Toyota is expanding its Auris range with the edition of a new Touring Sports estate model, which will go on display at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
The Touring Sports marks the first time an estate version of the Auris has been offered and, in addition to this, Toyota plans to build a hybrid version of the car, making the Auris the first hybrid estate car in its class.
Although the Auris Touring Sports has the same wheelbase as the hatchback, Toyota has lengthened the car by nearly a foot. The result of this is 530-litres of boot space with the rear seats up, and a full 1,658-litres with the rear seats down.
Toyota has also gone to some effort to make the Touring Sports more functional, as well as more capacious, than its rivals. Buyers will get a one-touch Easy-Flat folding rear seat system, a dual-level boot floor and a two-way tonneau cover. A luggage net, shopping bag hooks, aluminium roof rails and a 12V power outlet in the boot also come as standard.
The Touring Sports will be available with the same range of engines as the hatchback, with 1.33-litre and 1.6-litre petrol engines, a 1.4-litre diesel and a hybrid on offer, the latter of which gets a 1.8-litre petrol engine and an electric motor, producing 134bhp.
The Auris Touring Sports will be built at Toyota's factory in Burnaston, Derbyshire, alongside the Auris hatchback and the Avensis.
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