 What is up you guys, I'll go back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I'm Gold Pony as you new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2023 Toyota BZ4X courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so today we are in this one because this is a fully electric SUV from Toyota. It is brand new for 2023 as well. And just for everyone who always has this question as far as the warranty goes for the EV drive components that is going to be covered for eight years or 100,000 miles. I know everyone that's always like the first question they ask but ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be a couple different configurations for the BZ4X. First one being the XLE front wheel drive for $42,000. Even XLE all wheel drive for $44,080. Limited front wheel drive for $46,700. And lastly, the limited all wheel drive, the one we have today, starting at $48,780. And so there's actually two different power plants we're gonna call them. One for the front wheel drive configuration, the other for the all wheel drive. And so the front wheel drive is gonna be powered by a single electric motor, giving you 201 horsepower, 196 pound feet of torque. As far as the range goes, it's gonna differ between the trim levels. For the XLE, it comes in at 252 miles, which is plenty respectable there. And for the limited 242 miles. So definitely pretty nice there as well. And Toyota says at a DC fast charger, this thing is going to charge up to 80% in less than an hour. So pretty much on point there as well. But then you got the dual electric motor version belonging to the all wheel drive configurations. That one puts out 214 horsepower, 248 pound feet of torque, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 6.4 seconds. We're gonna do that acceleration here in a little bit. But as far as the range goes for that one, 228 miles for the XLE and 222 miles then, for the limited. And by the way, I did want to also mention for either configuration to get one year of free charging at any EV go location that you could find. So I just wanted to mention that. Although if you're smart, you're probably just gonna call an electrician and have an home charger put in. That's what I would do. Anyways, now that I've got all of that out of the way, I do want to mention the drive modes. They are located just to the right of the shifter. And by the way, shifter is 100% different than anything I've ever seen before. So let me quickly go over that. Essentially you push it down and then you turn it to the left for reverse, push it down, turn it to the right for drive. And then you simply just press in for neutral. And then the P button is obviously for park. So little bit different configuration there. But drive modes, back to them, they will include eco, normal and snow. That's gonna be the standard drive modes. But if you go with the all-wheel drive, you can get some off-road drive modes as well. And they're going to include snow and dirt, deep snow and mud, and there's some grip control modes then as well if you were to go with that all-wheel drive configuration. But now that I've got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the acceleration here to the test. I'll always enjoy acceleration tests in electric cars. And maybe we'll see why here in a second, but let's go ahead and put this thing in the test. And let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, here we go. We've got her straightaway in three, two, one, go. Instant. Sounds like a little fighter jet. This thing is fun, man. Definitely 100%. Not gonna have any issues merging onto the highway. No, it took it to be wrong. It's not gonna be as fast as like a long-range Model 3 or something like that or a Model Y. But still, that is plenty. What you find with fast cars is you don't usually use the power as much as you think you're gonna use it. Having her to Ford Mustang GT, that was pretty modified. I can tell you there's not really that many opportunities. So quite honestly, the power in this thing is plenty. Definitely enough to put a smile on your face. I love accelerations in electric cars because it usually feels a lot quicker than the numbers lead it on to believe. So big fan of the acceleration in the BZ4X. Anyways, let's go ahead and touch on the braking because as always, that is equally important. So upfront, you will find 12.9 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 12.5 inch ventilated rear discs. As far as that six easier stopping distance goes, that is going to commit at 125 feet. As far as braking feel goes, it's fine. Yeah, that definitely feels perfectly fine. It's pretty much as I would expect. It's kind of on the firmer side of things as well in terms of the braking feel. So I'm a big fan of that because you don't always get that in SUVs, especially electric vehicles. A lot of times with electric vehicles, the braking feel is super wonky, but that is not the case here in the BZ4X. For that reason, 100% on point. It feels like a gasoline powered braking feel. I'll put it that way, which is a very good thing, at least in my personal opinion. But anyways, didn't want to also mention with the braking, there is no full one pedal drive mode like you typically find in most other SUVs. It's probably one thing I would switch up if I were to it, at least in the future maybe. But anyways, then touching on suspension and handling. Up front, you're going to get an independent Mephyrsen strut front suspension. In the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, we're going 55 miles per hour right now. Honestly, it's super smooth. More so than I would expect without this being an adaptive damping suspension or air suspension or anything like that. This is an incredibly smooth ride. Definitely didn't expect this kind of ride quality from the BZ4X, but touching on steering feel is probably the first thing I noticed. I feel like every electric vehicle I drive, it's a heavy steering feel. And it's kind of like a go-kart at most. It feels great. It feels like the Tesla Model Y that I reviewed a few months back. So definitely on the heavier side of things, I absolutely love the steering feel in the BZ4X. So new issues there. Touching on cabin noise, again, still going 55 miles per hour. You get a little bit of road noise, but for the most part, for an electric car at least, it's 100% on point. There's no engine noise, obviously. So I don't mind the cabin noise in this thing. Touching on visibility, I can see 100% perfectly fine out the back. So again, not going to have any issues there. Also want to mention though, rain-sensing windshield wipers do come standard on both trim levels. So essentially what that is, is whenever this thing detects any kind of Mr. Rainfall, it's gonna automatically turn on those windshield wipers. So it's kind of like automatic headlights. It's just one last thing you gotta worry about there as well. So that's quite brilliant. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review, guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Toyota BZ4X. All right, you guys. Here she is, the new 2023 Toyota BZ4X finished in windchill pearl. The combination with that gloss black exterior as well. But definitely a very unique look. Really looks like nothing else on the road. Let me know in the comments if you're digging the styling of this one. But there are plenty of two-tone color options, including the one that we have today available. They don't come standard necessarily, but they are available. So don't want to mention that. As far as where this thing is made, this one is made in Japan. You can tell by the letter J on the first character of the bin there. So a little fun fact for you there. But as always, let's go ahead and start up front. Of course, you are not going to find a front grill. It is not needed in electric vehicles, hence the reason why it is not there. So anyways, to the sides, by LED projector headlights are going to come standard on the XLE that comes with LED daytime running lights and the automatic feature and automatic high beams. So when you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's got to automatically dim that back to low beams. And when that vehicle is gone, it's got to automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there. So big fan of that. But if you do go with the limited, you do get multi LED headlights. You guys can see we have multiple little LED projector headlights up front there. So a little added illumination comparatively speaking to the XLE trim level. So didn't want to mention that. But now let's go ahead and jump up to the hood here because Toyota calls this a hammerhead hood with black painted accents. So that is what they call it. It's kind of a cool looking hood. Again, definitely different. So big fan of that. I like the little creases on the black portion of the hood up top there as well. So that looks pretty darn good. In case you guys couldn't tell, there's some black accents on the corners here. And that's going to kind of emphasize or highlight the front air curtains which help direct air around the wheel and tire combination around the side there. So a little better aerodynamics yet again. But overall, again, let me know what you think of the styling in the comments section below but that pretty much rounds out the front end. So now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right. So now since we are around to the side of the BZ4X Chrome upper window trim does come standard across the board. Gloss black roof again is going to be optional. We got that. So I wanted to emphasize that. Rear privacy glass is going to come standard, of course. I like that. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are gloss black power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated. They are also though power folding with puddle lights. So there's last two you typically don't find standard. So I am a big fan of that. You do have some gloss black accents found on the fenders of course and the side skirts as well. Take a look down then at the wheel setup, 18 inch alloy wheels with covers for the XLE and then 20 inch machine finished multi spoke alloys for the limited that we have today. So definitely looks good there. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile. So now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right. So now since we are around to the back of this one gloss black shark fin antenna all the way to the top you kind of had dual rear spoilers and the rear spoilers on this thing are pretty darn aggressive as well. So I want to get a little bit up close and there is kind of a integrated brake light just below that upper rear spoiler on the inside there but you got that upper rear spoiler and then you got this lower rear spoiler as well. So double duty there. That is pretty cool. But no rear window wiper. Sometimes you get that on SUVs but I suppose Toyota felt like it wasn't needed here on the BZ4X so that is not present. LED tail lights do come standard and I love the design on these LED tail lights. So it's kind of like horizontal bars going through it all definitely looks very good. BZ4X of course badging back there. By the way, BZ stands for beyond zero. It's kind of a Toyota's electric lineup. That's what you're going to be looking for there. And of course just below everything there is no exhaust outlet because this is an electric vehicle after all. So having said that let's just go ahead and stay in the back here and let's move on to the interior. All right. So now since we are around back of the BZ4X when it comes to opening that rear liftgate it is a hands free, foot activated powered liftgate. If you go with the limited trim level only so we do have that. So all I need to do is simply kick my foot underneath. It's going to automatically open up for me if my hands were full. So I did want to emphasize that. There's also the little rubberized button on the liftgate itself. So that's the power liftgate portion of it. So that is pretty cool. But once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 38.8 cubic feet. If that was not enough space of course as rear seats do fall down bumping that up 56.1 cubic feet then there is a cargo cover that comes standard back there. There is LED cargo lighting that comes standard as well. And there is some in-floor storage if you lift up underneath of that cargo floor and that's probably gonna be for the charging cables and everything. So that's where we're gonna put that. You could probably put an ice scraper back there of course as well but a lot of grocery bag hooks as well back there. So quite a bit going on but now let's go ahead and make our way up to the rear leg room. And that is going to come in at 35.3 inches. So for reference I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I had in those rear seats. Rear ventilation is going to come standard. There are two rear USB charging ports for both trim levels coming standard. I like that. Heated rear seats are actually going to be optional on the limited. We do have that option. So it's spoiled the rear passengers a little bit there. Rear center armrest with cup holders. I like that. And I liked it even more because there's kind of like a slot where you can put maybe a larger tablet to kind of slot it in there or yourself in for that matter. But I do like that. I could see my kids using that in the back there but rear ambient floor lighting coming standard. I was a big fan of that. And of course you're going to get front seat back matte pockets then as well. So pretty much everything you possibly want in the back seats then. But then make our way up to the front seats. A fabric soft tax combination is going to come on the XLE as far as finishes go. But you're just going to get a flat soft tax finish then for the limited that we have today which is plenty fine. Eight way power driver seat with power lumbar for the limited heated and ventilated front seats for the limited as well. And then you can get heated front seats on the XLE but it is an option for the XLE then. But overall seating was plenty comfortable. The lumbar adjustment was plenty fine. So definitely didn't have any issues there. Then take a look at the steering wheel. It is tail end telescoping. It is actually leather wrapped for both trim levels. So big fan of that. And if you were to go with the limited it is going to be a heated steering wheel then as well for the super cold days in Western Maryland kind of like today. It is 42 degrees out right now. That is cold. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key essentially all of your buttons are located on one side of the key. Got lock, unlock that button to pop the rear tailgate there and hold button for AC. So that is pretty cool. So it is all keyless entry with push button start ultimately though. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the air vents there. And so once started up this is one of my favorite parts about the BZ4X here seven inch digital gauge cluster. It looks kind of similar to the Volkswagen ID4 of a member driving but it is kind of like a little video game gauge cluster. I think it's so stick and cool. And the fact that it sits back so far and a little bit higher it kind of helps you keep your eyes on the road a lot better too than your traditional gauge cluster. So it's kind of like you're driving a car in a video game. I think that's so cool the way the gauge cluster is set up. It gives you your outside temperature of course how many miles you have left until you have to recharge as expected with gear you're in. It gives you the digital speed readout and time of day and a couple of safety features as well. So pretty much everything you could possibly want on those digital gauges. And like I said, the design of it I absolutely love. I liked it in the Volkswagen too. So anyways, then making our way to overall interior quality panoramic glass roof for the power sunshade comes standard. I absolutely love that LED interior lighting to match the LED cargo lighting of course dual zoom climate control coming standard. There is a wireless phone charger and it's located kind of within this kind of translucent cover here. So I thought that was pretty cool too. So got the wireless phone charger standard auto dimming rear view mirror with home light controls are gonna come standard on the limited trim level only. And that's for up to three different garage doors just below that mirror there. There's a little bit of hidden storage below the wireless phone charger in this center deck here. So you got a 12 volt power outlet down there. There's a charging port. There's a little place to put your cell phone little bit of a kind of carpeted kind of storage area down there and where the owner's manual is right now as well. So, but I like that it's hidden because I guess if you're a girl you can put your purse down there and maybe less people are likely to see it. I don't know, but just behind the wireless phone charger you do dual cup holders. And within the center armrest there's a little bit of storage quite honestly it's not as much as I would expect in a SUV but there is a little bit but as far as materials go some of them I like some of them could do a little better like for example, I love all the gloss black finishes around the shifter and all that. So a big fan of that I also like this cool little felt kind of material found just above the passenger side glove box just behind the infotainment screen as well. What I don't like is we're sitting in a $50,000 car with the door handles in black plastic straight off of the Toyota Corolla. So that I am not a fan of I would have liked to have seen since this is such an expensive vehicle maybe they finished that like they finished the Lexus door handles kind of like a samurai sword design finished in silver or even the power window buttons are finished in a matte black plastic as well even if they coated them in like a silver finish and kept them plastic that would have been better than the way they currently are maybe I'm being nitpicky but this is a $50,000 SUV so I would have expected to see something that didn't come off the Corolla but anyways now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen 12.3 inch color touch screen display does come standard Bluetooth and audio streaming coming standard Android Auto Apple CarPlay but it gets better than that wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay so that is even better absolutely love that so you got your free navigation through that so that is pretty cool of course you can check out your charging statistics up there if you wanted to as well there's of course your radio information so when it comes to the sound systems six speakers is going to come standard on the XLE but there is a nine speaker JBL sound system with the subwoofer and an external amp for the limited so having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today let's test out the clarity of this one that was brilliant that was really really good honestly that was an incredible sound system and I've had a actually my first car I put a JBL subwoofer was an external one just because I thought it was cool but that was incredible base was wonderful clarity is 100% on point it sounded like you were at a concert this is a brilliant sound system for the BZ4X without a doubt but last thing I want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put this thing in reverse again push down on the shifter turn it to the left you will get a rear view camera coming standard across the board you will also get though a 360 degree monitor giving you the birds IV for the limited trim level only and of course this is electric vehicle when you do put it in reverse you're going to kind of get this soft kind of little noise just for anybody on the outside so they know that you are actually backing up because this thing is extremely quiet because it's an electric vehicle but as always that is going to lead us into safety and so this thing is not yet rated by IHS but going off Toyota's history I'm sure it would do just fine there front side side curtain airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well in the back you're going to have latch aka lower entrance to the tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks temperature monitoring system but also coming standard Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 and so what that includes is a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection lane departure alert steering assist lane tracing assist automatic high beams dynamic radar cruise control and road sign assist then as well so overall when it comes to my final thoughts again I absolutely love the digital gauge cluster makes you feel like you're in a video game this thing is incredibly quick as well not as quick as a Tesla but still it's plenty fine for me again you don't use Tesla speed in everyday driving from my personal experience driving a 500 horsepower Mustang Toyota reliability you got that going for you as well personally I would feel heck of a lot better driving this as opposed to just about all other electric vehicles in terms of reliability just because of Toyota's reputation as far as room for improvement goes I got two things there is no one pedal driving which I would have loved to have seen because that is such a cool feature on so many other vehicles out there like the Ford Mustang Mach-E like the Teslas and just about all other electric vehicles so I'll put it that way and the other thing is there are some parts about the interior quality that I probably would change like the Corolla door handles and the plastic on the power window buttons but other than that this thing is perfectly fine for me actually had a lot of fun in this thing so let me know what you guys think of the BZ4X in the comment section below and that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching if you're free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanna see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more then you know when I will see you guys all in the next video stay go