The 2018 Toyota C-HR has a top-shelf interior filled with soft-touch materials. Some automotive designs are easy to imagine starting as clay models. The Toyota C-HR, on the other hand, looks like it was designed using origami paper.
A riotous blend of sharp angles and creased sheet metal, the C-HR has tons of visual interest. Whether that’s good visual interest or bad visual interest is in the eye of the beholder. The fact that C-HRs are represented at Chattanooga-area car stores in fairly modest numbers leads us to believe that the small SUV has not pirated many Toyota Corolla or RAV4 buyers.
FAST FACTS
* Model: 2019 Toyota C-HR Limited * Exterior color: Ruby Flare Pearl * Interior color: Black * Engine: 2-0-liter, four-cylinder * Horsepower: 144 * Transmission: CVT * Fuel economy: 31 mpg highway, 27 mpg city * Local Dealer: Capital Toyota, Toyota of Cleveland, North Georgia Toyota * Price (as tested): $29,643
A search of digital inventories at Toyota stores in the Chattanooga area turned up one C-HR in Cleveland and two in Dalton. By contrast, RAV4 compact SUVs are available by the dozens at most dealerships.