Toyota Urban Cruiser 2025: Prices, specs and release date

• New Toyota Urban Cruiser is a small electric SUV
• Expected to have a range of up to 250 miles
• Arrives later in 2025 with prices likely to start from around £35,000

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser is a small electric SUV that the brand hopes will help supercharge its electric car sales in the UK.

Following up on the disappointing Toyota bZ4X, the new Toyota Urban Cruiser is a bespoke electric car that has been developed with reliability and efficiency in mind.

It is related to the new Suzuki e Vitara and, like that car, will offer a choice of batteries plus a genuine 4x4 version for grippy off-road driving.

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser will sit above the existing Toyota Yaris Cross hybrid in the firm’s line-up. It will rival models such as the Kia Niro EV and the Hyundai Kona Electric, along with the well-received Volvo EX30. 

Full UK details will be confirmed later this year, with prices expected to start from around £35,000.

2025 Toyota Urban Cruiser prices and release date

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser will be fast-tracked to production, with the firm aiming to launch it in the UK later this summer – it may be here in time for the September registration change.

New Toyota Urban Cruiser prices are still to be confirmed but it is likely to start from around £35,000.  

2025 Toyota Urban Cruiser styling, interior and technology

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser has the modern appearance of other models such as the Toyota bZ4X. Closely related to the Suzuki e Vitara, it isn’t as extreme as the Toyota C-HR, as the firm doesn’t want to scare away electric car buyers.

The front end of the new Toyota Urban Cruiser has sharp LED headlights set into a full-width gloss black panel. The closed-off design is bookended by air curtains either side of the front bumper.

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser has plenty of lower body cladding stretching from front to rear. This will be ideal to shake off urban scrapes. It has the same pronounced rear haunches and ‘hidden’ rear doorhandles as the Suzuki e Vitara.

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser follows the trend for having full-width lighting sections at the rear. The pixelated red rear lights ape those on some Hyundai models. The pronounced black lower cladding should protect it from car park scrapes.

Inside, the new Toyota Urban Cruiser once again leans heavily on the new Suzuki e Vitara. It has the same wide centre console, vertically-oriented air vents and extended display with dual screens.

The dashboard of the new Toyota Urban Cruiser is low and horizontally-oriented, to give the driver and passengers a good view out. Moody black and dark grey upholstery choices are offered, illuminated with 12-colour ambient lighting.

As the new Toyota Urban Cruiser has a 140mm longer wheelbase than the Toyota Yaris Cross, it has more space inside. It also has a sliding split rear seat and the seats can be folded in a 40/20/40 configuration. This will "create space that is on a par with much larger D-segment SUVs," claims Toyota.

Full specifications will be revealed nearer to launch, but the new Toyota Urban Cruiser will have the 10.25-inch driver display and 10.1-inch infotainment touchscreen as standard.

Other features to be offered on the new Toyota Urban Cruiser include a power driver’s seat, fixed sunroof and JBL premium audio system.

2025 Toyota Urban Cruiser electric motors, performance and range

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser is based on a new platform dedicated to electric cars. It is the collaboration with Suzuki that makes this possible.

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser will offer a choice of two batteries, either 49kWh or 61kWh. Range and efficiency figures haven’t been revealed, but expect around 200 miles from the smaller battery and 250 miles from the larger one.

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser’s 49kWh battery is paired with a 144PS electric motor driving the front wheels. The 61kWh has a more powerful 174PS electric motor, while the AWD has two motors producing a total of 184PS.

The new Toyota Urban Cruiser AWD also sees torque increase significantly, from 189NM to 300Nm. Off-road tech will include Downhill Assist Control and a Trail Mode that keeps spinning wheels in check.

All new Toyota Urban Cruiser will have an energy-saving heat pump as standard. Manually-operated battery pre-heating will also optimise performance in colder conditions.