Used Toyota cars for sale

The cheapest modern used Toyota car is the Aygo – a compact hatchback that was sold new from 2005 to 2021. It was replaced by the Aygo X in 2022 – a slightly more expensive model with a higher stance and SUV-style design. Other cheap used Toyotas include the Yaris and Auris – both very cost-effective options.

Toyota was founded in Japan, and is still based there, but its cars are built all over the world. Most Toyotas sold in the UK are built in Europe – the Corolla in England, the Yaris in France and in the Czech Republic, where the Aygo is made. Some models are still built in Japan, and some Toyota models are built in the US.

The most popular Toyota models – the Yaris, Corolla, C-HR and RAV4 – are available as hybrids, while the Prius is available only with hybrid power. Toyota was one of the first car brands to make a big-selling hybrid model and it still offers more hybrid options than many other car companies.

Toyota’s hybrid cars use a combination of a petrol engine and an electric motor to give better fuel economy and lower CO2 emissions than you’d get with a petrol engine alone. All come with an automatic gearbox as standard and will allow you to drive at low speed for a (very) short distance using electric power alone. Toyota calls them ‘self-charging hybrids’ since there’s no need (and no way) to plug them in to recharge the battery pack.

Some models are available with plug-in hybrid power, where a larger battery pack and motor give an electric-only range of 30 miles or so – if you keep the battery charged up.

You can find out more about how hybrids work here.

EV mode is a feature in a Toyota hybrid model that allows you to prioritise pure-electric power. Press the button marked ‘EV’ and it changes the car’s settings so that it gets its power from the battery wherever possible. You still only get a limited amount of electric-only travel, however, and EV mode is overridden if you need to accelerate hard or there’s not enough battery charge to make it work.