Taking it off road YESSS!!!!

I have a Toyota chr 2019, I had to go up a hill at some camping sight and I unfortunately got stuck half way so I decided to go down the hill and reverse my way back up the hill. That worked better than driving forward lol

Starbucks is prob the toughest terrain for this nice car...

Hard to watch the torture of the C-HR with the CVT. it would struggle even in snow. Send it back.

I think a Barbie doll power wheel would do better

This comes down to the driver I can take a two wheel drive anywhere I want to

Love seeing videos like this vs the typical off-roaders all the time

You can always walk up the hill lol.

Tommy, If you are trying to #shame Toyota into bringing a cheap, genuine 4X4 to our market by doing videos like this then you are doing an excellent job. May I suggest something priced like a FJ but with a design budget including larger windows. If a new model is too much fuss for TMC then the 2 door Prado will do quite nicely.

Yeah you can get these in a hybrid AWD version where I live, they would sell like crazy in America A buddy of mine put some all-terrains on his and that thing is pretty good actually 👌

Those OEM tires are not good for that terrain - my RAV4 has Falken WIldpeak AT tires and can handle that easily. The C-HR is more of a urban/commuter vehicle.

2-wheel drive = 1 wheel drive. AWD without lockers = 1 wheel drive with a small bonus. permanent AWD with center diff-lock or 4wd = 2 wheel drive. Same with rear lockers = 3 wheel drive. 4wd with all center, rear and front lockers = 4WD.

The chr has a diamond theme to it, if you look all around the car you will find the diamond pattern everywhere. You should have tried to put it in sport mode, everything tights up and throttle response is much better. Still it’s not meant for off road lol. 👍👍

You buy this car for the fuel efficiency and reliability not offroad ability. I doubt even the AWD version of this car would struggle because of the CVT and regular car ground clearance.

I did it last year in Europe with rental Hyundai Santa fe. You can get it to some surprising places.

I think it's cool, not boring, think outside the box and I do have one of this CHR. It gets me from point A to point B. All I care is RELIABILITY baby.

Any chance you guys will get a Passport for a real trail test?

This vs a Crosstrek It gets worse mpg No awd worse ground clearance less interior space less legroom Is the really worth the less than 1k price difference?

There is one item I think is essential with these cars. Emergency chains that can be put on or removed in 15 minutes or less. Also familiarize urself with the manual shifting

Man I really hate cvt's in the auto industry. I suppose they serve a fuel savings purpose but just toss in a 10spd and call it a day. Better all around in my opinion.

I own this vehicle it’s fun to drive and great mpg, but to be honest it has very little ground clearance if you take this off road you’re liable to tear off something underneath. I don’t think anybody that buys a CHR realistically thinks that they’re going to use it hit the rocky trails.

Shame they didn't make an AWD version. It would make a really cool rally car. An option for a regular automatic would be great too.

The classir move with fwd is hitting obstacles in reverse 😃

A Peugeot 2008 or 3008 with grip control can make it further. They're front wheel drive and Peugeot's grip control is quite amazing actually. It uses the 2 front wheels to the max and has sand and rocks and snow mode. It actually performs really well. So actually you maybe don't need awd but no one else does grip control other than Peugeot and Citroen for you to test a terrain control front wheel drive car in the US.

For $26,000 I’d just buy a used truck and upgrade it with the rest of the money 😂

You know I love Toyota as a brand. Having said that, a CVT transmission makes a car absolutely useless....even Subaru with AWD and a CVT is useless. Saw that a while back on TFL. For me...if it doesn't have a clutch or an automatic with gears....just walk away.

For the same money I got a AWD Ford Escape. Plus it has more ground clearance.

I'd love to see how far you guys can take a 2wd Jeep Grand Cherokee

Toyotas solution to this has been the Yaris Cross, which you can get as an AWD car but with an electric motor on the rear axle and the engine driving the front axle. It's not cheap either.

Well in the Balkans you will see VW Golf 1, 2 or 3 do the roads you wouldn't take with a tractor at speed! Momentum is the name of the game with FWD open diff 😂

Thank you so much for posting this video! I assumed I had better stick to the beaten path (meaning PAVEMENT) in my C-HR, but you definitely proved it with this. Again, thank you, and nicely done my man! 👍

What was that clicking noise? Didn't sound good.

Just send it haha

Nice to see someone who knows all the tricks have a go at it.. Hyundai Venue would be interesting in same situation since it can be had with a manual transmission and 8' ground clearance (less chance of bottoming-out with momentum). Also Lexus 250H would return surprising results....if I was Lexus, I"d jump on this one, since it'll be a great way to demonstrate ability of rear hybrid drive.

This is a good video to reference for all those in the comments section saying “I could make it up that hill in my Civic.” I drove out there in my Jeep Patriot and the steep/loose nature of these hill climbs they use in their videos are no joke.

I suspect this is going to end up as one of Toyota's extinct vehicles. The styling is not going to age well, it's not very practical, and that engine sounds like something that would be right at home in 2005. I suspect AWD would price it too close to the lower trimmed RAV4, and negate anyone from even considering this (C)rappy practicality (H)orribly aging (R)ubbish offroad Crossover.

Wrong weeks, and this car is not mad for an off-road experience

they're ab to invent the hatchback crossover crossover category

Honestly Tommy 🙂, the scenery around you for this episode of TFL off road is hands down incredible. I've been to CO a few times to fly out of the airport in Denver since I live up in Western South Dakota. I have not ventured out into the mountains and trails in CO, you live in a beautiful state. Anyhow back to CH-R, I think Toyota will eventually offer AWD, they might move more CH-Rs. Again, awesome episode Tommy.

i’ve been challenging my CHR off-road since literally the day i got it in 2021. Off roaring where forest service roads start and ends through to lakes off-road aswell as living on the beach in Texas, throughout my nomadic move to colorado continuing my car camping to Colorado primitive campsites and teetering on trailheads to Mountains and icy roads that to passes that were labeled closed but hadn’t been gated off yet. it’s done great so far and i’m considering a lift.

This car is fine, it's essentially a tall riding Corolla for someone who wants the ease of entry and exit and a larger greenhouse. Its not meant for any off-road duty, I mean it has 18" wheels with street tires in a compact package.

My nephew wants to go over landing with me I’ve been studying this car for a while this is the best video I’ve found

It could probably survive the hill but damages could incur underneath without proper skid plates protection

It's all about the tires

Would different tires help ???

I think its not for the majority but definitely appealing for a niche

I have a 2018 CHR. I love it, I haven’t taken it to the “dirt roads” yet, but I definitely would like to see an AWD option for this zippy compact crossover. THAT, and abit more horsepower would complete it. (Possibly add the Lexus UX 2.0L Turbo engine 🤷🏻‍♂️)

Speed. And power. Speed is the answer for fwd offroading.

Nothing more than a urban yuppie cruiser.Maybe try the Yaris Cross.

The rear end looks like a Caddy from the tail fins era had an illicit love child with a Prius... and that's being kind.

It's simply not fair. This isn't about Fwd off road. It's about how bad the street tires suck for traction.

Omg I just dealt with this. However it was a really steep hill loose soil. My suv is fwd. we just packed up from camping. I told the wife this will be the difficult hill. Problem was I lost track of when the hill was coming up. Sue to lots of hills. So I was too close to another vehicle that slowed down in the hill. If I was able to use my momentum, I would not have been stuck. One of my pals gave me a slight push with his hands and we were free. I’m sure I could have turn off traction control. Or have the whole line of us back up and allow me room to get back up to speed. But from a dead stop it’s a pain. Fed is capable but not always. Tread of tire helps too.

My wife has a C-HR lol..... and go figures, I WANTED her to just get the cheaper Corolla XSE Hatchback. Her C-HR was $28,000. The loaded Corolla Hatch was like $24,000.... She has only had the car for 18 months now and she’s planning on trading it in for a RAV4 Adventure/XSE Hybrid. But I bette not say “I told you so” lol

In my country the C-HR is available with AWD and is a very popular vehicle, sadly even with AWD it sucks off road, it has no ground clearance, no good angles, and the CVT ruins the AWD traction, I had to tow my friend's C-HR from a simple camping trail. The two other vehicles were a Subaru XV and a Volkswagen Tiguan that went up with 0 problems.

That is sad but I have only drove front wheel drive cars and have never had a issue like that car does

All season tires. Not recommend. Put some offroad wheels and place big mud tires at low tire pressure with 1 1/2 inch strut spacers to lift it. You'll do good offroading.

Seeeeeennnnnnd iiiiiiiit!!!! Yes Tommy, great video bro!!!

C-HR proves one point, you need all wheel drive. So every SUV that has AWD is worth buying. The vehicle is point less in my opinion.

I actually like it( at first I didn’t)🙃 . And has good ground clearance . There are a few sedans I like, SUBARU’S LEGACY- but not good ground clearance.

The only thing I don't like about my CHR is it does not support auto locking doors and this is an overlooked safety feature in this day and age

Well dang, I guess I’m gonna need a new vehicle now that I want to spend most of my time traveling from state forest to state forest lol

Wish it came is AWD. As it is it's basically just a slightly taller Corolla Hatchback with older tech and a worse engine. Unless you want a leather interior there is no reason to buy the C-HR over the Corolla Hatchback.

The distant cousin of the Pontiac Aztec.

Crossover isn't about off-roading, it's about ride height and easy of entry and exit. They are simply tall wagons.

Power/Torque, CVT, FWD, All-Season tires, Clearance, Altitude...not optimal to say the least.

Its more about the ground clearance, so you don't damage your exhaust and other parts on the rocks

You should take the new Ford Escape to see how well it will do

I hope the trailblazer at 10:25 in the background is an indicator of a video to come! ;)

You are using what look like very smooth summer tires. Not sure that's too fair a test. Would like to see same test in all terrain or winter tires.

At the end of the day its just a slightly funky looking pumped up European spec Corolla. We also get the better power unit options - 2.0 hybrid is the one to have.

Momentum is definitely the key for a FWD car.

I could do this in my 2019 Kia Soul! dual clutch on road tires.

I think it's a very cool car. Don't like the color, but I could live with it. Maybe a dark grey or silver/black.

The Wrangler and new Bronco are in big trouble with this new beast on the market...

People actually ask if you need AWD to go off road? As if 4x4/AWD is some marketing gimmick to make people pay for features they don't need? Smh.

A crossover? As much use as a chocolate fire guard 🤪

I love my CHR in the city and i have car for camping

All terrain tyres would help not road lol

traction control never undermines traction

See a fair few of these around in the U.K. and funnily it has only been offered as a hybrid car. Also only front wheel drive.

AWD CH-R has the 1.2l engine though, I don't think many people would buy that in the US.

Make a video of taking out the Hyundai kona electric in Colorado

Bro kept saying the radiator would break but it would have to go throughthe front bumper cover, then the actual bottom frame then the condenser then finally the radiator jesus christ

The tyres profile are stiff otherwise she's got enough toque she just need to get some psi off the tyres and some rugged handling, she can go wild👍🤷

I love C-HR design.

IF I went small like this thing I would get a trailblazer. The trailblazer made it up that same hill.

If you want more space just put the back seats down. This is not a family car to have kids in or in-laws, more of a single driver doing work around the city.

Dude put offroad tires on it at least

I drove it on a gravel uphill and it struggled while it was eating my money away

If it was a hybrid would have had made it. Hybrids has a plenty of torque from 0 rpm and the eCVT is way better with better tc set up. Driving axles not so important. Uphill obviously rwd or awd are way better.

You can just tell that this Toyota CHR was designed for Scion Millennial Yuppie cowards. It can’t even keep up with the AWD Honda HRV, Subaru Crossstrek, and Hyundai Kona. The Nissan Kicks, Hyundai Venue, and Nissan Juke could probably embarrass the Toyota CHR

Rav4 adventure? Mm I would say that Hybrid you reviewed last year was better. At least you did not tell them to buy a Rav4 TRD. LOL. That is what makes you legit in my book. You are aware of what is what. This C-HR is fine as a commuter but no, not ideal for any of this stuff. More aggressive tires help a little, but even with that aid, the CVT is going to kill its performance.

My CHR lower bumper rubs coming out of my barely to no incline driveway.

we need a real 4wd rav4 like 1st gen, it will be a jeep killer

I'll stick with my '12 4runner. Hope you made it back out.

I have a 4wd patriot for way less than that and it works fine on and off road. Some of it is the driver too lol.

traction control on is not recommended for offroad.

My Mom bought a 2020 CHR and last winter Toyota had a recall on the block heater. They asked people to come in so service can disconnect the block heat. It was -35 C when they told people in Winnipeg to stop using the block heater. Today Toyota has not replaced the block heater and winter is coming. I am done with Toyota and am telling people Toyota has nose dived in quality and are not fixing warranty issues in an appropriate time frame. I will never buy Toyota. Bought a new 2022 Mazda CX 5 GT Sport and I am very happy with it. Toyota is terrible.

This was painful to watch...kinda wish they would give us the hybrid version, pretty sure that it comes with e-AWD; I understand that it doesn't do a HELL of a lot, but it would get up that friggin' hill. Thoughts?

You got something against good tires? Try the michelin cross climate ll.