Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) officially launched the Raize. The Internet is still buzzing, with this being the first real budget-friendly subcompact crossover with a Toyota badge on the grille.
Naturally, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Raize. One of the most common inquiries we’ve seen is about the vehicle’s fuel economy. We’ve yet to try it out enough for a full review, so we can’t give you any numbers yet. Instead, we have here actual fuel-consumption figures from a friend of ours who was recently able to take the crossover out for a very quick spin.
The Raize driven here was a 1.2 G CVT variant. While traveling at just under 100kph and with the revs under 2,000rpm, the fuel consumption meter showed 20.3km/L. We were told that the numbers held when cruising. Our guy wasn’t able to drive around much, however.
Now, just how accurate is this? According to Toyota’s figures, the 1.2-liter naturally aspirated gasoline mill with a CVT can supposedly achieve 18.9km/L in mixed conditions, which hits a bit close to the figure shown above.
Naturally aspirated gasoline mill with a CVT can supposedly achieve 18.9km/L in mixed conditions, which hits a bit close to the figure shown above.
As for the manual variant with the same powertrain, that one can do 19.2km/L. The top-spec variant with the 1.0-liter turbopetrol and CVT can do around 17.9km/L. All these figures were taken under combined city and highway driving conditions, and these were tested using internationally accepted fuel-consumption test protocols.
These are mere estimates, but they at least give you an idea of just how much mileage you could get from the Raize with a full tank of gas. We’ll be doing a real-world test ourselves once we finally get our hands on a unit for a substantial amount of time. We’ll compare the numbers from this article with what we’ll be getting as well. (Topgear PH News)
