What are your thoughts on the GR Corolla? Vaporware or Toyota's saving grace?

“You can now drift a Toyota Yaris” indeed what a time to be alive

I think most non-car people just label standard mass-manufactures as boring car makers and anything that isn’t super luxury like Rolls or hyper performance like Lamborghini is boring. When in reality Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen, ect… have all made some really fun and cool cars.

It's a tradition to Automakers to not sell their most amazing, incredible, unique and fun cars to the US.

Unfortunately North America just loves SUV's and larger cars. It would be a no-brainer for Toyota to bring cars to one of the biggest markets in the world if it made economic sense. Too bad because we miss out on a lot of great cars. Great video as always

We must remember that Toyota at the end of the day is a private company seeking to bring in revenue year after year. It also doesn't help that the United States has very different safety and emissions regulations to which new vehicles sold abide to, as opposed to most countries who follow UN-ECE standards mostly based off European vehicle regulations, which means that cars that have been certified for sale in the European Union can be sold in most of the world, that's how Mexico got the GR Yaris but the USA didn't for example, because Mexico also accepts vehicles that comply with UN-ECE standards as well as North American ones.

After watching the intro i need to say: can you blame any manufacturer at this point for not giving the US market some cool cars? Every time they do, the car ends up not selling as much as they want because it ends up standing on sales floors for at least 50% increased markup. One car that comes directly to my mind is the Ford Focus RS, a car that could have sold a lot but who would buy a Focus RS for the money the stealerships asked for. Not many People are interested in a 250hp ish awd hatch when all of a sudden it costs north of 60k

I've had many Toyota's in my life, since I started driving, and I never thought of them as boring cars until I started watching KZfaq channels. Yes, the 2002 Toyota Camry was a travesty, that was probably designed in the US for the North American market, but I gotta say Toyotas of the 90s looked good.

Well, I can tell you for sure; You're gonna love the GR-Four when it comes out 😉

Toyota makes great fun cars on the low, the reason why they don't sell in the US is because people here like big boring vehicles. As much as we say we like and want the fast cars 99% of people in this country only care about going from point a to b reliable and cheap.

It would be awesome if car companies started doing "homologation" like this. Or at least sold

Man... I really wanted to buy a GR86, but I may have to hold on a while and see what that new GR Corolla is like

As a proud owner of a GR Yaris (Rallye Edition) in Australia I found this little trip into its history fascinating. It is a fantastic car and I probably won't ever sell it as I fear the focus on internal combustion engines is quickly coming to an end. It'll be my link to a happy past for the rest of my foreseeable future. Thanks for a great video

Anyone that think Toyota is the “most boring” just isn’t informed. Toyota is actually the best Japanese brand with the most fun offerings yes better then Honda and Nissan but like this video said because America didn’t get 97 percent of it… “Non” Toyota enthusiast just don’t know. What also hurts Toyota in the Public eye is that they do not advertise any of their racing heritage or any of their performance vehicles really. They only advertise their money makers. I should be able to walk into a dealership and see paintings and posters of Toyota going F1 racing, rally racing, baja racing and you see none of this when you enter a dealership it’s like Toyota completely ignores their racing history.

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Anyone remember the Corolla T-Sport compressor that Japan and Europe got back in the early 2000’s? I think it had a 2ZZ with a supercharger making something like 220hp

Honestly, I would love to have the GR Yaris in North America (NA), but it makes sense to have a GR Corolla instead. NA vehicles on average are bigger and we have some exclusive models, like Tundra and Sequoia (correct me if I am wrong) designed to cater for the NA market. If I had to choose between the GR Yaris and GR Corolla today, I would pick the Yaris, but with the wife, kids and our lifestyle, the Corolla is the better choice.

Wow this is probably the best advertised video I’ve ever gotten. I love your enthusiasm, the high-quality pictures, and your love for Toyota. Subscribed! I had no idea about this car but now I definitely want it. And I really hope that we get a GR Corolla!

This one hurt too much… A small pocket rocket available when Toyota removed the Yaris line from the US.

The starlet GT turbo was also available in Europe Toyota came back to WRC in the late 90s with the Corolla The homologation special version of the GT-FOUR was the one with only 2500 units made. The normal GT-4 is way more common

Many of the cars you listed not sold in the US market were manual transmission only and compact. My guess is the manufacturers didn't think there was enough of a market for these as the majority of cars are automatic full sized

I own a circuit pack and I love it. Great video. Break discs bigger than the ones on the Supra. Wheel bearing turbo. TWO Torsen diffs.

I'm in the UK and own a GR Yaris, bloody awesome on narrow twisty crappy UK roads, not sure it would suit all the wide straight roads of the US. Feel your pain not having a chance to own one though. Hope they get it right with the Corolla. Maybe they'll do a hot estate I can put my dogs in? Good video 👍

before the gr yaris gazoo also made the yaris grmn on the previous platform, it wasn't as cool as the gr yaris but it was still a little cool car... that the US also didn't get

To add more confusion, at Southeast Asia, we have another Yaris based on another chassis 🤣🤣🤣

The US market gets the Civic Si. Japan doesn’t. It is equivalent to the Golf GTI being sold in the US but not Germany. Cars are cheaper in the US. Japanese cars are cheaper in the US. Imagine American cars made in the US being cheaper than imported US cars in Japan. Most Japanese people pay close to USD40,000 for a 2022 brz or USD (highest spec of course) - because the navigation or even the audio system doesn’t come with the car. Also we have to pay for the car carpets separately. Also Japanese incomes are lower than American ones. So the thing is - while we may get better things, we can hardly afford them.

Wow..I love the way how you capture the viewers attention..amazing job with the scripts and editing.😊

Be honest: How many people would buy a B segment car in the US for 30k?

I own two 5th Gen celicas, it was my very first car and I always get so hyped when somebody talks about the GR Yaris, I just love it

Thanks for mentioning the Starlet GT Turbo :D Finally some long-due recognition for the 90's hot hatch!

There were more than 2500 ST205's built, it was in production from 1994 - 1999. The 2500 number comes from the homologation cars which had plumbing for an anti-lag system, a water spray bar among other things and was called GT-Four WRC

Toyota has an emission compliance 2.0L that would work really good in the current Corolla, they just don't use it, the 8AR-FTS.They stuck it in a cross over💢

Man I just keep coming back to this video, I've watched it probably 3 times over in the last few weeks, you're absolutely killing it with the content, love the emphasis on the history and the storytelling. 10/10

As long as we get the gr corrolla we’re good

We had those Starlets here in Austalia. Although they may have been second hand imports. This is a reasonable prospect because in both Austalia and and Japan we have right hand drive cars and drive on the left hand side of the road.

This video looks more like a motivational video :) In any case, again a great video / documentary with a lot of data that we, as "ordinary" car enthusiasts, do not notice. As a long-time driver of various Toyota models, including the Celica, I hope there will be more good cars because real drivers who enjoy driving need it.

The GR Corolla is going to be the best thing Toyota did for America since the MK4 Supra.

Y’all complaining we didn’t even get the 88, Camry, supra (except the a70), celicas before the fwd ones, Avalon, tundra, Tacoma…

Toyota as "boring" as any car company. I think everyone heard about cool Toyota cars

Amazing presentation skills! You got me full attention.

You forgot to mention the corolla ae111 hatchback wrc car. The corolla with the gt4 drive train and all wheel drive system.

The weird thing about the new Yaris is that IT IS SOLD IN THE US but isn't listed on their website. I cant find any info about it being sold in the US but i've seen at least a dozen driving around the US with US plates

Super presentation. Well put together ! I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The world got the Yaris, after it won the Gold Steering award in Europe. I had the four-door sedan, a simple super-reliable car with a 1300cc engine. Excellent handler. In Japan the same car came with a 1500cc (1NZFE) engine, sold as the Belta. The 2-door & 4-door hatchback was sold there as the Vitz in 1,000, 1300 & 1500cc engine sizes. The sporty hatchback, the Vitz RS had traction control, rear discs, came as 2 or 4 door, in Auto or manual Transmission. In 2001, you could buy a 2-door, manual 1500cc VVTI (1NZFE) with a Turbo and Intercooler ! Since the Vitz came on the market in Japan, all three iterations of the tiny hatch could be bought with a Turbo Intercooled engine ! When Toyota re-entered the Rally competitions, the Hatchback GRMN (GAZOO RACING MASTER of the NURBURGRING) Yaris (Vitz) had an 1800cc (2ZRFE) supercharged motor. The domestic street-legal Japanese GRMN (NCP-131 model Vitz) came with a 1500cc Turbo (INZFE) motor. I have seen the 1800cc street-legal version Vitz being sold in Japan. In recent years the epic GR Yaris has evolved with more horsepower with a new 3-cylinder 1600cc engine. This car that have rally-enthusiasts by the balls, is what is featured in the latter half of this video. I used to import used Japanese cars in my country, and our family had the 4-door hatchback Vitz RS in the first (NCP13) and third (NCP131) iterations. Both had Automatic transmissions. In my opinion, after importing hundreds of cars from Japan, the Yaris/Vitz cars are some of the most durable and reliable cars that Toyota ever made. Oh ! The Yaris was sold as the Echo in some countries. The nice part ? Each citizen in my country is allowed to import a new or used car every 4 years ! Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.

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the yaris/vitz had a much richer sport history than "just a subcompact and lets rally it" since '99....from the Vitz Cup models to first 1.5 Turbo models across 2 generations to japan's 3rd gen GR models playing with different aero and engines (1.5turbo to the 1.8 supercharged also found in S3 lotus elise) to the rare GRMN 1.8 europe models..

The gr yaris is definitely one of my dream cars. An absolute pocket rocket. A bit too expensive right now but hopefully the prices will fall, then ill definitely get one. Funnily enough I view it as almost a successor to the starlet glanza v. A small, light weight turbo charged 3 pot. Except this time it has awd. The only complaint I have really is the rear end looks a bit ugly, but the front is amazing. I remember when I saw one at a wrap shop I was just stunned at how agressive it looks. I hope the gr corolla is going to be just as cool for you yanks.

Can you do a special on the 1990 Lexus LS 400? That's the best Toyota built car ever, in my opinion.

The GR Yaris is not only not available in the States, it's not available anywhere now. They sold out in July '21. luckily I ordered mine in June, and it was due to be delivered this June... but now it's delayed to like October. they are going to make a final run of 500 GRMN Yaris for the Japan only market and also a 2 wheel drive less powerful GR Yaris, I believe for the Japan market only? Great video bud.. you covered Toyota's recent history really well.. thanks!!

Hopefully Toyota don’t follow a similar to route with the GR badge as Subaru has done with the STI branding and create STi versions of the Forester and Levorg in our market where the only add ons were the badge and a bit of sporty trim

The great thing about the GR Yaris is that in spirit it *really* is a homologation special, kind of. The new WRC rules allow the manufacturers to convert their five door models into three doors when building the Rally1 cars. Toyota is the only one that actually built a road-going model based on the three door body, even though they didn't have to.

I'm just happy the corolla is gonna be a sportscar again. People forget that nameplate's legacy is in racing.

10:28 Going to point out that that isn't the most powerful 3 cylinder. Title goes Koenigsegg Gemera's 3 banger. Now we'll probably never see one of those damn cars randomly on the street but gotta give props to Christian for giving us something to dream about.

The writing is absolutely exhilarating!! Thank yiu

At the very least, we got the focus for a hot minute. The good one haha. That quickly got pulled from under our feet. You didn’t however touch on Papadakas(sp?) Racing and I’m curious as to why? Good episode sir

In my user manual for GR yaris is written that i should avoid 95 octane gas when 98 or 100 is availible. Also i should avoid at all times 10% ethanol fuel as it will damage the engine. Now i dont know if it has something to do with this topic as GR corolla has the same engine, and what kind of gasoline do you have.

thanks for this video, love it. also would you buy a GR Corolla

At 53 years old, I still would drop everything for the GR Yaris! (except my Land Cruiser of corse.). And I still hope Toyota brings it to North America.(Canada).

They've announced this GR Corolla when I bought my Veloster N back in 2019. It's already 2022 and Hyundai has 2 more N cars out, the Elantra N and Kona N. 3 N cars are already out and Toyota is just starting to tease a GR Corolla... Keep in mind that Hyundai is a company that isn't known for making enthusiast cars and yet, here we are with 3 N cars out. But Toyota keeps limp dicking the NA market of these fun cars that we are asking for. Hell, Mexico got a limited run of the GR Yaris just for asking and even South Korea got the car too. Me and a couple other enthusiast aren't holding our breaths anymore Toyota. No, we don't want a Subaru 86 nor a BMW Supra. We want something 100% Toyota.

5:20 In europe we have it the other way around, we have a Mazda 2, which is a rebadged JP/EU Yaris.

Starlet only available in Japan? I saw few in Malaysia, or were it a different variant?

Just got my GR Yaris here in the UK. OMG, what a car!! I hope you guys Stateside enjoy your Corollas this much!!

Alfa Romeo won’t sell us the Giulia GTa or GTa-M, Audi won’t sell us the RSQ3.

If the GR Corolla is a watered down version of the GR Yaris, I'll just have to wait till I'm fucking 50 years old to import the GR Yaris 😑

Great video but you forgot a few important things: 1. The Yaris was always available as a two-door 2. 2017 Yaris GRMN 1.6l Supercharged 212hp, europe and japan 3. 2004 Corolla TS 1.8l Supercharged 225hp, europe 4. 2004 Yaris TS 1.5l Turbo 150hp, europe and at last there will be a 2022 Yaris GRMN with more carbon as a japan exclusive

Yes , I have been waiting for you to post

The car costs around $55.000 in Indonesia with only 126 unit available and instantly sold out even before the car reached the country. Right now some owners sell it about $80.000, dang

Hi. Nice work on that video. I just wanted to mention few details about toyota's engagelent in rallye. After the celica GT4 group A, toyota came back to wrc after their 1 year ban form the FIA. They actulally came back with the corolla wrc during the second half of the nineties. They wasn't as dominant as they used to be with the celica, but still they won some rallyes with the corolla. Only after that they left for a while till recently.

In Ireland, we've imported 86s for rallying and others for rallying. It's up there with the Ford Escort here.

They didnt “forget” USA. They just thought; “those obese yankees wont fit in the Yaris anyway” and skipped USA 😂

Why wasnt the Group-A Corrolla mentioned?

GR Yaris > GR Corolla It's all about the *power-to-weight ratio.* To equal the power-to-weight ratio of the GR Yaris, [ballparking the weight based on the current Corolla XSE] the GR Corolla would need *300-340 hp* If the GR Corolla it has the same amount of power as the GR Yaris The Yaris will be a much better car If it doesn't come in manual The Yaris will be a much better car (And I wouldn't even consider buying it) If it doesn't have the same GR-Four technology The GR Yaris will still be a much better car (And I wouldn't even consider buying it)

Since the first generation of the Toyota Vitz (Yaris in non-JDM) there has always been a 4WD version. As a matter of fact, almost all Toyota's JDM models have a 4WD version. Any model number ending with 5, is a 4WD, like NSP135. Toyota has many nice models, which are only sold in Asian markets. Many minivans that are practical but still fun to drive. Many also have a Gazoo version, even though it's mostly cosmetic with a little bit of suspension tuning.

We never thought them boring in UK . We allways got 3 lvls . Fuck that's quick for a 1.3 /1.6 super reliable econo box . Lvl 2 fuck that's really reliable for a 2.0 na hot hatch / cupe . Lvl 3 4x4 turbo madness . That's what Toyota means in UK .

In the UK, they had a 1.8L back in 2006. And then there was a 1.8L supercharged GRMN back in 2018 that was available in the UK and Japan. There's apparently new GRMN coming out in Japan. The Yaris is kind of popular in Japan and the UK. Its mostly about marketing and lifestyle. I used to drive a NCP93 1.5L and I loved it. It was fun; the lightweight made it fun for what it was. Not to mention, getting around the city was a lot easier. I own a FK4 now, which I also love/hate (honestly, you can't enjoy something if you don't have things that you don't like about it). But if I were tobe able to drive manual, I would go back to a Yaris. It's not a touring car, but it's the fun little car from point a to point b. I'm also an Evo fan girl, so the Yaris is the little gem in my heart :')

15:20 Guff: I 'bout lost my damn mind when I heard that. Captions: I lost my shit when I heard this.

Great video, good production!

you don't need to refer to the J70 land cruiser in past tense, they still make them in quite large numbers for the Australian, Middle-eastern, and African market.

The yaris wasn't much until put in the hands of a 17 year old. I had that 1nz pinned at redline everywhere I went. Hell yes, that car was slower than a slug. But it's brought me into car modifying and in depth repairs. But when I was 17, I had that stupid grin every single time I had all 106hp screaming past a semi on the highway. Currently posted up in the shop waiting for a 2zr after a cracked coolant hose. But yes I've been waiting for a gr corolla since the beginning of the pandemic..

Here in the Philippines we have gr yaris, Would pronounce the gr yaris as a kid not behaving, sounding mean & agressively on the road

There is another Yaris based on Toyota Vios sold in Southeast Asia

Such great videos fantastic quality!

When listening to this video- I can only think of the 'what if's' from nearly every car manufacturer that isn't American! While yes we have muscle cars- the rest of the world has unique style, simpler reliability and ingenious components that defy time and modern cars! I for one think that if Toyota regulated the GR Yaris for U.S. standards then Toyota would have a following in regards to the MK4 Supra! (But we'll definitely get a de-tuned engine 🙄!) Yet the GR Corolla maybe what we wanted but just bit heavier? I'm juxstaposed but I'm also excited to see what Toyota can do. Plus also I have to be patient the car crisis is putting a clamp on just about...everything [Regarding automotive industry].

I've been following the GR corolla for 2 years and I'm BEGGING Toyota to just give it to us. I NEED IT!

a GR Corolla sneaking in the background with camo is so cute, it's literally like a chubby cute monster sneaking it's bigger brother

I'm from South Africa and one of my friends owns a Yaris GR and man is it fun to drive! This little hatch punches above its weight and gives cars like Golf Gti's a good run for their money.

I drive the GR Yaris for 9 month now and I'm very happy with it. It's an everyday Rallycar, a bit weak under 3000 rpm, but very powerful in higher rpm and the AWD works like a dream, you can't compare to any other AWD hatchback. Since October 2021, you can't order the GR Yaris from Europe, but Toyota will still deliver all ordered cars up to summer 2023... I think Toyota is beliving in old cliches that people of the US only drive huge cars with huge motors. Greeting from Germany!

We are having a lot of GR Yaris in the Philippines, Live every corner in Our Capital/Manila has a lot of these.

Trains are pretty cool too, also don’t have high speed rail in the US

Still can’t believe that we didn’t get the Lexus GS with the 2JZGTE like the Aristo

The Toyota GT4 got banned from WCR for having an illegal turbo cheating mechanism for I think two years

I really wish they'd make the GR Corolla a 2 door like they did for the GR Yaris

Song: Racing hearts

The Camry and FWD Corrollas were seen in Motorsports for many years here, Albon :v

Here in Australia, it's cool we got the GR Yaris... it's just a pity it cost over $60k...

Albon, you ought to take a look at the new Yaris GRMN. OK, only 500 being produced and limited to Japan, at the moment anyway, but it looks awesome.

I'm most excited about the Hyundai Elamtra N currently. Feels like the old type r integra.

One can only assume that they didn’t want to crash test and make the GR Yaris “US Legal” with the side markers, 5mph bumpers for such a limited run of cars. We can only assume that the GR Corolla is based off the car that’s already sold in the US, so it’ll be much easier to sell it as a variant of the current model. Hell we even got the GR Yaris in South Africa…

Imagine if the Celica gets a comeback to rally that would be worth watching and it would mark a history in Toyota as well

i think u forgot to mention the crown and century. love my s170 majesta

extremely well done video presentation