The Urban Cruiser is a new Toyota mini SUV and is trying to distract buyers from traditional hatchbacks. This is a car trying to penetrate a new niche, where we already meet Kia Soul or Dodge Journey, Ford Fusion, Nissan Qashqai models with very similar designs. This Toyota range stands below the Toyota RAV4 SUV and is built on the Yaris platform. The rigid design of right angles is a new gust in the European market, although similar cars have long been very popular in Japan. The Urban Cruiser is slightly shorter, narrower and lower than the Kia Soul model. Inside, we see a dashboard designed in France that has to match European tastes, but the design itself isn’t anything special. The seats are also not ideal - sitting very high, lacking lateral support. The Kia Soul beats in the luggage compartment and cabin space, especially on the rear seats, although the situation is somewhat corrected by the rear sliding seats. As far as the Urban Cruiser lacks contact with the road, the suspension is stiff, but it doesn’t have such a noticeable tilt in corners as the Kia model. The engines are 1329 cm³ petrol with 100 hp (75 kW) and 132 Nm of torque, 1364 cm³ turbodiesel with 90 hp (67 kW) and 205 Nm respectively. The car is powered by front wheels as standard, but the diesel engine can also be equipped with an all-wheel drive system. The Urban Cruiser 1.4 D-4D AWD variant is said to have the lowest CO2 emissions of any four-wheel drive car at just 130g / km.