Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder Review

I am yet to come across anyone who has reported 13-16kmpl (the range itself does not make sense given the difference between 13kmpl and 16kmpl is over 20%) their hybrid Hyryder over long run. I also want to know which other petrol car in the same segment gives 13-16kmpl when driven hard. Infact if you can get Hyryder Hybrid to as low as 13kmpl, under the same conditions, a petrol car without the hybrid system would in low single digit consumption.

I have a hybrid Hyryder, and I average about 16.5 kmpl in Chennai traffic, with a mix of longer urban runs and short runs. For shorter runs, 12-13 kmpl is pretty much my average. This improves to 18-22 kmpl for longer runs within the city.

This number improves by about 10% during the monsoon, possibly because of lower AC load and a cooler battery system.

Thanks for sharing. Can you please let us know the speed that you drove on the highway when you got 26.5 kmpl?

Lazy cruising on the highway between 80-100kph, for the most part, with the max speed being 110kph. Drove in Eco mode (as usual), climate control set to 23 degrees, with four occupants and light luggage. The overall average speed (before refueling) was 52kph.

Hyryder has a whole lot of milage range based on scenario depending on driving style, outside temperature etc.
Some of my trips I have clocked as low as 9kmpl and in some its 30kmpl and it was totally expected behavior since I wanted to explore and know what the car can do or how it behaves in all scenarios.

In a normal scenario Hyryder mileage is close to 20kmpl+ given you are driving it in city condition with a light foot. The moment you change the setting you can notice the whole range.

Its been a long time since i updated on the car.
Done 20,000kms and now due for the 4th service.
Final verdict from my side:

1. The car is a pleasure to drive. I had previously complained heavily about ticks and rattles and they're all gone after Toyota installed NVH kits free of cost. The car drives silent with minimal road noise.
My City CVT petrol now feel like a diesel tractor compared to it.

2. Mileage has improved a lot and I'm averaging 26-28 tank to tank on my 40km one way commute, driving at 60-80km/hr and also getting stuck in nonsense traffic.

In Delhi its the time of the year when you can't decide if you need the fans/ac or not. I don't need anything on the morning so I drive the 40kms and was able to get a lot of mileage out of it.
I do need the AC in the evening but that doesn't affect the mileage a lot but it increases the threshold of when the engine turns on.

Your trip mileage doesn't matter, your tank to tank does.
There were heavy rains thus traffic between September so that's why I got the lowest ever mileage of 21.9. I belive that It's almost impossible to get less than 20 if you drive a decent amount.







3. No, the sunroof did not bother me all year. Even if I felt that the car was hot, the AC performance fixed it right away. It's huge and I love it.

4. I sometimes feel like changing the tyres. I feel like they could be a bit more silent and grippier. For Mud and Snow tyres they have average performance in Mud.

5. Sound system is great.

6. Back seats have complaints from my family that they're not as spacious and comfortable as the honda city and I agree. It's not as good of an experience. I would want another level of recline Also the AC vents back there are unidirectional. Headroom never got any complaints.

7. Android auto has been bothering a lot. There are some locations where android will absolutely crash no matter what. Also the device sometimes would not connect as if it's forgotten that it was ever connected. Maybe a Google issue but I highly suspect the infotainment system because it started happening only 2 months ago.

8. Headlight performance is satisfactory. Have driven in pitch darkness. Didn't illuminate the road like a second sun but was able to safely avoid dogs and cows on the road.

9. The suspension is comfortable and stable at all speeds. That's all.

10. Getting the V model was the best decision I ever made. TPMS and 360° Cam saved me countless times, ventilated seats were a blessing after a long day.

I love the car and I wish more people appreciated the Hyryder. But I also wish that it got radar assisted cruise control. Also an official NCAP rating would be really appreciated.

Guys,

What's the waiting period for Hyryder Hybrid? Just asking because we are planning to replace our 2014 Honda City iDTEC Diesel, which has run nearly 180k Kms, next year and Hyryder is one of the contenders apart from Verna, Seltos, Virtus/Slavia, Honda City, and Venue.

But, what's stopping me from looking at the Hyryder is we already own its bigger brother in Hybrid guise, Hycross, 4 months ago, and getting another Hybrid wouldn't make sense IMO, and somehow not interested in getting the NeoDrive version as I felt the Hybrid is better.

Also, we had considered Hyryder before taking the plunge on Hycross.

Can you elaborate on the NVH kits. I have a 2022 Grand Vitara Strong hybrid. Would like to get them if available and useful. Thanks.

Hi, please check this link for the same.

Also, since you already have another Hybrid car you can consider adding a turbo petrol but it won’t be as fuel efficient as your Honda City.

There's nothing much to elaborate. I was facing some issues with creeks and rattles during first 1000 kilometers. My dialy route is absolute garbage with broken roads so it had to happen sooner or later.

I asked the service center to rectify any sounds and they just said that they will install a NVH kit free of cost, which is just some foam and padding in vulnerable points. It has held up so far at 20k Kms.

You can complain about any rattles or ticks to Toyota SC and mention the nvh kit and they'll fix it.

Took a test drive of Hyryder Hybrid and the Grand Vitara Smart Hybrid yesterday. Hyryder Neodrive was not available at dealership. The car was for my wife's brother. We were looking for the G variant, but was confused about whether to go for Neodrive or Hybrid. While driving the hybrid, the motor's whine was very evident whenever the car was in EV mode. The engine whenever it came up was more audible than the Neodrive variant. The mileage aspect is very tempting though.

The hybrid variant is 3 lakhs more expensive than the Neodrive variant on road Kerala. It comes down to about 4k in extra EMI. I tried a rough calculation of the extra petrol cost for Neodrive assuming 1800 kms per month and that came down to 4K extra as well as per claimed numbers of both cars. I assumed a 6KMPL difference for hybrid. So it is about paying an extra 4K in EMI or extra 4K for petrol. Considering petrol prices will only go up and EMI will stay constant, I guess the hybrid wins. But I am doubtful whether that kind of mileage difference exists in real life.

Came back to check the latest brochure from Toyota website and was pleasantly surprised to see 6 airbags in S variant for hybrid now. The G Neodrive and S hybrid has just a lakh of difference on road kerala. If one is not very particular about features, S is a tempting proposition now. It gets full safety kit and all the basics except for the rear wash and wipe.

Did not cross the 1 year mark, but will in another month's time so suddenly insurance folks were after my life. Quotes started from 24k and went upto 35k for 1 year for RTI and Zero dep. Checked on Paisabazaar and finally went with Tata AIG Zero Dep/RTI which costed 27k with around 2300 cashback so out of pocket is 25k odd. Decent I think.

Got 28.4 kmpl on a recent Dehradun-Delhi drive, using the tankful-to-tankful method. What an amazing car. There was a lot of long weekend traffic so couldn’t really stretch its legs. The Jimny AT gets at best 15 kmpl on the same route so this was shocking for me. The pump attendant and I were staring at each other when we couldn’t get more than 900 bucks worth of fuel in the car. He was like, did you get a fill up on the way? I came back to Dehradun on my Xpulse and even that took 600 bucks worth!

It seems like Toyota might be experiencing issues similar to those seen in Maruti, as they appear to be adopting solutions used by Maruti. In my experience with my Baleno, the service center addressed the problem by applying foam in various areas.

I drive a Grand Vitara AWD and I face a similar rattling from the rear seat area. However, in my case I have located the source of the rattling to a little, maybe 1-2mm, play in the latches of the seat backs. It doesn't rattle with an occupant in the rear seat and also stays quiet after the occupant exits his seat, sometimes returning if I drop the seat-back for any reason and then click it back in place. I would have solved the issue by inserting some kind of padding somewhere if I could but can't find any spot where I can do this.