Toyota Innova Hycross review, road test

As mentioned above, our test was conducted in the peak summer with outside temperatures nudging 40 degrees centigrade, and the Innova Hycross’ air-conditioner working overtime to keep the cabin temperatures low. As a result, the hybrid’s petrol engine was running for the most part, resulting in higher fuel consumption. The hybrid Hycross returned 13.10kpl and 16.10kpl in our city and highway tests, respectively, which is lower than the smaller and lighter Hyryder hybrid, but still respectable in isolation.

Driving in Eco mode, the petrol-automatic Hycross – in our real-world fuel efficiency test – returned merely 6.9kpl in the city and 12.4kpl on the highway, averaging merely 9.7kpl. The inclusion of an engine stop-start feature would have kept a check on fuel consumption while idling, thereby improving efficiency in stop-go scenarios.