Toyota Innova Hycross spied, gets floating touchscreen

The Toyota Innova Hycross comes with a beige color interior.

Toyota The Innova Hycross has been grabbing headlines in the Indian passenger car market for quite some time now. Currently, the automaker has been conducting road tests of station wagons for quite some time. The MPV was spotted undergoing road tests in the latest video, which revealed the car’s interior. A key design element revealed in the latest video is the floating island touchscreen infotainment system, which is interesting considering the other infotainment systems available in other Toyota models in India. Toyota is tight-lipped about the launch of the MPV. The Innova Hycross is expected to be launched in November 2022.

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The car has been spotted with a floating touchscreen infotainment system that will be around 10 inches in size. In addition, the test car had a beige roof and a small quarter glass on the front pillar. Despite the camouflaged hood, the MPV’s muscular silhouette is easy to read. It will get large, swept-back headlights and is likely to come with a hexagonal grille at the front. There would be sports alloy wheels. At the back, slim taillights and a curved windshield with a roof spoiler will appear.

Talking about the powertrain options, the Toyota Innova Hycross MPV is expected to be available with two petrol engine options. Just like the Toyota Urban Cruiser Hayriderthis upcoming MPV may come with a mild hybrid engine and the higher variants may come with a strong hybrid powertrain.

The current Innova Crysta will continue to be sold alongside the new Hycross MPV. Powertrain-wise, the current Innova Crysta is powered by a 2.4-litre turbocharged diesel engine that churns out 150bhp of peak power and 343Nm of peak torque. This engine is paired with a five-speed manual transmission, while there is a six-speed automatic transmission. The MPV also gets a 166bhp 2.7-litre petrol engine mated to a five-speed manual gearbox, with a six-speed automatic gearbox also on offer.

Date of first publication: 17 Oct 2022, 14:27 IST