The 2026 Toyota Corolla Cross Receives Styling and Tech Updates

by Chris Teague

Published: May 8th, 2025

the 2026 toyota corolla cross receives styling and tech updates

The Toyota Corolla Cross debuted for the 2022 model year as a – you guessed it – crossover version of the popular Corolla sedan. Now a few years into its first generation, it’s time for an overhaul, and Toyota has one ready for the 2026 model year.

The SUV received a styling overhaul, which includes a new grille for the hybrid model and a wider, more rugged look for the gas variant. Toyota introduced a new paint color and two new wheel designs, with 18-inch wheel options for the XLE and Hybrid XSE trims.

Inside, the Corolla Cross gained a new center console design with more storage space, and a new available 10.5-inch touchscreen. The vehicle is also available with a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster.

Corolla Cross Hybrids come with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and three electric motors with a combined output of 196 horsepower. Toyota claims an 8-second 0-60 mph time and up to 42 mpg combined for the hybrid. Gas models get a 2.0-liter four-cylinder and a continuously variable transmission. It sees 169 horsepower and up to 32 mpg with front-wheel drive. All-wheel drive models drop to 30 mpg combined.

Safety equipment is a strong point, with every Corolla Cross offering Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 as standard. The package includes automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, forward collision warnings, adaptive cruise control, automatic high beams, road sign recognition, and more.

The 2026 Toyota Corolla Cross will be built at the automaker’s facility in Huntsville, Alabama. It will reach dealers’ lots later this year, and pricing details will be available closer to the release.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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MaintenanceCosts on May 08, 2025

This and others in its segment are now Default Car. They define what a "car" is in the eyes of much of the US market - women basically across all American demographics, and men in those areas where masculinity does not require a full-size truck with high-offset wheels.

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- Ajla on May 08, 2025
  
  If you're talking about the next size class up (Rogue, CRV, RAV4) I agree.
  
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Slavuta on May 08, 2025

Wonderful car. Drop 2L Turbo from NX and MT, I am in... may be

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