 Peace out you guys, I'll go back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony on the new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross courtesy of Younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So today we're in this one because this is actually an affordable compact SUV. You do of course get Toyota's legendary reliability to go along with that. All-wheel drive is available. We do have all-wheel drive today because I thought it would be a fun day to kind of go out and test out the all-wheel drive system in the snow. It is snowing right now, so this should be a fun one but you do get two years or 25,000 miles of complimentary maintenance as well with all new Toyotas for that matter. So it's gonna save you a little bit of money there too but ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So as you can imagine, there are a few different trim levels for the 2024 Corolla Cross. First one being the L starting at $23,610, which is a $550 bump from the 2023 model year. L-E, which is the trim we are in today, starting at $25,940 and lastly the XL-E going for $29,135. So that was all pricing for the front wheel drive configuration. If you wanted to add all wheel drive, you can do that simply at $1,300 than to any of those prices. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Corolla Cross is going to be the same. Powering the Little Beast is a two liter naturally aspirated inline four cylinder putting out 169 horsepower at 6,600 RPM. 151 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,400 RPM. That power being sent to front wheels or all wheels through a CVT. Zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 9.3 seconds. We'll test that out in a little bit here. MPG numbers then coming in at 31 in the city, 33 on the highway for the front wheel drive, 29 city, 31 then on the highway for the all wheel drive taking regular unleaded fuel. So now how have we got all of that out of the way? What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straight way. Let's put the acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 Corolla Cross here up to speed. All right, three, two, one, go. It's kind of loud. Yeah, it's not the quickest thing in the world. It's not bad. It's actually a lot quicker than I expected it to be. Certainly not as slow as the Mitsubishi Mirage, but again, not the quickest thing in the world. But it's one of those things where you kind of learn how to drive your car the more you drive it. It's kind of like the visibility in a Camaro or a 370 or something like that. You just get used to it. So I don't see any issues with merging onto the highway or anything like that in the Corolla Cross. They would be perfectly fine for me. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 12-inch ventilated front discs. In the back, 11.1-inch solid rear discs as far as that 60s-year stopping distance goes. That actually comes in at a very impressive 120-foot number. That's brilliant. I always tell you guys, sports today, a number is usually in the one teens. Usually with SUVs, you find in the 130s, honestly, or upper 120. So 120 feet even, that's a really, really good stopping distance, I'm telling you. So as far as braking feel goes, it's 100% on the firmer side of things. This thing instantly brings you to a stop even in the snow here today. So I love the braking on the Corolla Cross. Absolutely no issues there. But then touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to get an independent McPherson strut front suspension. In the back, it's going to differ dependent upon the configuration that you go with. So for the front-wheel drive, you're going to get a torsion beam rear axle. For the all-wheel drive, you're going to get an independent multi-link rear suspension. And front stabilizer bar comes standard for all trims. But if you want a rear stabilizer bar, you got to go with the all-wheel drive. So essentially what I'm getting at is if you want better handling, and if you want better ride quality, you're going to go with the all-wheel drive system for the Corolla Cross. I'm just saying. So overall, as far as ride quality goes, it has been perfectly fine. I'm going to show a little test drive here today. These wheels are very, very smooth. But having said that, I've had no issues with ride quality on the Corolla Cross. So 100% Toyota. As far as steering feel goes, that's one of the first things I noticed. It's a very loosey-goosey steering feel. As to be expected in most SUVs, sometimes I'm kind of impressed with the heavier steering feels, but they're rare, I will say that. So it's to be expected. It honestly feels just like the steering feel in the Corolla, if you're familiar with that. So wouldn't have minded if they put maybe a steering feel firm mode like Volvo does, or something like that, just to adjust the steering feel and make it a little more weighted. That's all I'm saying there, but as far as cabin noise goes, do you get a little bit of road noise? It's nothing that bothers me. You get a lot of engine noise when you really get on this thing, but overall, it's to be expected with what the Corolla Cross actually is. And that touching our rear visibility, I can actually see perfectly fine out the back as we come up on even more snow. So this is fun. So yeah, as far as rear visibility goes, I can see perfectly fine out the back. You definitely shouldn't have any issues there. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's not go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross finished in blue crush metallic. In case you were curious of the exact exterior color name that we had on this one, but so always let's go ahead and start with where this one is made. And this is one of those new Irvins. First character is the number seven, indicating that this one is actually built and assembled here in the US. But as always, let's go ahead and start up front on this one. Black front grille will come on the L and L E trim levels, like you were guys are looking at right now. However, if you were to go with the XLE, you're going to get some metallic paint grills around. So in place of our gloss black will actually be finished in kind of like a metallic kind of bronze-ish look. I guess you could say, but to the sides, full LED projector style headlights do come standard for all trim levels across the board. I love that they're not reflector. They are projector and they're both low beam and high beam. It doesn't get any better than that. LED day time rating lights also coming standard. You get the auto off feature for the L, but then auto on and off for the L and XLE trim levels. But then automatic high beams do actually come standard on every single trim level across the board. So if you have your high beams on a night and sense the vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. And when the vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there. So I do like that. That at least comes standard for all trim levels. And if you were to go with the XLE, you guys can see the cutouts near the bottom. We'll actually get LED fog lights then as well. But that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Listen, I'll go ahead and make our way to the side. It's a bit now, since we are around to the side of this one, black roof rails do come on the LE and XLE trim levels. Hence the reason we have those. For your privacy glass, also for those two trim levels as well, you will find some silver or black kind of floating roof line. You guys can see that going towards the C pillar there. And actually, if you get up a little bit closer, you're going to find that it actually does say Corolla Cross on it as well. I'm going to show you that to you guys real quick. You see it says Corolla Cross. And actually, if you go down a little bit, you're actually going to find that there is some Corolla Cross lettering found in the rear taillight there as well. Hopefully you guys can see that. It does say Corolla Cross though. I like that. I like the little attention to detail that I told you to put into that. But anyways, black power adjustable side mirrors will come on the L trim level, but they will be body colored for the LE and XLE trims. But then heated for those two and also with LED integrated turd signals for the LE and XLE trims as well. So let's take a look down at the wheel setup, 17 inch steel wheels with covers for the L trim, 17 inch aluminum alloys for the LE. That is what you guys are looking at. And then 18 inch aluminum alloys for the XLE. But that pretty much rounds out the side profile as the snow starts to pick up here. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Corolla Cross, body colored shark fin antenna found all the way to the top. Just below that rear spoiler, just below that rear window wiper. Trim level badging found on the back tailgate there as well. So if you ever wander on to a lot, maybe on a Sunday, that's where you're gonna go ahead and find the trim level badging as well as the all wheel drive badging if the Corolla Cross is a quick delist. LED tail lights come on the XLE trim level only. Otherwise you're gonna get halogens back there. Do you have some body colored accents towards the bottom there? I like that on the rear bumper. And of course, a single exhaust outlet for all trim levels across the board. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here. As always, here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Corolla Cross, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is gonna be a manual tailgate for all trim levels across the board. However, there is a power tailgate available with a convenience package that actually comes with the power moonroof and some other things as well. But once it opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 26.5 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there is a 60-40 split, meaning the rear seats do fall down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. LED cargo lighting coming standard. You don't always find LEDs in the cargo area. So I like that cargo cover coming on the XLE, but it's just gonna be optional on the LE trim level, we do have it. So like seeing that as well, grocery bag hooks back there, chrome-plated tie-down anchors, and then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you are gonna find a spare tire. But in addition to that, there's gonna be some in-floor storage surrounding that as well. So you can probably put a small ice scraper or something like that back there. But then make your way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 32 inches even. For reference, I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear ventilation actually does come standard for all trim levels across the board. Gonna find dual rear USB charging ports for the LE and XLE trim levels. And then a rear center armrest with cupholders for the XLE trim level only. And then make your way up to the front seats, manually adjustable cloth seating for the L and LE trims, 10-way power driver seat with power lumbar for the XLE soft-tex upholstery for the XLE heated front seats for the XLE as well. As far as seat comfort goes in our LE trim level that we have with us here today, it's actually been perfectly fine. I haven't had any issues in my short little test drive here. So for manually adjustable cloth seats, they actually get the job done. So I haven't had any issues there. Then make your way to the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. And this is gonna be wrapped in urethane on the L trim level, but then leather wrapped for the LE and XLE trims and no issues there yet. Again, then make your way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Toyota logo all the way to the bottom. Lock and unlock, but it is all keyless entry with a push button start for the LE and XLE trims only. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my foot on the brake and press that black engine start button located just kind of by the driver's right knee. And so once started up, there's going to be two different gauge clusters, 4.2 inch digital screen front and center for the L and LE trim that we have today. But then you will find a full seven inch digital gauge cluster for the XLE trim level. But having said that the gauges that we have today, they're probably the most basic gauges in existence right now. So tachometers on your left, speedometers on your right. You got the small screen front and center. And there is really no creativity or originality whatsoever to these gauges. They're simply white on black. There's no 3D effects like they had in maybe the 2022 model year, if I remember correctly. So I wouldn't have minded if they did a little bit more with these gauges at least on the L and LE trim levels. They can be analog. I got no problem with that, but at least create some kind of a 3D effect or some kind of nice design rather than just white on black and just there's no creativity whatsoever. Anyways, through the digital screen you could check out outside temperature, how many miles you'll left until you hit empty. There's a digital speedometer, pretty much everything you can possibly want on the digital screen at least. But then make your way to overall interior quality. Power Moonroof is gonna be a $940 option for the LE and XLE trims, but it also does come with a convenience package, which by the way goes for right around $2,100 I believe. So we do have that, I like that, but auto dimming rear view mirror for the XLE trim level, ambient lighting for the XLE trim level as well. Wireless phone charger coming on the LE and XLE trims. That's located just in front of the shifter. I like seeing that automatic climate control for the LE so we can set a temperature. It'll automatically hit that for us and dual zone climate control for the XLE trim level. One of the little interesting things that I really like on the Corolla Cross here is the overhead LED lighting here. It's kind of got this Mercedes-Benz effect. This is almost exactly the way Mercedes-Benz set up their interior lighting as far as the design goes and the way the LED lights kind of show. I like that overhead lighting there and just behind the shifter, you got a lecture mechanical parking brake. You got a couple cup holders as well within the center armrest. It's a little bit of storage there. You do actually have a 12-volt power outlet in there and another USB charging port as well, but overall everything is kind of finished on the basic side of things. You got a black plastic door handle, a lot of black plastic surrounding the cup holders and on the doors, but it's okay. It still gets the job done. So yeah, I'll just say that, but now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. 8-inch color touch screen display does come standard for all trim levels across the board. Bluetooth and audio streaming coming with that. Wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay for all trims. I love that. Well done Toyota there. You can check out your driving statistics up there as well, along with your radio information. And so when it comes to the sound system, there is really one of them and then an optional one. So you're gonna find six speakers for all trim levels coming standard. However, there is an optional nine-speaker JBL sound system that goes for $800. We don't have that one with us here today. We do have the six speakers. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. ["Toyota 6-Speaker Sound Systems"] Actually not that bad. I usually say that too. I feel like about Toyota's six-speaker sound systems. They're pretty good for six speakers. I'll just put it that way there. You expect a lot less and actually you're kind of greeted with a good bit of bass. Very good clarity actually for six speakers as well. Having said that, I remember reviewing the JBL sound system last year's Corolla Cross that I reviewed and that was amazing. I love that. But this is actually pretty darn good for six speakers as well. But last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do both Corolla Cross and Reverse, you will find a rear view camera. Not the highest definition rear view camera, but it still gets the job done nonetheless, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, IIHS top safety pick plus, which is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much says it all right there. Front side, side current airbags do come standard driver's knee airbag up front as well, but also in the back rear side impact airbags. That's like an $800 option for Mercedes and BMW. Also in the back latch, AKA lower anchors of tethers to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, type pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard Toyota Safety Sense 3.0. That gives you a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane departure alert with steering assist, lane tracing assist, dynamic radar cruise control and road sign assist then as well. Then if you were to go with the LE or XLE trims, you're going to add to that a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert and safe exit assist then as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Corolla Cross, excellent safety. You can't beat an IIHS top safety pick plus, legendary reliability that has been proven at this point. The JBL sound system is excellent. I remember that one in last year's review. Six-spear sound system, it's pretty good as well. Good starting price point as well. Starting in the lower 20s is definitely a rarity these days with inflation and all that. Wireless connectivity, you don't always find that really on most cars out there. So usually you have to still wire it up through a USB cable with your phone to the car. So I love that it's wireless. Gives it a much more cleaner look on the inside here. As far as room for improvement goes, this thing is definitely slow unfortunately. So and honestly, I don't mind the slowness because the trade-off is you're going to get excellent reliability there. But one thing that really does need improved upon on this thing is the gauges. The gauge cluster, at least on the L and L E-terms, not the XLE, they're so boring. If there was an award for the most boring gauges, I think it would probably have to go to the Corolla Cross or the Corolla because I know they use these gauges as well, but they didn't use to. That's the weird thing. They went with a kind of cool-looking gauge cluster to this very boring one for some reason. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of the Corolla Cross in the comment section below. That is about it for this one. You guys, thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen. 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