Drives like a champ, feels like a Baleno: Test drove a Toyota Hyryder

It looks like a very practical car with great ground clearance, decent build and incredible fuel efficiency.

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Happened to test-drive the Toyota Hyryder Hybrid as I'm hunting for a new car. Wanted to share my observations from the test drive.

Likes:

• Sufficiently comfortable seats with decent under-thigh support (me @ 5'9" and parents below 5'6")
• Very easy to drive and get used to - all controls within reach, and everything feels simple
• Decent level of kit
• Driver seats give a great view of the road and the car doesn't 'feel' big to drive
• Very very peppy to drive in the city - instant response to A pedal inputs

Dislikes:

• I couldn't stop wondering how right from the Baleno to Brezza to Fronx to the Hyryder / Vitara, the interiors look and almost feel the same. My mind doesn't agree to spending 24 L for something that looks and feels so much like an 11 L Baleno
• A 360-degree camera would have been more useful if it had also been integrated into the indicators
• Boot space is really less - in terms of volume and practicality
• I could hear the engine and everything working - not the refinement I'd expect out of a product of this segment + felt the ride was on the stiffer side
• I couldn't believe myself, but Toyota gave me the worst showroom experience of all today - extremely shabby and zero interest from the SA

Overall, I was left a bit un-impressed with the Hyryder, though it looks like a very practical car with great ground clearance, decent build and incredible fuel efficiency.

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