Our hilly ascent was almost as steep as our learning curve as we got to grips with Auris Hybrid on Barcelona’s mountain roads on Tuesday, while yesterday’s cross-city drive was the ultimate fuel economy test, but it all seems like a long time ago now - we’re back from the Auris Hybrid press launch and have been hard at work answering all of your burning questions.
The question is: did we manage it? Those of you who followed our progress yesterday will know exactly what I mean. Melissa and I thought we had set the bar pretty high. After all, averaging nearly 66mpg over 105 miles of challenging roads is not usually very easy. Except, this time it was. Almost too easy. Would day two of the press launch deliver the same - or perhaps even better - level of fuel economy, or had we peaked too early?
What a difference a day makes. Auris Hybrid is here, Okay, so by here I mean, Barcelona. But we’re here, too. Melissa and I have flown to Spain’s second largest city to drive one of the first British-built Auris Hybrids. One test route and 105 miles later, we’ve already learnt a lot. And it’s only day one…
This is it. Months of speculation are about to come to an end. We’ve seen the concepts, attended the conventions and registered our interest. We definitely have a few questions. And now we’re getting behind the wheel of the new Auris with Hybrid Synergy Drive for the first time. We’re ready to find out what the world’s most advanced compact hatchback is really like. It’s time for some answers…
We were lucky enough to see the new Auris Hybrid for real at the Geneva motor show. Now, we’re going one better - we’re packing our bucket and spade (okay, camera and laptop) and heading off to the official press launch in Barcelona from 18-19 May…
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