- The Toyota Corolla Cross is powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine rated for 169 horsepower and 150 pound-feet of torque
- It's offered in L, LE, and XLE trims for 2025, each with choice of FWD or AWD
- The 2025 Corolla Cross is available now, starting at $24,035
The Toyota Corolla Cross is a subcompact crossover SUV that capitalizes on the Corolla nameplate’s reputation for reliability and value. Competitors include the Kia Soul, the Nissan Kicks, and the Mazda CX-30.
2025 Toyota Corolla Cross Pricing, Specs, and Release Date
- What’s New for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross
- Design
- Powertrain
- Interior
- Technology
- Safety
- Pricing and Release Date
- Further Research
What’s New for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross
The Toyota Corolla Cross carries over unchanged for 2025. In its fourth year, this Toyota offers the value and mainstream appeal of the Corolla sedan, adapting its unremarkable yet inoffensive styling to a subcompact crossover platform with intimate seating for five and a sought-after higher driving position. There is also a Corolla Cross Hybrid, treated as a separate model.
Design
The Toyota Corolla Cross has a simple and unremarkable design, much like its namesake sedan. It’s a classic small crossover profile, like a lifted hatchback, and the cues are all Toyota, from the headlights to the colors to the wheels. The Corolla Cross comes standard with 17-inch wheels, and it’s available with 18-inch alloys for slightly more athletic visual flair.
Powertrain & Performance
Toyota equips the 2025 Corolla Cross with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine rated for a modest 169 horsepower and 150 pound-feet of torque and a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). Front-wheel drive (FWD) is standard and all-wheel drive (AWD) is available.
The Corolla Cross is loud, slow, and clunky, with engine whine under heavy acceleration and messy shifts from the CVT. Handling is ponderous. However, this Toyota gets competitive fuel economy ratings of 32 mpg combined in FWD models and 30 mpg combined for versions with AWD.
Interior
The Corolla Cross seats five. It comes standard with cloth upholstery and manually adjustable seats, and there’s lots of cheap plastic throughout the cabin, particularly in base trim. Synthetic leather upholstery is available, along with a power-adjustable driver’s seat. Cargo space falls short of the segment average, with 19.6 cubic feet behind the second row and 46.9 cubic feet with the rear seat folded in FWD models. AWD versions lose about 3 cubic feet overall.
Technology
The Corolla Cross lineup comes standard with a 4.2-inch information display, an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a six-speaker audio system. Upgraded versions include a 7-inch digital instrument display, JBL premium audio with nine speakers, wireless smartphone charging, and more USB ports.
Safety
Toyota provides a competitive list of standard safety features with the Corolla Cross. The menu includes a rearview camera, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warning, rear seat alerts, automatic high beams, adaptive cruise control, and pedestrian detection. Options include blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, parking sensors, adaptive headlights, and rear automatic braking.
Crash testing is incomplete as of this writing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded four out of five stars in the frontal crash evaluation, while the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded a top Good score in the small overlap front test and a mid-range Acceptable score in the moderate overlap front updated test.
Pricing and Release Date
The 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross is on sale now. The Corolla Cross L starts at $24,035, the Corolla Cross LE starts at $26,365, and the Corolla Cross XLE starts at $28,260, all with front-wheel drive. All-wheel drive is available across the trim lineup for $1,300 more. Toyota adds a $1,350 destination charge to these prices.