Toyota Yaris Cross Hybrid review: the sum against an EV

Nobody buys this car for its 85 kW. They buy it to spend less at the pump without changing how they live, so the question is whether an electric car of the same size spends less again.

I haven't driven it. The measurements here are ADAC's, and every other car figure is rated by the maker. Prices are German list prices, checked 2 November 2026, and they differ in other countries.

The rival is the same length

Toyota lists the 116 Pure at €27,640, and it's 4,167 mm long. The Skoda Epiq Easy 35 is 4,171 mm long. I won't print its price: Skoda's model page names this version, but its price list of 8 October 2026 leaves it out, so ask a dealer whether it can be ordered. Skoda rates the boot at 475 l. Toyota says 397 l.

Now the energy. Toyota rates fuel use at 4.4 l/100 km. Add 20%, the gap between WLTP and on-board fuel meters that the European Commission reported in July 2024, and you get 5.3 l. The fuel plate on this page prices that at €1.95 a litre.

Skoda rates the Epiq at 13.9 kWh/100 km. The calculator adds 25%, which gives 17.375 kWh. At its defaults of €0.28/kWh at home, €0.55 public and 15% public, that's €5.57 per 100 km.

So the EV saves €4.77 per 100 km. Over 11,400 km a year that's about €540.

If the Skoda's list price is the lower one, as it was when I checked on November 2, 2026, there's no payback to wait for. Toyota's German page also shows a lower offer price for private buyers paying cash or using Toyota finance, valid to December 31, 2026. It's a temporary deal, not the list price, and on November 2 it would have reversed the order.

Germany alone barely moves it. Eurostat has household electricity at €0.3618/kWh for the first half of 2026, Eleport's October median for fast charging is €0.59, and the Weekly Oil Bulletin had Euro-super at €2.167 in the week of October 26. Run those through the same sum and the gap is €4.60, about €525 a year.

Take away the wallbox

The picture changes here. Charge only in public at €0.55 and the Epiq costs €9.56 per 100 km. The gap falls to €0.78, about €90 a year.

That's the case for this car. No driveway, no socket, a street full of other people's cars? The Toyota costs about what the EV does, and you never plan a stop. Home and public charging have their own sum if you're unsure which side you're on. You can also put your own tariff against this car.

Range is the other half. ADAC recorded 640 km on a tank in the 116 hp car it tested in 2021. The Epiq is rated at 331 km, and ADAC's catalogue lists 50 kW of DC charging. On a hypothetical 600 km motorway run, that's the difference between no stops and at least two.

What ADAC measured

ADAC's page, dated February 5, 2026, compares two versions. The 116 hp car it measured was a 2021 Elegant, a trim no longer sold: 5.6 l/100 km. The newer 130 hp Teamplayer used 4.9 l.

That 5.6 is above my 5.3. At €1.95 it's €10.92 per 100 km, so the gap to the Epiq grows a little. ADAC puts the weaker engine's motorway penalty at a good half litre, because it works harder at speed. Town is the hybrid's ground: in its current test, of the 130 hp car, ADAC managed a figure starting with a 3 on city and gentle country driving.

Should you pay for the 130 hp car? ADAC says the fuel difference is 0.7 l and the price step about €3,000. At €1.95, that's about €155 a year. It won't pay for itself in fuel. ADAC's reason to buy it is overtaking: 60 to 100 km/h in 7.6 seconds against 8.9.

Living with the size

ADAC measured the boot at 330 l on both versions. Toyota, by ADAC's account, quotes 367 l with the double floor in and about 400 l without, and ADAC says its measurement roughly bears that out. Rear legroom gets tight from about 1.80 m and the cabin is narrow. Tall teenagers will complain. There's no sliding rear bench like the VW T-Cross has.

Towing is 750 kg braked on the 116 hp data ADAC lists. ADAC says electric driving only works in town, up to about 50 km/h, and the battery holds just under 1 kWh. Please don't buy it expecting a plug-in.

Who I'd send where

I'd buy it with no home charging, or with regular days past 300 km. I'd skip it with a wallbox and a shorter daily run, because then I'd be paying about €540 a year for not having to think about plugs.

Against other hybrids it isn't the frugal choice. The Yaris and the Clio both use less on paper, and the best full hybrids lists five I'd look at alongside it.