Could UMW Toyota Motor be planning to launch a Toyota Corolla Cross GR Sport in Malaysia? A sportier version of the Toyota Corolla Cross might be hitting Malaysian showrooms soon according to what we found.
We sighted this advertisement posted by a sales agent listing a GR Sport variant of the Corolla Cross for RM15x,xxx. The listing also lists it as a Hybrid instead of the normal 1.8L petrol version. As a comparison, the regular Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid is priced at RM142,000.
Offering the GR Sport exclusively as a hybrid matches what Toyota did for the model in Thailand. It’s also a hybrid only model in our northern neighbour.
The GR Sport bodykit has a significantly different front fascia. There’s a new grille with a horizontal bar and a thick gloss-black surround that leads into the headlights, reminiscent of the latest facelift for the Land Cruiser 200. Lower down, you’ll find a more aggressive triple air intake design, plus a beefier decorative skid plate.
At the rear, clear LED tail lights are fitted. Rounding off the exterior changes are the black roof and unique 18-inch turbine-design two-tone alloy wheels. Inside, you get black leather seats with a white centre stripe and GR-embossed headrests, a perforated leather-wrapped gearknob, gloss black interior trim and a smattering of GR badges. Also included are some chassis tweaks, consisting of retuned steering and a lower strut bar.
The above are of course the Thai specs. For the Malaysian specs and actual pricing, we’ll have to wait until the eventual launch to find out what our Toyota Corolla Cross GR Sport will be getting.
GALLERY: Toyota Corolla Cross GR Sport in Thailand
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- blurred motion urban road,suzhou,jiangsu province,china.
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- blurred motion urban road,suzhou,jiangsu province,china.
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Booooo.. gr becoming more and more like trd keep the name plate for Toyota’s sports and performance department la
New branding of TRD
For that price can get a much bigger & better equipped CRV. This overpriced ah beng junk does not make any sense.
Still using leg brake – parking brake?
Still living in ancient age… still using leg brake… super idiots and think buyers no brain
it’s literally not a ‘sporty’ vehicle so why even try lol. it would make more sense if they updated Malaysia’s Corolla Cross with an electronic parking brake, give us the fully digital instrument cluster and perhaps throw in the upgraded JBL speakers.
TRD stickers matter
More electronics more problems.
U better drive outdated kancil. Suits you
Abeslah grey importer tak boleh cari makan
Nice
Already good handling with TNGA, better equipped with outstanding comfort.
This TNGA GR-sport is non performance GR, but still comfort oriented better handling car for daily drive, deserved it’s sportier suspension and a chassis reinforcement brace equipped.
Gr-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrram
Aprsate
Hopefully they bring in hybrid with 2.0 engine