Toyota C-HR+ Review & Prices

This is Toyota’s third fully-electric car for Europe - the C-HR+. Despite the name and the styling, it’s actually unrelated to the hybrid C-HR SUV under the skin, and instead is basically a smaller version of the bZ4X SUV which launched in 2022.

It’s a bit like a flip phone that runs Android - modern tech wrapped up in a friendly-looking and familiar package.

In terms of both size and pricing, the C-HR+ is pitched as a clear alternative to the likes of the Kia EV3 and EV4, the Skoda Elroq, the Hyundai Kona Electric and the Renault Scenic E-Tech.

When it comes to styling, the C-HR+ looks a bit like a hybrid between Toyota’s bZ4X and the standard C-HR. It has the C-HR’s C-shaped headlights and dramatically sloping roofline, but the design details are more bZ4X. It’s a striking-looking thing, though, and stands out on the road - especially in the two-tone bronze finish available on top-spec Excel models.

Standard cars get 18-inch alloy wheels, while the top-spec Excel has two-tone paint and 20-inch wheels, but there’s not much else to differentiate them either internally or externally.

Inside, it gets a similar dashboard to the bZ4X and the latest Prius. The driver display is set high-up on the dash, and you look at it over the top of the steering wheel rather than through the spokes. There’s a large 14.0-inch infotainment touchscreen that encompasses the air-conditioning dials, above a flat surface that contains a pair of wireless phone charging pads, the gear selector and some supplementary controls.

Toyota C-HR+: electric range, battery and charging data

Range: 284 - 376 miles
Efficiency: 4.4 - 4.9mi/kWh
Battery size: 57.7kWh/77kWh
Max charge speed: 150kW
Charge time AC: 3hrs 30mins - 5 hrs 15mins, 10-100%, 11 - 22kW
Charge time DC: 28mins 10-80%, 150kW
Charge port location: Left front
Power outputs: 167 - 224hp

It’s all a bit plain-looking, even on top models with their suede and leather upholstery - it’s all black, though a strip of ambient lighting across the middle breaks up the monotony. And if the C-HR+ is anything like the rest of Toyota’s range, it’ll be built like a tank, from materials which may not be the most plush but which are definitely solid.

Boot space is an improvement on the regular C-HR, at 416 litres - but it’s smaller than the boot in a Kia EV3, Skoda Elroq, Ford Puma Gen-E or Renault 4 E-Tech. Meanwhile, expect the back seats to have a flat floor but potentially quite limited headroom thanks to that sloping roofline.

There are two battery options. Icon models get a 57.7kWh battery with a driving range of 284 miles, while the Design and Excel trims get a larger 77.0kWh battery with up to 376 miles of range. Those are very competitive figures - pipping the Kia EV3 by a solitary mile and the Skoda Elroq by 10 miles. Toyota’s bZ4X isn’t very efficient with its battery in the real world, though - once we test the C-HR+ we’ll be able to report on whether it’s an improvement over its bigger brother.

For charging, both battery sizes claim a 10-80% top-up of 28 minutes, which is pretty well in line with alternatives.

The smaller-battery car gets a single motor with 167hp, while the big battery models have a heftier 224hp output. There’s currently no dual-motor model listed for sale in the UK, but this could come later on.

We’ll get behind the wheel of the Toyota C-HR+ very soon, so keep this page bookmarked if you want to learn more.

In the meantime, you can check out our best Toyota C-HR+ deals, or see our best deals on other Toyota models. You can search for used Toyota cars for sale too, and remember that when the time comes for car-changing Carwow can even help you to sell your old car.

Prices start at just under £35,000 for the Icon trim. This gets the smaller battery and less powerful electric motor, but still comes with that huge 14.0-inch touchscreen, 18-inch alloy wheels, two wireless smartphone chargers, fabric and synthetic leather upholstery and a whole host of safety systems.

Design trim, for a little over £2,000 more, gets the larger battery and more powerful electric motor, in addition to an electric tailgate and rear privacy glass. Top-spec Excel trim costs more than £41,000 but can top up more quickly from AC charging (22kW versus 11kW), and adds a powered driver’s seat, 360-degree camera, additional safety equipment, 20-inch alloy wheels and two-tone paint.

Those prices are just a little more than you’d pay for something like a Kia EV3 or Skoda Elroq, but the C-HR+ has more standard equipment as well as a (slightly) longer range than those cars. Toyota’s industry-leading ten-year warranty is also a big selling point.