2023 Toyota Yaris Cross Review (Yaris Cross Design 1.5 Hybrid)

2023 Toyota Yaris Cross Review (Yaris Cross Design 1.5 Hybrid)

Welcome to my review of the brilliant 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross Design.

Although this is a head rather than heart car, it does much to endear itself to the driver and is capable of truly amazing MPG figures. Despite being a little pricier than some of its competitors, this Yaris Cross is one of the best compact SUVs on the market.

Find out more about the Toyota Yaris Cross in this very honest car review from Jim Starling (Definitely Not A Guru).

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[alanhowemusic]

Had my Yaris Cross just over one year and 11, 000 miles I can confirm everything you have covered in your excellent U-Tube review of the Yaris Cross. If anyone is considering buying this B segment SUV I would totally recommend this fantastic Toyota Yaris Cross. Thank you for the great review, well done🤗

[h.bsfaithfulservant]

It’s getting tougher for the ‘old school’ top brands. I hope Toyota keeps it’s faithful following… they are bloody good cars.

[phillipbeharall]

Great Review I purchased a Yaris Cross 2024 Exel ex-demo March 2024 2 months old 800 miles on the clock . I can honestly say the MPG has never ever dropped below 60 mpg. In the summer it was always 65/67 mpg with a reading of 74mpg 50mph in roadworks with cruise control on it will also go into electric mode at 70mph .now the colder weather it’s dropped 2/3 mpg really great car I downsized from RAV4 . At 76 yrs old this Yaris Cross is very easy to get in and out and extremely easy to live with five stars

[dean]

We got our brand new one just over a week ago after waiting 4 months but absolutely worth the wait. Having flirted with Vauxhall I am now firmly back in the arms of my Toyota Yaris (my first love and new car) who has grown into a Yaris Cross and I am there for keeps! Well done Toyota! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[mikesaunders]

Good review ….I used to be a bit of a speed freak but since moving from Turbo Diesel’s to a mk 4 Prius and now a Yaris Cross for company car tax savings these Toyota hybrids are just so good at practical motoring. Super easy and chilled out to drive and great reliability and running costs. A lot of typical car reviewers just don’t seem to get it but with potholes, traffic and speed cameras everywhere they make a lot of sense.

[peterblyth]

Like to say great review, both you and many of the comments reflect the comments that I would use. I have now had my Yaris Cross for over a year, I do have all wheel drive, but here in Australia especially where I live reliability is paramount, have driven up around the snowiest on unsealed roads and found it shore footed and exciting to drive with a bit of slide when driving a little faster than I should, as for the rough road it is a bit more comfortable than a lot of others I have driven on the same roads, as for highway driving have done trips of over 300 Klm in one run of Highway stick it in cruise control and it just purrs along with ease, have just got back from a 900 klm run no stiff joints or sore back from sitting for 5 to 6 hours at the wheel, just looking forward to go again.

[mauriceslaney]

Another great review, thanks Jim. Those brilliant economy numbers make it even harder to choose an EV, especially as no sign of the government upping its game on the charging infrastructure!

[petergarvey]

Excellent review bro. Thank you very much. I have subscribed.

[garethtalbot]

First timer to your channel. Great quick review. I fully agree with you on flat floors. I'm in mk7 golf and love the deep floor to stop things rolling out. Thinking of changing to Toyota as wife's rav4 has amazing fuel economy for size of vehicle though I do prefer seats on vw. In Ireland with our double tax on new cars it's near 30k euro plus for yaris cross entry model. As someone looking up reviews for cars things I look for are seat comfort adjustment, infotainment sound quality, mpg figures, boot space, road noise in cabin. Toyota have better customer support than most. I persuaded my Aunt out of diesel saloon to the yaris cross and she loves it.

[alanpotter]

I have a Yaris cross on order, I drive a ford puma atm, great car but plagued with annoying problems, mines only three years old and it’s had a new engine from ford, I’m switching to Toyota for, hopefully, the legendary build quality and reliability, nice to see an honest review of the car that’s not too focused on 0-60 times

[richardsmith]

I’ve got the Honda HRV and the best I’ve got is 71mpg. I love it.

[leternalexv]

I've done a roadtrip across Greece with one, 4000km in total, 55mpg average. Most of the journey was highway, where it does about 50mpg at 65-70mph and around countryside I also got 70mpg easily

[paulridgway]

Hello mate great review, pleased my misses no end, because we just picked our scorched orange gr sport on Tuesday, and we are loving it. The only disappointment is the GR range doesn't come with a power tailgate, which we were used to on our ford kuga we just sold, although I offered to pay extra, apart from that it's great car, thanks again Paul and Di.

[craigcowan]

Just ordered my 2024 Yaris Cross Design today. Can't wait for it to arrive😁😁😁

[slamiga]

Great review, thank you. We're buying a 2nd hand car dealership Yaris Cross next week. I look forward to the frugal fuel usage! Thanks again for such a well-balanced and helpful review 😀

[victoriahayden]

Great review - thanks. I’ve got one on order - I’m really excited to get it but it’s now taken over 12 months to arrive though! Annoying as my current C-HR came in less than a month! 😞

[shaunm]

Love the down to earth review style - great little car for out and about around cities!

[MarcusjMalloy]

Quality vid Jim 🤙🏻 I’ve got a 4 year lease & 1 year in, I drive the dynamic with safety pack, JBL & pan roof. It comes with auto park, black 18’s & silver paint with black roof & it looks nice. The most I’ve got & shoes on the app, was a mega 124mpg & it’s always around 70+ mpg on a daily run to work, which is 12 miles there & back. It is a little skippy over ruff roads & the door cards are like stone with a lick of cloth. I’ve had performance cars over the years, so even in power mode, it doesn’t set you alight, but it’s an overall good drive & a nice higher seating position is nice. It’s defo worth a test drive & I pay £336 pm, that’s now very cheap for what I’ve seen (hope it’s ok to put that price?) Keep up the good reviews 😁🤙🏻

[jdmguy]

If I was in the market for a small SUV I would probably have this. The Toyota hybrid systems are excellent especially in urban driving when they run silently. They are well proven too and stand up to big mileages. BTW mate the VW T-Cross would be a rival rather than the T-Roc which is a bigger Golf based SUV.

[msjcars]

Great Video Jim - did you ever see that Rainbow video with Zippy in the Yaris lol 😂