{"id":32592,"date":"2022-06-01T20:44:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/2023-toyota-corolla-cross-adds-hybrid-efficiency-and-hustle\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T20:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:44:58","slug":"2023-toyota-corolla-cross-adds-hybrid-efficiency-and-hustle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/2023-toyota-corolla-cross-adds-hybrid-efficiency-and-hustle\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Adds Hybrid Efficiency and Hustle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toyota’s cheapest SUV is going hybrid.<\/p>\n
This electrified model beats its gas sibling by 7 mpg and should easily become one of the most affordable hybrids on the market.<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/h4>\n
Look for this broadened Corolla SUV range to continue to eat into sales of the nameplate’s more traditional sedan and hatch models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
The Toyota Corolla Cross<\/span> has been a value-minded (if low-frills) proposition at the entry-level end of the Japanese automaker’s SUV lineup, offering good space and solid fuel economy for a bargain price. Now entering its second year, this crossover is getting an even more efficient model, the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid.<\/p>\n This new gas-electric crossover relies on Toyota’s fifth-generation hybrid architecture, a seemingly easy port over from other TNGA-C platform vehicles like the Corolla Hybrid sedan<\/span>, a model with which the Corolla Cross shares its basic underpinnings. Toyota says the Cross’ four-cylinder with electric assist is good for 194 horsepower and a projected 0-60 mph time of 8 seconds. Those are modest figures, but they should also be enough to make the Hybrid model meaningfully quicker than the 169-hp gas-only Corolla Cross, which is one of the more leisurely accelerating vehicles on the market today. <\/p>\n More importantly, Toyota says buyers can expect 37 miles per gallon on the EPA combined city \/ highway fuel economy cycle. That would be a solid 5-mpg improvement over today’s front-wheel-drive gas-only Corolla Cross, which gets 31 city \/ 33 highway \/ 32 combined mpg ratings. Even more impressive? The Hybrid manages those figures with standard all-wheel drive, which means the efficiency delta is an even-more-impressive 7 mpg on the combined cycle over the gas-only AWD Corolla Cross.<\/p>\n This new Hybrid model will be available in LE and XLE trims, along with a trio of new S, SE and XSE Sport grades. S models get unique front and rear fascias along with a sport-tuned suspension, 17-inch alloy wheels, LED exterior lights and an 8-inch infotainment display. Stepping up to the SE trim adds paddle shifters, blind-spot monitor and rear cross-traffic alert, as well as roof rails and darker privacy glass. The sportiest and most equipment-rich XSE trim nets inch-larger wheels, a power heated driver’s seat trimmed in SofTex faux leather upholstery, as well as even fancier LED illumination and fog lamps.<\/p>\n In news that should appeal to all of the model’s customers – not just hybrid shoppers – the entire 2023 Corolla Cross range receives updated infotainment with wireless Apple CarPlay<\/span> and Android Auto<\/span> integration, along with USB-C connectors. The new system features a more powerful voice recognition setup along with over-the-air updates and an available AT&T 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot.<\/p>\n No word yet on pricing for the crossover, but look for its MSRP to be commensurately higher than today’s 2022 Corolla Cross L AWD gas model, which starts at $ 24,960 (including $ 1,215 delivery). <\/p>\n The new 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid will be built in Huntsville, Alabama, and is expected to roll into dealerships this fall.<\/p>\n