Saw a Toyota C-HR Today

"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 12/02/2018 at 15:16 • Filed to: Toyota C-HR, 2-tone, 1950s retro, 1990s retro

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Not gonna lie, this color combo is neat. While searching for an image of the configuration , I noticed it doesn’t exist on the Toyota US or Canada site . ¯\_()_/¯

jminer > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:21

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To be honest, I dig the car.  It’s funky enough looking to work for me.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:26

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There’s one identical to that running around my neighborhood. Head turner for sure.

Goggles Pizzano > jminer 12/02/2018 at 15:27

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Fairly practical too. I wouldn’t ever want to sit in the back seat though.

Goggles Pizzano > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 12/02/2018 at 15:30

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Yep, in the sea of boring that was the large lot, it was a standout.

way2blu does a rev update > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:33

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Still bitter about the R-Tuned version:

Turbo, with 600 hp

Stick shift (Same E-series ‘box as the MR2 Turbo)

Minimal lag when you hit the gas, good turbo

275-section tires all around

Sub-3000 pound curb weight

Guess which of those attributes we get in the US?

NONE.

2.0-liter NA engine

CVMFT only

LAG from above CVMFT

Skinny SUV tires

3,400 lbs

I think it looks cool, in a funky Juke-y way, but that doesn’t begin to make up for what it could be, but isn’t.

jminer > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:33

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Nope, we looked at one when we bought my wife’s RAV4 and I tried sitting in the back.  I did not fit at all...

punkgoose17 > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:34

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Both my wife and I love this color combo.

KnowsAboutCars > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:35

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It should’ve been offered in that colour here in Europe too. 

Goggles Pizzano > way2blu does a rev update 12/02/2018 at 15:40

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Toyota hasn’t the plums...

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:43

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Great chassis, great handling, good looks, if only the engine & transmission where like the 1st three. 

Goggles Pizzano > jminer 12/02/2018 at 15:44

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I nteresting, I was speaking about the visibility and sense of claustrophobia .

way2blu does a rev update > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:44

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Toyota hasn’t the plums to compete with the BASE MODEL Juke:

Turbo

Manual

AWD available

C-HR is a joke in USDM form. At least you can get it as an AWD hybrid elsewhere.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:48

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The first time I saw a two-tone one, I figured it was fresh off the dealer lot and the porters didn’t pull the white film off. I’m still unconvinced that that is not the case.

Ash78, voting early and often > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:51

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I think that one’s called No Sleep Teal Brooklyn

/ why I’m not in charge of this

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:53

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The color was 2018 only:

They are mixing up the 2 tone options and offering different ones now for 2019. 

C62030 > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 15:53

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C-HR is my guilty pleasure. I think it’s very tastefully funky in a way the Juke wasn’t. I wish I could get a CX-3's running gear  in a C-HR’s body.

Goggles Pizzano > KnowsAboutCars 12/02/2018 at 15:58

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This is puzzling.

The US site shows the other blue with a white top was available at one point.

www.toyota.com/configurator/color/

The Canadian site doesn’t show it at all.

And then there’s this:

www.caricos.com/cars

What’s going on here ? Maybe the one I saw was a special order for a dealership to use for promotion. ?

Goggles Pizzano > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/02/2018 at 16:04

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Thank you Sir, for clearing that up.

Goggles Pizzano > Ash78, voting early and often 12/02/2018 at 16:06

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/why you should be in charge of this

Goggles Pizzano > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 12/02/2018 at 16:08

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:-)x

bhtooefr > way2blu does a rev update 12/02/2018 at 16:24

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IIRC it’s AWD 1.2T, or FWD hybrid, oddly (even though there’s two different AWD rear motors they could’ve used for the hybrid).

That said, there is an AWD hybrid C-HR for the US market, and it gets a more powerful 2.0 too:

(Basically, product segmentation is what’s going on here I suspect.)

KnowsAboutCars > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 16:28

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I recall someone on Oppo saying that it was offered in North America (or at least one of the countries). Maybe it was later discontinued.

way2blu does a rev update > bhtooefr 12/02/2018 at 16:31

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That 2.oT from the Lexus, in the Corolla hatchback. Add a nice LSD.

Please, Toyota, just make one “fun car” for us enthusiasts. None of the “too slow” or “no manual.” Just a quick, manual car that’s reliable AND  has performance cred.

Svend > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 16:33

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Not a bad looking car. There are a few companies in the U.K. doing after market things like Fensport.co.uk with the TRD front bumper.

Goggles Pizzano > KnowsAboutCars 12/02/2018 at 16:50

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Y es, it was available for the 2018 MY. Follow The Trail Of Head Gaskets r eplied and cleared it up .

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Goggles Pizzano 12/02/2018 at 17:29

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Nice Color. Still ugly IMO.

bhtooefr > way2blu does a rev update 12/02/2018 at 17:37

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That one’s not the 2.0T, just a naturally aspirated 2.0 - same engine as the Corolla hatch (except the hybrid version, and a bit more total power due to being a hybrid).

The NX has the 2.0T, though.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > way2blu does a rev update 12/02/2018 at 18:03

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Actually, I have driven the UX which is based on that platform, and other Lexus vehicles that share the new CVT. It has a traditional first gear for initial acceleration and does not feel at all like a CVT when you tip into the throttle.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > bhtooefr 12/02/2018 at 18:05

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No idea how the Toyota is packaged, but the UX is either FWD gas-only, or AWD hybrid-only.

bhtooefr > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 12/02/2018 at 18:12

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The Toyota’s powertrains are, AFAIK:

1.2T (8NR-FTS) FWD 6-speed manual

1.2T (8NR-FTS) FWD CVT

1.2T (8NR-FTS) AWD CVT

2.0 (3ZR-FAE) FWD CVT (what the US gets)

1.8 (2ZR-FXE) FWD hybrid

Contrast with the Lexus UX:

2.0 (M20A-FKS) FWD CVT

2.0 (M20A-FKS) AWD CVT

2.0 (M20A-FXS) FWD hybrid (unavailable in the US AFAIK)

2.0 (M20A-FXS) AWD hybrid

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > bhtooefr 12/03/2018 at 07:37

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The UX has only the powertrain options I mentioned in the US. One engine, and either FWD gas, or AWD hybrid.

bhtooefr > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 12/03/2018 at 16:38

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Oh, good catch, misread something when I was looking at Lexus’s site.