Mystery solved: Toyota confirms Corolla Cross will be built locally from October Charl Bosch Corolla Cross will only be offered as a hybrid, a first for South Africa. Toyota has ended months of speculation by confirming the mystery new model set for production at its Prospecton Plant in Durban as the Corolla Cross. Part of the marque’s R2.4-billion investment announced two years ago, local production of the Cross will see the newcomer being made in right-and-left-hand-drive for South Africa and the rest Africa, resulting in the creation of 500 new jobs plus a further 1 000 in the automotive supply chain.