Denis Droppa drives Toyota’s new locally built crossover, which targets 20,000 sales a year
Locally built Corolla Cross aims to dominate the crossover segment. Picture: SUPPLIED
Toyota’s ambition of selling at least 20,000 Corolla Cross units a year is bold in a cut-throat crossover segment that sees cheaper-priced Chinese rivals coming to the fore, particularly the new Haval Jolion which sold more than 1,000 units in October. An even more audacious plan is for more than 50% of Corolla Cross sales to be the hybrid version by 2025. That’s in a market which last year sold a grand total of 324 new-energy vehicles , which comprise electric cars and hybrids.
In May, the department of trade, industry & competition committed to the advancement of NEVs with a green paper titled The SA Road to Production of Electric Vehicles, which hinted at duty reductions and tax incentives that could soon lower the prices of EVs and hybrids.
The cabin is impressively spacious. The Corolla Cross is one of the largest vehicles in its class with a 4,460mm length that betters rivals such as the VW T-Cross, Ford EcoSport, Renault Duster, Peugeot 2008 and Mazda CX-3, though slightly shorter than the 4,472mm Jolion.
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