spwolf

Stunning. Fits between Auris Wagon and Rav4 price wise, so less than Prius in Europe.
Toyota UK has full PR but very bad pictures.

spwolf

last pics are from EU site, they run it through some grease filter so it looks like crap, but I added it to show full leather design of the seats plus lighting around the cabin. Japanese pics above have nav screen blacked out because it has European graphics.

RXSF

hmmm, certainly a good looking interior, even if the screen is a bit too big. Seems like it would block visibility. They should make it more horizontal instead of vertical.

Hoovey689

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Very 'electrifying'. I particularly like the burgundy accents.

chromedome

Wow. Toyota finally borrowed some Lexus people for the interior

I'm surprised at how good this interior looks. I think it borrows a lot of elements from the i8, with the large screen being close to the driver and the slim center stack controls. Bravo.

Fizzboy7

That's an interior far better than most Lexus interiors. Very clean, modern, symmetrical, substantial, cosseting, and comfortable. It's a similar direction Honda and Audi are currently taking with their very latest offerings (Pilot, Ridgeline, A4). Hopefully this is a new direction for the brand.
What doesn't work though is the tall nav screen. From all angles, it appears to block forward vision. So, likely be toned down with production. Also cannot see that huge blue light stretching across the dash not being distracting. Hopefully that too will be addressed for production cars. Finally, the tach and speed pointers look gimmicky. Hyundai used a similar design about ten years ago only to drop it after people complained.
Great to see a new change coming. This has the potential to set a new standard, something Toyota/Lexus hasn't been able to claim in quite a while.

JessePS

Inside and out, it looks amazing. I might have to take it for a test drive when I am back in North America in late 2017.

spwolf

apparently screen is in "normal" position but they lowered top of the dash so you can see front of the car better - there is both more functionality and more style than before.

spwolf

materials look really good too... top one is version with half leather seats and it looks great.

For instance, check how shifter and seat heater switches look compared to Rav4, which is going to be more expensive vehicle.

Looks like a new Peugeot interior, even better... and thats a big compliment since they have best interior in class.


Apperantly this is showing off their next generation interiors.

And of course, this is all production, selling models with European specification.

bitkahuna

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materials look great but the way that screen sticks bolt upright looks terrible.

JessePS

If it starts at C$24k, it may be something I would consider getting.

GFerg

Same. Would make for a great city beater for these NE winters. Cheap, small, AWD, Hybrid.

Sulu

I am going to reserve judgement until I see the North American model. I have found that it is a real crash getting my hopes up too high after looking at pictures of European interiors and then seeing the cheap North American version.

Will this be assembled in North America (Mexico?) or imported here from Europe or Japan?

Allen K

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Agreed. I really hate the tacked on nav look

bd5400

I actually find the interior overall kind of ugly. There are decent details (like the seats and door panels) but it seems like outside of studio lighting it won't be nearly as nice as a complete package. The shiny black plastic looks cheap and I can't imagine that it feels nice. Since there's a ton of it around the center console area it likely won't age well either. Use will likely scratch up the shiny coating.

That screen...is terrible. It looks like when they edited the first batch of photos they made the screen itself appear larger but then the other photos show that it's actually smaller with a HUGE bezel. If the bezel was smaller it wouldn't look like it was sticking up so far. Then there's the odd cheap looking digital clock next to the screen that looks dated. There's also something a bit off about their execution of making it "driver focused". Things look a little too asymmetrical/askew. I much prefer their efforts back in the 90s with the Supra which has a cabin that is clearly driver focused without looking like the interior sat in the sun too long.

Granted, there are some cars that need to be sat in for me to appreciate because quality doesn't always come through in photos, but that's usually in classes above this one. This could be one of those situations, though generally cheap cars just end up being cheap.

It doesn't look like a light. It just looks like bright blue metallic looking trim.

Edit:

Here's a video with more detail. Panning shots of the black plastic start at 2:04 and don't give me a huge amount of confidence about in person quality.