When photos of Toyota’s flood-damaged Prospecton plant began to emerge in the media in mid-April this year, I had serious doubts that the brand would resume operations before 2023 — if ever. The devastation reminded me of something akin to the horror Hurricane Katrina of 2005 left in her wake, albeit on a much smaller scale. The submerged facility appeared to be unsalvageable.
Just five months earlier, on a bright and sunny November day in Cape Town, we’d celebrated the birth of the all-new Corolla Cross. The event was suffused with feel-good fervour, since Toyota had invested more than R2.43-billion into its Prospecton plant, creating 1,500 additional jobs along the way to support the birth of their new baby.
With unchanged outputs of 103kW and 172Nm, the GR-S, like the rest of the Cross range, uses a CVT gearbox, which more often than not is my least favourite of transmissions due to it often being sluggish, and usually accompanied by an irritating background whine. Thankfully, the Cross’s CVT is pretty unobtrusive and does the job just fine.
It’s hard to miss the GR’s badging on the exterior and the large GR logo embossed on the front seat headrests. On the colour front, the GR-S is only available in red, silver and white and is not available in the hybrid guise. Notwithstanding the unavoidable dent in numbers during the post-flood months, the Cross appears to appeal to customers looking for a reasonably priced compact SUV with more passenger and boot space.
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