The saloon car market isn’t what it once was, with family SUVs now very much in fashion, but Toyota is hoping that it can revive the segment with electric power, as it launches the new bZ7.
We first got a glimpse of the car way back in 2021, when Toyota revealed 11 electrified concept cars in one go, including the mid-size ‘bZ concept’ saloon. While some of those cars, such as the Lexus RZ and Toyota bZ4X, have since made it to production and gone on sale in the UK, the bZ7 looks set to stay as a China-only product, having been co-developed with Toyota’s Chinese partner, GAC.
The bZ7 takes on a few more modern Toyota design traits than the bZ concept. We can see the front end uses a similar headlight design to the new Prius and C-HR, and given that it’s an all-electric car, there’s just a small opening low down in the bumper rather than a full grille.
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