Toyota has just launched its new Corolla Cross SUV
- Toyota has just launched its new Corolla Cross SUV based on the Corolla sedan in North America. By its dimensions (4.46 m long), it is placed between the Toyota CHR (B-segment / 4.23 m) and the Toyota RAV4 (D-segment / 4.60 m). So this is a C-segment SUV which is to the Corolla what the Yaris Cross is to the Yaris.
- The Corolla Cross is based on the Toyota's TNGA-C platform (Corolla, RAV4, etc.) and is more inspired by RAV4 than CHR. It has a 2.0-liter petrol engine producing 169 hp. An hybrid engine (the same as the Corolla) will be added in 2022, but no diesel planned for this model. It is produced at Toyota's Blue Springs plant (USA) since August 2021 and is currently sold in North America. Like the Toyota Camry and Highlander, the Toyota Corolla Cross could be imported from the United States to Europe from next year, with the carmaker wishes to take advantage of the success of SUVs in Europe.
- The Corolla Cross will try to expand the range of Toyota SUVs and catch customers of Corolla and RAV4 whose sales figures are extremely important, as in 2020 there are nearly one million units sold in the world for each of the two models. And as it grew, the Toyota RAV4 left a segment available in Toyota's product lineup, a Nissan Qashqai-sized vehicle that is lacking in Toyota's lineup today.
- Other carmakers offer several SUVs in the same segment, such as Volkswagen (T-Roc, Tiguan), Audi (Q2, Q3), Opel (Crossland, Mokka) or Hyundai (Bayon, Kona), Toyota would only add to this list. The CHR, Corolla Cross and RAV4 could thus coexist in the same European range.
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