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New models - Toyota - Corolla CrossPrices up for sharper, techier Corolla CrossToyota Corolla Cross scores new looks, GR Sport trim, more tech with small price rise30 Jun 2025 By TOM BAKER SHARPENED looks, new creature comforts, more safety tech, and the addition of a GR Sport trim crown this year’s updates to the Toyota Corolla Cross small SUV.
The enhancements – led by the adoption of a fresher front-end design first seen for the Thai market in early 2024 – come at a cost, with Corolla Cross pricing creeping up by two per cent across the range.
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) has largely retained the existing structure of the Corolla Cross range, though today’s trio of GX, GXL and Atmos trims becomes a quartet with the addition of a GR Sport co-flagship.
Arrival timing of the updated Corolla Cross is staggered, with TMCA advising that the GX and Atmos grades are available for order from late July 2025 while the GXL and GR Sport trims will arrive later, in Q4 2025.
Since launch the Corolla Cross has remained in the shadow of the larger RAV4, which leads the medium SUV segment with 21,613 deliveries so far in 2025.
By contrast, the Corolla Cross places fifth in the tightly fought small SUV segment, with 5772 year-to-date deliveries sitting behind the Hyundai Kona (8757 deliveries), MG ZS (8232), Haval Jolion (7029), and Chery Tiggo 4 Pro (6228).
The standard Corolla range (available as a sedan or hatchback) and from which the Corolla Cross derives its famous name, remains more popular locally with 7907 deliveries so far this year.
Buying into a Corolla Cross now starts at $37,440 plus on-road costs for the GX base trim, which can be had only in front-wheel drive format – a price increase of $960.
TMCA has chosen to withhold final specifications for the updated GX for the time being, though a leaked dealer bulletin indicated the grade might gain low-speed autonomous emergency braking (AEB), reversing AEB, and wireless Android Auto functionality.
Meanwhile, the GXL – which has increased by $1260 and $960 in 2WD and AWD formats to $41,490 and $44,190 + ORC respectively – has been confirmed to pick up a new LED headlight signature.
The leaked bulletin suggests a 360-degree camera, heated front seats, wireless phone charger and a new piano-black centre console will be fitted to the mid-grade trim.
Atmos grades in 2WD or AWD (up $960) gain a new 18-inch alloy wheel design and are understood to gain ventilated front seats (in addition to standard heating) and a new centre console design finished in piano black – the latter shared with GXL.
For the same $50,990 + ORC price as the Atmos, buyers can instead opt for a sportier-styled GR Sport grade that features extensive mechanical alterations. In the past, GR Sport trims have been mostly visual.
Confirmed specifications for the GR Sport include dark-finish 19-inch wheels, unique dampers with a GR Sport suspension tune, an exclusive electric power steering tune and a GR Sport bodykit.
Inside, the GR Sport is understood to feature artificial suede seat upholstery with red stitching and paddle shifters.
Unchanged from 2024 is TMCA’s decision to sell the Corolla Cross exclusively with a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain.
A 2.0-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine is paired to either two (2WD) or three (AWD) electric motors. All versions produce 146kW of power and are partnered with an eCVT automatic transmission.
All Toyota passenger cars and SUVs (with the exception of full-fat GR models and 4WDs) are now hybrid-only in Australia – a strategy that reduces TMCA’s fleet-average CO2 emissions for NVES purposes.
Claimed consumption of between 4.3-4.4L/100km (and official CO2 emissions of 97-101g/km) makes the Corolla Cross more efficient than most, though it is bested by the Hyundai Kona hybrid (3.9L/100km, 88g/km CO2).
The Corolla Cross is expected to substitute R134a air conditioning refrigerant for newer R1234yf gas, which performs similarly but has lower global warming potential – a measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere.
TMCA has also dropped eFour as the marketing name for the Corolla Cross’s optional electrified rear axle, switching to more familiar ‘AWD’ nomenclature.
Glacier White and Frosted White carry across to an updated Corolla Cross colour palette alongside new hues in Ink, Massive Grey, Shadow Platinum, Feverish Red, and Ash Slate – with the latter three (plus Frosted White) available with an optional black roof on ‘some variants’.
2025 Toyota Corolla Cross pricing*:
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