Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor Review

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Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor Exterior Review

Toyota has done a decent occupation of distinguishing itself from the Maruti Fronx. In fact, I similar the mode the Taisor looks implicit the Fronx. You person a simpler plan with little chrome and much subtle creases connected the beforehand bumper:

The rear though is astir identical to the Fronx barring the taillamp design:

Toyota has gone for a antithetic plan for the alloy wheels and this 5-petal plan looks good:

The Taisor measures 3,995 mm successful length, 1,765 mm successful width, 1,550 mm successful tallness and has a wheelbase of 2,520 mm:

This is the Lucent Orange overgarment shadiness which you won?t get connected the Fronx. Other mono-tone colours see Sportin Red, Cafe White, Enticing Silver and Gaming Grey. In comparison, the Maruti Fronx has much colours connected offer:

A slim chrome portion joins the 2 DRLs and you get a honeycomb mesh beforehand grille. The plan looks a batch much subtle and classy compared to the Fronx (reference image). Note that the bumper creases are besides not arsenic assertive arsenic they are connected the Fronx:

Even the DRL plan is elemental and looks bully connected the Taisor. The headlamp clump has been carried over:

ORVMs get integrated LED turn-indicators and cameras underneath for the 360-degree presumption system:

These machined alloys are disposable lone connected the top-end ?V? variant and look IMO, they look amended than the ones connected Fronx:

Drum brakes astatine the rear:

Strong creases crossed the assemblage of the Taisor:

Not definite what Toyota was reasoning with this full ?Urban Cruiser? portion successful the names of their cars. Doubt that anyone would beryllium saying it, truthful wherefore person it? Most radical would apt beryllium removing the Urban Cruiser badge for sure. Also, cheque retired the LED taillamp plan which is sleeker than Fronx?s design:

The bumper gets plentifulness of creases on with a achromatic insert and a ample metallic skid plate:

Good to spot a variant badge connected the car. Below, you get a ?neoDrive? badge too:

The extortion spoiler besides houses the HMSL:

Dual-tone achromatic extortion options are disposable lone with the Sportin Red, Enticing Silver and Caf? White colours:

Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor Interior Review

Inside the cabin, Toyota has not reinvented the wheel. What you get successful the Maruti Fronx is precisely what you get successful the Taisor:

Of people alternatively of the Suzuki logo connected the steering wheel, you get the Toyota logo and the metallic ringing astir the logo has been skipped:

On the automatic variant, you get paddle shifters. These are well-sized, decently placed and are bully amusive to usage arsenic well:

The instrumentality clump is the aforesaid arsenic the Fronx. However, you don?t get the ?Smart Hybrid? awesome successful the speedometer from the Maruti. Would?ve been bully if Toyota would?ve added a ?neo Drive? awesome here. Since this is the automatic variant, the transmission mode is displayed successful the bottommost country of the MID:

You don?t get to spot the engaged cogwheel successful ?D? mode. Switch to Manual mode and you get the cogwheel selected connected the display:

Fabric-upholstered beforehand seats get broadside airbags excessively (no spot covers present please). We would've liked to spot ventilated seats here. Overall, the seats connection capable bolstering & backmost support:

The pedals are well-spaced and the dormant pedal is precise overmuch usable:

The touchscreen is precise creaseless to usage and doesn't lag erstwhile you are going done its functions. It is 1 of the nicer units successful the conception and comes with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity:

Strangely the wireless charging pad wasn?t moving connected our trial car:

Here?s a look astatine the AT cogwheel shifter. The gearbox does not person an "L" oregon "2" mode. Instead, you get an "M" mode which has been placed close beneath the D mode. You volition extremity up engaging M mode alternatively of D. The modes aren?t backlit arsenic well, truthful you don?t cognize what mode has been engaged:

UV-cut solid is simply a large diagnostic for this segment:

The rear seat gets 3 adjustable headrests and each 3 occupants get 3-point seatbelts. Annoyingly, since determination are nary load sensors for the rear seats, each seatbelts request to beryllium buckled successful erstwhile the car is being driven adjacent if nary 1 is sitting connected the seats to forestall the seatbelt informing from sounding. A centre armrest has not been provided:

Boot abstraction is rated astatine 308 litres, which is among the smallest successful the segment. Even the Baleno has a larger footwear (318 litres):