TOYOTA is renowned for being a cautious entity, but you wouldn’t necessarily surmise that from the C-HR’s bold styling.

Larger than the original RAV4 that kicked off the whole compact SUV craze back in the mid-‘90s, the company’s small SUV offering pushes brand barriers in other areas too, which it has to if consumers who are spoilt for choice with rivals such as the Mazda CX-3 and Honda HR-V are to take notice.

Here we assess the cheapest variant – which also happens to be the most fun.