Toyota prices bZ4X Touring £45,995

Toyota has finally put a U.K. price on the bZ4X Touring — the longer, boxier, more practical version of its electric SUV. The number is £45,995 on the road, and that matters because this is the version that fixes one of the standard bZ4X’s biggest weak spots: luggage space. Orders open in June, and first customer cars are due in July. Basically, Toyota is trying to turn a slightly awkward EV into something that makes more sense for families. ### What is the Touring, exactly? It’s not a totally separate car. It’s a stretched, taller-roof version of the bZ4X with more rear cargo room, a bit more rear headroom, and a more upright wagon-like tail. Toyota is pitching it as the adventure-friendly, family-use version of the same electric platform — still an SUV, but one with estate-car practicality baked in. (media.toyota.co.uk) ### Why is the price getting attention? Because £45,995 is not wildly above where a well-specced regular bZ4X already sits, but the Touring gives buyers a lot more usable space. Toyota’s U.K. range starts with a front-wheel-drive Design model at £45,995 and tops out with an all-wheel-drive Excel at £51,695. Both trims get a 14-inch Toyota Smart Connect+ screen, heated front seats, a power back door, and roof rails as standard. (toyota.co.uk) ### How much more practical is it? This is the whole point of the car. Cargo capacity jumps to 669 litres, which is more than 200 litres up on the regular bZ4X’s 452-litre boot. Rear headroom also improves by 20 mm thanks to the reshaped roofline. That may sound minor, but in family-car terms it’s the difference between “weekend away” and “everyone pack carefully.” (media.toyota.co.uk) ### What about range and battery? Toyota says the Touring uses a 74.7 kWh battery pack. In the U.K. lineup, the front-wheel-drive Design version is rated for up to 366 miles, while the dual-motor all-wheel-drive Excel goes lower because of the extra power and traction hardware. So the Touring is not just roomier — in the right version, it also edges into the kind of range figure that makes long family trips feel less annoying. (toyota.co.uk) ### Is this the fast one? Depends which one you mean. The base Design model uses a single motor and front-wheel drive. The flagship Excel gets dual motors, all-wheel drive, and up to 380 hp. That puts the Touring closer to “quick family EV” than “slow practical hauler,” and it also gives it up to 1,500 kg of towing capacity. That towing number matters more than the sprint time here — it makes the car more useful in ways a lot of EVs still aren’t. (toyota.co.uk) ### Why is Toyota doing this now? Because Toyota’s EV lineup in Europe and the U.K. is getting broader, and the plain bZ4X was never the most convincing family load-lugger. The Touring gives Toyota a more credible answer to buyers looking at roomy electric crossovers and wagon-ish SUVs from Skoda, Peugeot, and others. It also lands alongside Toyota’s wider battery-electric push, with the bZ4X, C-HR+, and Urban Cruiser forming a more complete range. (toyota.co.uk) ### So who is this really for? It’s for the buyer who wants an EV but still shops like a family-car buyer — pushchairs, dogs, holiday bags, bikes, flat-pack furniture, all that boring real-world stuff. The regular bZ4X was easier to justify on style and Toyota badge trust than on pure practicality. The Touring changes that equation. (evpowered.co.uk) ### Bottom line The news here is simple — Toyota has priced the bZ4X Touring like a serious mainstream family EV, not a niche body-style experiment. The catch is that £45,995 is still a lot of money. But turns out Toyota may have found the version of the bZ4X that makes the most everyday sense. (media.toyota.co.uk) (carmagazine.co.uk)