, the brand new Aygo X includes a sequence of refined modifications. The outgoing automotive’s analogue speedometer and rev counter are swapped for a small digital instrument display screen, and there may be now a pair of USB-C ports under the local weather management panel.

An infrared sensor is now mounted on the steering rack (for the EU-mandated driver consideration monitoring system) and there are up to date buttons on the steering wheel for the pace limit-warning and lane-keeping techniques.