The Corolla Cross has a practical cabin with physical buttons and dials for various vehicle functions along with a touchscreen for multimedia. Cabin materials are pragmatic, prioritising hardwearing surfaces over plush and eye-catching materials.

The Corolla Cross is a five seat SUV. The GX grade's seats are wrapped in cloth, the GXL has a mixture of cloth and synthetic leather and the Atmos is a leather and synthetic leather. Only the Atmos has power adjustable seats.

All Corolla Cross variants come with a hybrid set-up that includes a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol, electric motor and small battery that combine for a 146kW. Toyota does not provide a total torque figure.

The Corolla Cross can complete the benchmark 0-100km/h sprint in between 7.5 and 7.7 seconds depending on the variant. Top speed is around 180km/h.

All Corolla Crosses come with LED headlights and daytime running lights. GXL and Atmos grades have roof rails.

The GX grade has an 8.0-inch touchscreen and the others get a 10.25-inch display. Only the Atmos gets a fully-digital driver display, heated seats, heated steering wheel and moonroof.

The Corolla Cross has a 36-litre fuel tank in the front-wheel drive versions and 43-litres in the all-wheel drive versions. Toyota claims fuel use is 4.2L/100km for 2WD examples and 4.4L/100km for AWD versions. This means 2WD variants have a theoretical driving range of 857km and AWD vehicles can drive up to 977km. All versions can run on E10 or 91 RON petrol.