Toyota CH-R - any better options?

[JulianHJ]

A relative is in the market for a new (to them) car. They've selected the CH-R as their preferred choice. Their criteria includes:

- Auto
- Hybrid
- Three door / coupe appearance if possible
- £15-£16k budget (equates to 2-4 years old with around 20k miles depending on spec for the CH-R)
- Main dealer cars preferred

What are the CH-R's main competitors? I'm completely unfamiliar with that part of the market, and in particular how its rivals weigh up.

TIA

[Whataguy]

The CHR is surprisingly small and dark inside. I found my old Yaris to be better.

For that price, you could almost get a new model Yaris hybrid, with minimal miles. (I've seen carwow brand new cars for 18k)

They seem a much better car and have better MPG and performance too than the CHR.

[sherman]

Nissan juke
Fiat 500 X

Im not a fan of any of them btw.

[Pegscratch]

For a car that is “funky” (read: neighbours won’t judge you and you’ll probably “fit in”) you cannot beat the C-HR. For practicality the Yaris bests it. Everything else, everyone who knows anything about cars will judge you for. And not in a positive light.

[ollyprice87]

I had a CH-R as a hire car in Denmark a couple years back. Not sure if there has been a facelift since then but the infotainment was utterly terrible.

[clarki]

I know someone with a CH-R. They haven't been impressed + they seem to suffer quite badly from condensation inside, incl. the nav screen.

I've driven it once. It was Ok, but as mentioned it is VERY dark inside.

[Pegscratch]

ollyprice87 said:

I had a CH-R as a hire car in Denmark a couple years back. Not sure if there has been a facelift since then but the infotainment was utterly terrible.

Welcome to Japanese motors.

[Stig]

Kia Sportage - though it is a mild hybrid so won't run on EV alone (then again a C-HR can only do this for a few miles anyway).

[Squadrone Rosso]

We ran a launch 1.8 Hybrid Ltd Ed for 3 years / 25k miles.

It was really good as a daily & for a France camping trip with 2 kids.

No real negatives. The infotainment operation wasn’t brilliant due to the lack of CarPlay but the inbuilt satnav was good & the sound via JBL system was great.

We intended to upgrade to the 2.0 litre hybrid but the located the 12v batter to the boot & this made the boot too small for us.

We went for a new top spec RAV4 hybrid instead & its excellent.

Had the C-HR not had the boot issue, we would have stayed with that but loving the Rav as our sensible rugged daily.

[JulianHJ]

Thanks all for the responses. I've suggested a Golf GTE as an alternative, but apparently a reasonable size boot is required. I'm hoping a visit to see a CH-R at a main dealer might provide some clarity.

[Mr Tidy]

Just don't expect to see any sort of coupe.

It's a minging-looking high-riding cross-over!

A Nissan Juke Hybrid seems like an obvious alternative.

[ilikejam]

If they'd budge on the Hybrid criteria, the obvious answer is the Pug 3008, though it's slightly bigger than the CH-R. They'd probably just about get a 3 year old GT spec with 50k miles on it around £16k with a bit of haggling.