Description
Exterior
Toyota has created a stylish and rugged design for the bZ4X that is equally suited to modern city life and country living, blending the advanced exterior of a BEV with the raw quality of an SUV. The front exterior is agile and avoids unnecessary ornamentation. It features the new brand-defining “hammerhead” shape with the signature slim headlamp units and emphasizes the front corners, conveying the car’s strong stance.
In the side view, the silhouette is smooth, with a low overall height, slender front pillars and a low axle line reflecting the low center of gravity achieved by the new platform. The wheel arch trim, the large wheels (up to 20 inches in diameter) that protrude into the corners of the body, and the thick door sill plates all reflect the car’s true SUV character. At the rear, the design focus again emphasizes the corners, with distinctive taillights bridging the width of the vehicle.
Interior
The theme of the interior is “lagom” – the Swedish word for “just right”. Here it manifests itself in comfort and spaciousness, lending the cabin living room ambience, enhanced by the use of soft woven decorative textures, satin finish details and panoramic roof options.
The instrument panel is slim and low, adding to the sense of openness and the driver’s forward visibility. The human-centered cockpit supports the principle of “hands on the wheel, eyes on the road,” where the 7-inch TFT instruments and information displays are located directly in the driver’s front eye line, above the steering wheel’s line, so the instruments can be viewed with minimal eye movement.
The long wheelbase provides first-class legroom for all occupants, with one meter between front and rear passenger hips. There is also generous load space with an adjustable deck; the rear seats hold up to 452 liters when in position.
Performance
The front-wheel drive bZ4X is powered by a highly responsive 150 kW electric motor. It generates 204 DIN hp and 265 Nm of torque, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.4 seconds and reaching a top speed of 160 km/h. The front-wheel drive bZ4X is powered by a highly responsive 150 kW electric motor. The all-wheel drive model (more details below) produces 217.5 DIN hp and 336 Nm of torque; the top speed remains unchanged, while the acceleration time to 100 km/h is reduced to 7.7 seconds. All performance figures remain provisional until certification.
The system offers a “one-pedal drive” option that enhances brake energy regeneration, allowing the driver to accelerate and decelerate the vehicle using only the gas pedal.
