► Toyota has an electric estate car!
► Based on the SUV, but cooler
► Toyota’s most powerful EV yet
Toyota’s electric car line-up has just got a whole lot more desirable with the reveal of the bZ4X Touring, a new EV estate car that certainly has a Subaru Outback look about it.
Based on Toyota’s rather unloved bZ4X electric SUV, the Touring brings some big practicality advantages courtesy of being 14cm longer and 2cm taller than the standard car – measuring 4.83m in length and 1.67m in height. The 600-litre boot is also 148 litres larger than the standard bZ4X, and addresses one of its main weaknesses.
The new bZ4X Touring is the sibling car to the Subaru Trailseeker, recently revealed at the New York Auto Show.
While Toyota describes this Touring as an ‘authentic SUV’, there’s no kidding that this looks like a raised estate car, channelling the elongated profile and spaciousness these cars are known for. That’s a very good thing in our eyes. Its roof rails can also carry 70kg, while new interior and exterior colours aim to emphasise its rugged ability. A 1.5-tonne towing capacity is also double that of the standard SUV.
The Touring also uses slightly different powertrains to the bZ4X, with front- and four-wheel-drive. Given it uses the firm’s e-TNGA platform, which was developed with Subaru and its Solterra, there’s a good chance it will have some proper off-roading pedigree. A dedicated ‘XMode’ with a ‘GripControl’ traction system is also included.
The front-wheel-drive model produces 221bhp, while the all-wheel-drive and its second electric motor takes this up to 376bhp, making it the most powerful Toyota EV yet, with 38bhp more than the most powerful bZ4X SUV.
All Tourings will use a 74.7kWh net capacity battery, which includes a new water cooling system and enhanced preconditioning for improved efficiency. Toyota claims a range of up to 348 miles, which is slightly down on the SUV. It’s compatible with 150kW DC rapid charging, and up to 22kW AC charging.
The new Toyota bZ4X Touring will arrive in the UK in Spring 2026, with prices and specs still to be finalised. It will form part of an onslaught of new Toyota EVs. The Japanese firm might have been (exceptionally) slow in launching electric cars, but following a bZ4X facelift in summer 2025 will closely follow a new Toyota Urban Cruiser and C-HR+ as more compact electric SUVs. An electric RAV4 is also in the pipeline and expected imminently.
