Just £150 separates the new base Toyota Yaris Cross from its predecessor — but the technical gap is bigger than the price tag suggests. In the UK, the facelifted crossover starts at £27,445, and even the entry grade now comes with a hybrid system producing 130 hp. The outgoing MY26 Icon made do with 116 hp at £27,295. That's a price bump of roughly 0.55%, for 14 extra horsepower.
There's also a notable correction worth flagging. Toyota UK is already listing the new car as the MY27 Yaris Cross. The official UK site lists both front-wheel and all-wheel drive across the range, so any claim that every grade is FWD-only doesn't hold up. AWD-i, with its separate electric motor driving the rear axle, remains in the lineup.
The UK lineup runs Icon at £27,445, Design at £29,995, Excel at £33,695 and GR Sport at £35,095. For comparison, the outgoing MY26 price list stood at £27,295 for Icon, £29,445 for Design Hybrid 130, £32,895 for Excel and £33,095 for GR Sport. The top grade took the biggest hit — up £2,000, or roughly 6%.
Toyota revealed the facelift itself back in spring: the Yaris Cross picked up a new honeycomb grille, a reworked front bumper, updated LED graphics and fresh wheels. In Europe, the model carries serious weight — Toyota sold 200,477 units of the Yaris Cross in 2025, making it the brand's best-selling car in the region.
Hybrid 130 pairs a 1.5-litre petrol engine with an electric motor. Toyota UK quotes 130 hp, a 0-62mph time of around 10.7-11.3 seconds, depending on grade, and fuel consumption of roughly 4.4-5.1 l/100km. Orders are open now, with the first UK deliveries expected in September.
So the most interesting shift here isn't about looks. Toyota has effectively pulled the weaker 116 hp engine out of the entry point to its new UK range: the base Yaris Cross got stronger for almost no extra money, while the real price hike landed on the top-spec trims.
