Innova Hycross with 7 adults & luggage goes on a roadtrip: Observations

The handling and stability are even better with a full load there is no nervousness or anything.

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Recently did a 500 km round road trip with 7 adults and luggage and I would like to share a few observations:

Pros:

1. There is no shortage of power and pickup, yes the pickup and power delivery is a little slow and linear but you never feel like it’s not enough.
2. While driving above 80 I changed the mode from eco to normal and I instantly felt the difference in overall responsiveness while accelerating, normal and eco modes are all I used, I never once felt the need to use power mode.
3. The handling and stability are even better with a full load there is no nervousness or anything.
4. I used Cruise control extensively and it works like a charm and automatically charges the battery through regen braking it detects slopes and is actually very smart and it works differently along with the hybrid system as opposed to other normal cruise control.
5. The more I do these long trips the more I feel in love with what it is capable of, I don’t know if it’s just the perception of Toyota or if I am biased towards but it feels like a beast and has that indestructible feel somehow that we associate with Toyota BOF platform cars.

Cons:

1. Is it just me or does anyone feel vibrations from the accelerator pedal during hard acceleration or when the petrol engine is running at higher RPMs, is it a normal behaviour of CVT or what i am a bit confused.
2. The wind noise and aerodynamics are such that you can’t keep the window open above 90 otherwise wind noise becomes irritable, it is even worse with half the window open.

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