Corolla Cross is borne out of an obsession that some say started with the Range Rover, a 4x4 that morphed into an SUV and a luxury one at that.

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It was a world where passenger cars accounted for 90% of vehicle sales, and Holden and Ford had domination of the Australian market of at least 80%.
Then things went tits-up, and passenger sales slid slowly down the slippery slope where oblivion awaits. Passenger cars are now a miserable 16% of the market, so like many car makers, Toyota hustled its bustle to the designery to churn out yet another SUV.
Oh, stop rolling your eyes, this is all your fault. You want more SUVs because that is all you’re buying.
Corolla and Mazda3 have rested comfortably in the top 10 sellers since the signing of Magna Carta. However, the people at Mazda saw a graffitied scrawl warning them the end is nigh for an un-savvy auto makes. Get caught without an SUV an open market segment, and you’ll fail to follow the frolics of faithless punters. Mazda made a mazda3 sized SUV, the CX-5, but alas, Toyota had no such trifle because Rav4 has grown all big and butch.