Thank you Harry gen1 and gen2 on the gen1 and gen2 Yaris review .

*Important to note that Toyota always tries to improve their product by at least 2 ways:* 1. Drive it, break it, improve it. 2. Listen to customer feedback and act on it. I wish all manufacturers were so laser focused on this.

I’d like to know if this show will someday become “Charlie’s Garage.” He has good insight when they record these together.

It's very commendable that Toyota actually paid close attention to customer feedback and used it to upgrade the car.

“It flatters you and makes you feel like a far better driver.” Absolutely this, I’ve tracked my Yaris and it gives you the confidence to explore its limits, I can’t see me selling it.

These videos of father and son are tremendous as I think another perspective is welcome and very informative, Charlie is a welcome addition to this side of the camera 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

Very envious of the cylinder mower

With you commentating at Goodwood I didn't think we'd see a video from you today, Harry. How very organised of you! It was great to hear your commentary, by the way. Great addition to the FOS coverage.

Even if cost was no option, the GR Yaris would be my 'pottering about town' car, especially with British weather. It's just a sensational little car and a rally homologation will always be cool.

I’m shocked that you’re shocked that a 3 year old car still looks in good nick 🤷‍♂️

The best part is this car will still be perfect in 15 years time. I own a 2006 Runx RSi and it's still mint with still amazing performance with the 2zz ge engine I think it's called a Tsport in the UK. 97 000km on it. Great review 👌🏻

Great video, love to see Charlie on the channel he's a well spoken young man and will definitely carry the enthusiast torch with grace.

Harry... Of all of the things you can rightly be proud of, your greatest achievements... Your son is the pinnacle.

I really like the fact that Charlie has his own views and is not mearly a yes man to his well respected dad. Happy to see more father and son content coming our way very soon 🙂

Having the rear seats folded hugely increases car noise!

The dyno numbers (26:43) are crazy good. That torque bump over stock is almost everywhere in the rev range. That is *totally* worth the tuning cost as you essentially get an engine upgrade rather than a simple remap. Very impressive.

Always great to see Charlie in front of the camera; always adds his own insights, I think you two do a great job of the 'deep dive' road test of a car, keep more coming soon... ;)

Harry, just to say, thank you. I really enjoy your videos and the content on this channel is great, one of my favourite channels. I honestly can’t fault a thing you do and I look forward to seeing your videos every Sunday. Nice one 👌🏻

I love it when you two do a collaboration.

Great to see the Yaris gr back on the channel as lost interest in supercars

An interesting update on the GR.👍 Charlie is obviously smitten with the little Yaris!😀 The Gen 2 may be a "better" car but a very sensible and informed decision to stick with the old one IMO. Apart from the price difference, the purchase of the new one would probably start a whole new modding journey. If ever a car was made to "tinker" with it's a GR Yaris!😂👍

Harry was correct in the UK it was offered as Standard, Convenience or Circuit

Love it when you do father and son's review. Being around the same age as Charlie it''s interesting to hear what he has to say. Feels like my father and I talking.

Best thing about Lichfield is they keep everything well within tolerance. Nothing goes bang

Thank you both for this, a very honest review, as a Gen 1 CP owner of 2 years I won’t be changing. Oh and it’s the homologated one 😉

Great review! Yes, the father/son dynamic was great. Please do more of these.

I definitely prefer the older interior and analogue dials.

A couple of months ago I didn't own a GR Yaris. However, after seeing the price rise and a couple of changes I didn't like - like the dash - I went ahead and bought a Rallye here in Australia, which fortunately is like a combination of the Circuit and Comfort/Convenience pack in the UK. This review only reinforces to me that I made the right decision for me. I'll be going down the same route you have - a tweak to the suspension and a tune and that's it and I'll be happy with that. They are great cars.

To fix the clutch feel get a bushing insert or even complete aftermarket replacement for the lower torque mount and it will transform the clutch feel by taking out the slack, especially once the original bushing gets a bit worn out.

I’m a bit fussy about dashboards, and I much prefer the original

New videos from Harry and Tyrell today? Oh happy day! Just clocked in at work, God bless you.

Thank you for bringing in a perspective of the new GR Yaris. Considering the price increase, I’m happy to hang onto my original GR Yaris for another long while.

Been too long since there was some GR Yaris content on this channel!

great review lads....the problems Toyota fixed are justified.....i test drove one when they announced they were going on the market in Australia and the first thing i said to the salesman after sitting in it was " can the seat be lowered?" ...no......"why is the rear view mirror so low"...."that's the way it is".....the high beams suck......the " start stop" is crap (takes forever to settle after it has started)....i kept it for 2 and half yrs.....traded it in for new Type R.....perfect seating position and gear shift....great headlights and has room to boot too....yeah it is more pricey but i can seat 4 people in comfort and has a big boot too.....i am eyeing a GRMN from Japan to import back here.....still a little pricey but hopefully in due time prices come down....keep eye the great content 🤜🤛🍻🍻🍻

Harry's comment regarding the road noise, It is very easy to sound proof the doors, wheel arches, ceiling and trunk. Makes a good bit of difference.

Holy crap, has it been out that long! Where did the last 3 years go?

Absolutely love my GR Yaris that I also have had for over 3 years. Such a capable fun car. I have got a new Mk2 GR Yaris coming in November and am fascinated to see how it compares. I went for a manual in precious metal 😃

I just love my GR and won’t be upgrading …. If I need more then Litchfield will be on speed dial 😂

Good to hear Charlie's input and the fact that there will be more. Sensible lad just like his dad !.

Always great to have your son on board

I got my Gen 1 in March 2021 and was extremely lucky to get my hands on one. It still flies under the radar for the most part, which I love and the residuals are insane. I do wonder where all the other GR's are because I know its limited run production but I've seen so few on the roads. I wonder if there are lots under covers in garages. Anyway, apart from me dropping an adventure bike on it and denting the bumper, it's not needed any remedial work of any kind. I don't fancy my chances much of getting my hands on a Gen 2 though. I've nagged Toyota about it but they haven't been very responsive!

I retrofitted the Satnav and heated steering wheel to my Gen1 circuit pack (the wiring is there from the factory). I also retro fitted the FMIC water cooling with parts from Japan, thou you needed to make your own wiring loom but the mountings are there from factory.

I always learned from tyre people and car engineers: best tyres at the back.

The dad/son review was an extremely entertaining watch 🤩👍

Nice 90’s Breitling Aerospace there Charlie!

Brilliant content as always Harry and been enjoying your thoughts since evo. Non slip mat under the screen for phone and press the map button for navigation. There are even wireless car play / android auto dongles if you don’t want a cable tethering your phone. Love my Litchfield ECUTek fettled GR Yaris, also a Scarlet Flare Red. HKS exhaust and Eventuri intake give it a nice voice too. Oh and I’m 6’2” and the mirror has never bothered me, I guess I’ve just got used to it like an F1 driver with the halo bar ha ha.

Great video. I am in the same boat, more than happy with my Gen 1 but had the option to order a Gen 2 (No ballot in the country I am residing in). Road noise from the PS4S I agree with, however when switching over to Nordic winter tyres as are compulsory in my part of the world, the road noise is so much better.

Not often I’m doing nothing when this drops !

That's good to see, maximum strength in the event of a blowout or sudden wrenching of the steering wheel.

Nice review - thanks. The new cars dash looks like it came from the 80's - hard square cheap plastic thing. Prefer the old cars dash

Nice to see someone who can change the gears

I imagine Paintless Dent Repair could easily fix the dent in the rear wing without having to colour match the paint.

Thanks for this insight that really confirms what I've been thinking. If you have a Gen1, keep it & enjoy it, not worth going for the Gen 2. But, if you were not lucky to get a Gen 1, go for the Gen 2 ! Furthermore, I'll really have to think about that Litchfield Stage 1 tune. Looks like the sweet spot for B-road fun due to that extra torque. Suspensionwise, what is the stiffness of your new springs ? "Track pack" OEM springs are 37N/mm. I've been thinking for the past three years I've had the car that the "issue" wasn't the spring rate, but rather how the damping has been calibrated. I've been looking around different AM suspension providers, but haven't found any maker keeping approximately the same spring rates (soft & stiff enough for B-road fun taking into consideration the inevitable degradation of our French roads) and really improving the damping behaviour (except for BOS - who have provided suspensions for the WRC Yaris - but they really have a problem with after sales service for us private clients...), so still waiting to come across a maker that is able to provide an upgraded damping at a reasonable price range.

I have 2021MY with circuit pack. Genuinely best car I’ve owned £4£ (McLaren and Ferrari in garage too). Take it on track regularly and it’s been fantastic and faultless. Actually I don’t like the look of the interior on new model… far too 1990’s. She’s a keeper…🙃

It's an evolution not a revolution - love it I'm pinching that 😎

Brilliant , thanks for this. Really needed to know since I didn’t make the short list. Glad I kept mine 😅

great video Harry, and lovely to see father and son working together !

Love my GR, never a dull drive! Now, Charlie, we need an update on the Cagiva you bought.....

Fantastic father son review. I feel like the interior on the new one already looks aged by modern standards but somehow quite cool, like a modern lancia integrale

and putting the rear seats up quietens things too!

Good review - that is a staggering uplift in price for the Gen 2.

I've been out today in my gr yaris cp and I will never sell this car, had a collins performance map stage 2 with exhaust and I can't stop driving it ! It is addictive to drive Plus the dashboard in the new one is horrible and it is very expensive simples ❤

Normal cruise in on the old model too, just hold the cruise button down around 3 seconds and it drops the radar version, which brakes way too early IMO.

I missed out on the uk ballot for a mk2, rather gutted. I love the way the dash curves into the driver. The infotainment stuff is in a better place. As a 6ft 3 human, that's most week days, i appreciate the seat drop. Watch these get flipped for 50k plus.

With sadness I sold mine on after 36k miles and loved it on and off track. Another great video although don’t quite get the challenge with tyres. The Michelin’s were phased out hence supply challenge so I fitted Conti Sport Contact 7s which I found to be at least as good, if not better.

Brilliant video, brilliant cars, I will be keeping my Gen1, not enough differences to change into the Gen2, you might have persuaded me to do the Litchfield map though. I also think you have made the right decision to keep yours, the Gen one is the original and imo the one to keep.

Thanks for another top video. It would be great to see the Yaris pitched against a GR86, both very similar prices and availability here in the UK with different approaches to smiles per mile. The 86 seems to have been missed by your superb channel which is surprising considering it did so well against the big hitters in ECotY 2023, I’m sure many of your viewers would be interested to see a HG review!

I've replaced my tyres with Continental sport contact 7s. I suspect I won't get as much out of them as Harry and Charlie can, but they've reviewed even better, are newer technology, cheaper, and easier to find.

Great video chaps. Happened to see you wandering round the pits at Goodwood FOS last week so have got my son checking out your channels. Even better to hear your voice commentating particularly when that 2000 BHP new Lotus did an unscheduled 90 deg turn into the straw bales off the start line!

i had the previous model some years ago it looked inside like a high-end luxury/sport car ,i used to race with powerfull sport cars and always left them behind , after maybe 7 monthes i couldn´t look at it ,so i sold it for 50.000€ and in two days , i waited 6 monthes for it to arrive and in second hand was the regular price asked, new cost me with all extras 43.000€(manual gearbox, automatic doesn´t even make sense), this new look Yaris, maybe a great car also ,toyota is a trusted brand i also bought two hilux trucks with doble cabin to my work as a agricultor and it surprised me for the best ,incredible how good they are . The previous model was very good also so when buying this new ones i thought they would be worst but no just perfect in the most dificult terrain, they already made 2.000kms in the worst roads or ways in the countryside and it drives good in all, maybe i´ll keep them for more 5 years ,they have already 2 years. The Yaris when i bought it ,it was like buying a toy ,i had no need for it but bought it anyway and old porshes and ferraris couldn´t catch up this inside the city circuit at late in the night or early in the morning when the cops are drinking whiskey in a BP gasoline station that sells a bit of everything so inside the city no cop of trafic at those hours, i remenber passing through my old highschool in the center of the city at 2 in the morning and looked down for a second and was driving it at 190 km/hour and behind me a carrera from 96 and a mondial that i don´t know the year , the circuit we made is filled with turns and some straight sections of road but no more than 500 meters or half a km, inside the city we live and were born , this friends i have met them when i was 4 years old in kindergarden

Great video. FYI Black Circle has P4s tyres in stock, had two fitted last week no problems with ATS tyres in Weston-super-Mare, did an excellent job. Also to note when you are using Apple carplay the map button puts the map back on the screen if you are using any other function within apple or menu on the the unit, so it's a really cool feature.

I just noticed that the dash(on the new car) looks like a 1980,s cash point machine. 😂 I still like it ❤

I think a revvy MX-5 will give you similar smiles per mile, but with the added benefit of a convertible roof, RWD and a much, much lower on-road price.

Circuit Pack only got red calipers, no changes in hardware between specs. All of them got the same brakes

Charlie/Harry, get that dent fixed ASAP, the longer it sits, the harder it is for paintless dent removal. It can definitely be done, there is no crease and it will probably be cheap as well, the longer it sits, the more the metal will adjust to the new shape and the harder it will be to go back

The apple didn't fall far from the tree. Charlie is a natural!

18:00 Hang on, so have they completely removed the auto stop start from the mk2 (auto and manual), or just the ability to disable it? If it’s gone completely that’s a major win!!

Didn't imagine that Toyota can improve on perfection but they did with small subtle changes that make one big change for the better on gen2 Yaris GR. Thanks Toyota for still making proper hot hatches ❤❤❤ Great video keep up with great work 👍👍💪💪😊😊

Great Review, with the Steadying hand of Charlie. You would hsve gone for the NEW one with Track Mode and all the extras, I know. ! But you have already got most of the Mods you like ! Let the Newcomers go for the "latest gizmos" ! There are ALWAYS more mods you could do to it. ! More of the Duo Combo please. ! Stu xx

Great reporting lads! Has really confirmed I have zero interest in one. So much more interesting stuff out there for that money. These are about as interesting as washing machines

Segmented grille…we’re really onto something now lads…

So many mods! Stunning pocket rocket of a Toyota - yours and the new model. You two are great co-hosts and Charlie comes with so much technical detail. Strong partnership. Who handles the camera when Charlie is in front? Mom? If so, nice videography,

Brakes are the same on all three models ! It's mainly wheels, springs and LSD on the circuit, convenience has loads of additional tech features, HUD, Sat Nav, Parking Sensors, Blind Spot Monitor, JBL.

Great video as always guys! I’d love to hear about how this car performs on track. Specifically around the mods too, as it’s something I think a lot of people consider with these

But if your phone is connected and you press map, the map comes up. And yes that is with the circuit pack.

I hope the new GR Yaris sells as well if not better than the old one, especially the manual.

Never give your dad a lift. I'm glad you didn't utter the immortal words : Watch...... This!

I was wonder what Harry had done with the GR. Been on same journey and timeline with mine and still love it. Nor going to be changing for the new one. For what ever the improvements made , the lift in purchase price is disproportionately higher for the new car.

You could buy a Dodge Challenger Red Eye Drag Pak that you could also get the parachute as a dealer option as the car was a 10 second car.

Great update and comparison to the Gen 2. Any plans for a GR86 review? Would love to know your thoughts.

When you show the image of the rear damper is that really all the suspension travel that it has? Just a guess, but if that is the actual travel it makes sense why the upper mount was destroyed. It is likely bottoming out the bump stop with regularity.

My dad had the same issue with the fan not being plugged back in after the service

Great review guys! Think I'll stick with my Gen1 GR Yaris for now, as I don't have £15K+ to go to the Gen2! Scarlet Flare is THE BEST COLOUR...! Might need to get my wheels repainted though, because they look great on your car in gold!!! Cheers, Ross.

Fab, thanks guys. Take care.

I sold my Litchfield Yaris because Toyota announced the mark 2. Scarcity aspect dented by their decision to evolve it IMO. Wonderful cars though!

Ah, the age old tradition of resting your hand on the shift knob...

I think it's lovely and always comes across just how proud Harry is of his son whenever they do these videos together. Ps would love to know what the conflict of interest was about doing the Goodwood commentary? The other guy didn't seem pleases at all that he was co-hosting with Harry.

I love that movie, Failure to Launch staring Mathew McConaughey.😂

I'm interested to see what the Gen 2 does to the values of the Gen 1 cars. Hopefully there will be lots being traded-in and it'll bring the Gen 1 down to my price range.

In the US so we have the GR Corolla, and it is such a lovable fun car that I will ALWAYS choose over others.