Toyota bZ4X Touring is rugged electric wagon you can take off road
The bZ4X Touring will arrive in the UK next spring, and – as the name suggests - it is a off-tarmac estate version of the three-year-old EV, which adds 140mm in length, 20mm in height, and a host of rugged design elements.
Clearly a sibling of the new Subaru Trailseeker - which both use the same e-TNGA platform – the Touring gets more boot space than its standard SUV sibling, increased by 148 litres (or 33%) to 600 litres. This takes it above the likes of the similarly sized Volkswagen ID 5 and BYD Sealion 7 to make it one of the most cavernous on the electric car market.
What's more, thanks to Subaru's push for the Trailseeker to feature two identical motors on either axle for better off-road balance (going against Toyota's previous philosophy of a bigger rear motor) the new Touring outputs 376bhp, up from the SUV's 338bhp. This cements it as the most powerful electric Toyota available. A 221bhp single-motor setup is also offered.
Power for that is drawn from a new 74.4kWh (net) battery, up from the recently updated car's 73.1kWh pack. A range figure has yet to be given, but the standard car offers up to 318 miles in its most efficient form.
Visually, the Touring is more of a rugged proposition to the standard SUV. While adopting the new front-end look of the recently updated bZ4X SUV, the coupé adopts the Trailseeker's thicker rear light bar and chunkier rear bumper. It also gains roof rails, blackened wheel arches and an exclusive Brilliant Bronze paint job.
Inside, the Touring adopts the same interior as the recently updated bZ4X, which features a new centre console and 14.0-inch infotainment screen. For the Touring, a City Moss colour has been added.
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