Toyota Hyryder drive impressions: Fortuner & City owner's perspective

The ride quality felt far better than the Fortuner and the Hyryder absorbs bumps like a champ.

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Took a test drive of the V Hybrid variant today.

The Honda City is my daily, but today I drove to the showroom in the Fortuner to compare the experience:

1. I noticed that on the driver's side your left knee does touch against the centre console but your right knee gets too much free space. I forgot about it after I started driving and my knee rested on the console naturally. No annoying rubbing or knocking.
2. The car turns on like a smartphone. You press the power button and just put it in the drive and go. No sound, nothing. It felt very satisfying and I was impressed. Didn't even have to wait for the engine to warm up or anything.
3. Since I drove my Fortuner to the showroom, the ride quality felt far better than the Fortuner and the Hyryder absorbs bumps like a champ. I did feel them but not as much as my city and Fortuner.
4. HUD is pretty useless and felt like a gimmick since the digital cluster is still working along with it. I might not even use it after the first week of getting the car.
5. The car picks up to 60km/h pretty quickly. The car drives up to 45Km/h in full EV mode before it says "EV MODE CANCELLED" on the digital cluster and turns on the engine, which is amazing because you just don't feel it turn on. No vibration, no sound, it's seamless. If you're coming from a NA car then the performance will not disappoint. It's actually much better than the other NA cars. The one thing I don't understand is that the car would sometimes drive in EV mode from a stop and sometimes it uses the ICE. I expected it to always pick up with EV mode but I guess we'll find out more later.
6. My dad who is 5'10 and wears a turban (5'11" total) and loves to critique every little thing about everything sitting in the back said the back seat was good enough. His head was not touching the roof or hitting the sides. He was specifically looking for those two things and it didn't happen. He seemed happy with the backseat experience.
7. The sunroof is kind of noisy, sounds like a vacuum cleaner. The sunroof is forced upon you from the G Hybrid variant and I would definitely trade it for the ventilated seats. The film is definitely thin but it's fine. You forget about it after a while and it doesn't let any annoying glare or flickering from the tree leaves through
8. The brakes were very sensitive but I'm sure it needs more breaking in (pun intended) before we get the optimal performance out of it. The steering is light and precise.
9. The doors aren't as light as some members claim. They're just fine. The build quality is comparable to a 4th gen Honda City like mine. You can't compare higher budget cars from a higher segment to a lower segment car.

My Delhi to Gurgaon daily drives will be a breeze.

Overall, I'm satisfied with the ride quality, build quality and refinement. I'm looking forward to taking my delivery.

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