What kind of bizzaro world do we live in where the two best enthusiast "economy car" options on the market are a $70,000 Civic or a $50,000 Corolla? Literally what the fuck.

You guys talking to the engineers behind these vehicles, and putting them on a lift to explain the under body hardware combined with an extensive real world driving impressions is what sets this channel above the rest. Thanks for a great review fellas!

Definitely want a long term series on this car!

I would love too see you guys do a long-term ownership series on this car. I would find that to be very interesting as you do some modifications and upgrades.

Imagine being a little kid and riding around in the back of one of these in your booster seat as your dad rips is around some backroads 😂

Didn’t expect you guys changed your opinion on this car. I wasn’t so excited to see more vids from you guys after watching the first drive, but after watching this one, I would say go for it. Make a long term ownership. I want to see now.

Even at $36k base is a tough pill to swallow. Damn, prices are just out pacing income.

Standing in solidarity watching this Takumi masterpiece while wearing my Patagonia 🫡

As a 220 pound, 6' silverback myself, I always wear my matching Patagonia pullover to live vicariously through Jack on Friday mornings. I can't wait to drive one of these. Thank you for the great breakdowns as always, it's very appreciated!

Hard to believe that a Toyota Corolla is a rare sports car that costs a small fortune

I would love to see a long term comparison since Mark already has a Type R. I think it would be great!

Thanks for the explanation of the AWD system. Engineering Explained had a good video about it but I didn't realize how much software was controlling the bias and even switching to FWD mode for straights. Makes a lot of sense. Great stuff. I bought a core with diffs a month ago and it's a very fun car.

100% yes on the long term ownership series, especially as someone considering one as the somewhat attainable performance daily driver

I’d love a long-term ownership video!

One thing I like about this channel and the hosts is the ability to post reflect on experiences for what happened and change opinions based on use case. Track experience they arent so "golly wow'd" by the car or event like so many other journalists, and they can seperate their initial impressions when they get time to drive the car and change or modify or reinforce their ideas about it.; its one reason among many Savagegeese as a brand is my go to channel for new cars.

Not a car for me, but the GR Corolla is the attainable [at MSRP] dream car for some others, and I hope they can obtain one. Another excellent review from Savage Geese as always.

I have a GR Yaris and am a HUGE Savagegeese Fan. So I guess this is the closest I'll get to a GR Yaris review from you guys. Looking forward to watching this! 🙂

I always love seeing the factory clips, reminds you of how difficult and complex these things are, and makes you appreciate the workers more

I have almost 2000 miles on my GR Corolla and I have to say you guys really nailed the description of the car and engine’s character. This is a very different engine in today’s world where in most modern turbo engines, torque comes on in the low end at like 2000-2500 rpm. On the GRC you really do have to wring it out to 4000+ and when you do, the surge is satisfying. But it’s a big part of the car’s character and why it feels specials. It’s why I really enjoy mine especially on the daily drive. And when I don’t feel the need to drive like a maniac it’s very tame and feels like an NA engine outside of boost. I was also able to get 34 mpg on a 116-mi drive, so there’s that too.

Pls do long-term ownership perspective. Comparisons with type r and sti would be cool. How is steering feel compared to the hydraulic rack on the sti. Are the controls as raw as the sti overall

I would absolutely love to have one of these GR Corollas. In a world that every car has had the driving pleasure and emotion removed, it is a blessing to see Toyota is still making cars for the enthusiast.

Holy shit an ownership series would be fantastic. What better car to do it with than this? I'm really curious as to what that new high powered 3 cylinder is hiding.

Definitely do a long term ownership series of this car, would love to see how well it hold up against heat, that will be a good information for those planning to get this car and do track days.

A lot of people don't understand how good 3 cylinder engines are. I own a Yamaha mt09. It has a 847cc 3cylinder. I wouldn't have it any other way. I live in Canada and we are getting 9 GR Corollas this year. Nice car overall.

I just picked up my white GR Corolla last week, after purchasing the normal XSE manual corolla hatchback after watching your video on it all those years ago. All I can say is that it’s my dream car, I bought a massive warranty with it and plan to run it into the ground. Thanks for all the content you guys do, it does make a difference even if it sometimes doesn’t feel like it

We'd all love to see a long term review, and an extensive comparison against the Type R, and even the WRX since it's AWD.

You briefly brought up the WRX STI, I have driven a few gens of the STI and would love a comparison video of the GR Corolla VS a STI. Give a pros and cons to both and pick a winner. Great video as always

I used to be crazy about hot hatches, especially how juvenile they feel. Then I spent the last year driving a GR86 (in Canadian weather mind you) and now can't imagine spending money on any sporty vehicle that's not RWD and on a dedicated sportscar platform.

Sounds silly to say, but after having a Corolla as a rental I started to understand the appeal for the normal car. It has kinda fun! So my imagination suggests that a GR version would be fantastic! If y’all are able a long term review would be great to see, familiarizing with its more subtle quirks to learn what owning is really like.

Much love and support from Australia Mark and Jack! Keep up the good work!

I'd love to see a long term review including some fun gravel rally driving :) This is THE car to have. Its THE daily.

Yes on the ownership video! Planning to get one a few years from now, hopefully they keep making this and the market stabilizes by then.

Would love to see a long term review of this one. This is one of the most exciting cars in recent years.

Found it odd that the Circuit with the carbon fiber roof is heavier than the Core. Got mine for MSRP + $1300 dealer add ons (40K). Just crossed the 1K miles so the right pedal can be enjoyed. Makes me feel like I'm 63. Solid review

Absolutely do the long term on the car! Honestly seeing how this car lasts with hard driving fully documented would be an instant watch for me.

YES! Please do a long-term. That would be fantastic. I'm currently in a '14 FR-S - came from an '04 GTI - and I'm salivating so hard over the GR Corolla! Keep up the awesome videos guys!

I own a GR Corolla and I am local in IL. Hope to see you guys around! I love my GR Corolla and it drives very similar to my Evo IX...

At this price point, I would have hoped for a slightly better interior. Great review as always guys.

The things car enthusiasts do to capture the feeling of cars from a bygone era.. would love to see a long term comparison with your FL5, they just don't make em like they used to and these cars may be the last of their kind once every car is a EV or a hybrid. Thanks for making these in depth videos, even if they don't get as many views as the CUVs they're appreciated by car people

I appreciate that they transferred the clutch smell from the GR Yaris into the Corolla as well. Such character.

I would absolutely love you guys to do a long-term review. It's Toyota's first stab at full in house sports car in a while, given their reputation as top dog for reliability, it would be very interesting and informative to see how things go over a longer period of time.

A long-term review coupled with a comparison with your Civic Type-R would be excellent.

One other body change to mention from Core to Circuit/Morizo is that it has a unique "power" bulge hood with venting that is additional body change that Jack didn't mention. Would love to see a long term series on this car.

I’m all for this car and I hope it does well. With the hot hatch segment becoming less and less important to manufacturers (and consumers), the GR Corolla give much needed competition to the CTR and Golf R.

I hope this car does well in the market. Even if it's somewhat niche (and particularly at the higher trims), a good showing on this car helps make the case for more like it in the future, especially at a more attainable price point.

Clicked on the link before I could even think about it. I've been waiting on this forever.

I think your closing statements are incredibly well put. To be honest, I was between this and the ELANTRA N, and I was coming from a 2022 Corolla hatchback. Naturally the GR Corolla felt like the perfect upgrade from that car, but by the time the opportunity came for me to buy one I couldn’t stomach the price considering how much the ELANTRA offers without nearly as many compromises in terms of capacity and livability, and downgrades in interior quality and space compared to a standard XSE Corolla Hatch. Great video.

I'd definitely like to see a long term on this one. Of the current hot hatches, the Circuit is my purchase choice.

I feel like a lot of car enthusiast are cross-shopping the GR Corolla with the Civic Type R as a potential daily driver. Given that Mark has the FL5, I know I personally would really appreciate having a deep dive comparison between the two with savagegeese levels of detail.

We need a long termer please! Sweet sixteen open diffs!

I love this car! The fact that Toyota was able to make it in this day and age is amazing. I would love to own one. This car is an instant classic for sure.

Do a long term ownership series please!!! I’m picking up a Morizo Edition with 5k markup the end of this month. I’d love to see y’all do a long term review so I could learn as much as I can from y’all!

Yes I def wanna see a long term ownership review of this car on here!! That would be excellent!👌🏽🔥🔥

I appreciate how natural the engine sounds in the driving section. I am so over the obnoxious fake engine noise that sounds like playing a Forza game from 10 years ago. It's too bad it took so long for Toyota to bring a car like this to the US market. Ditto for the Type R. I don't think many people will be able to afford a car like this unless they get very lucky finding one that isn't marked up to the moon.

YES please, long term ownership would be amazing

Within 3 minutes in this video I've already learn news things about this car that nobody else has mentioned yet. This is why this channel is so awesome. Give it to me straight.

Great review, and I'm glad you are grounded enough to admit that with current dealer mark-ups, that the GR Corolla falls short FOR THE PRICE. I was actually going to order one, and trade in my Focus ST towards it, but I couldn't justify spending double what I paid for my used ST for a Corolla.

I couldn’t do the smaller interior of the GR due to family but it looks like a fun car to blast around in. The inevitable $40k+ after markup seems excessive. The cool part about Hot Hatches is that in the past you felt like you were beating the system by getting awesome performance at a budget price. This doesn’t feel that way unfortunately.

This is the most fun car I have ever driven. I can’t believe it exists. No matter what else I test drive nothing else comes close anywhere near the price point. Got it at MSRP after months of looking. Family Toyota of Arlington did not haggle me at all, just straight MSRP

For those playing at home Australia is only getting the povo pack and the two seat top spec. Prices from memory start at close to $70k AUD for the pov pack and finish in the $80s AUD for the other version. I don't know about you but so many other new and used vehicles are at that price point that deliver similar driving enjoyment.

I agree with every sentiment and statement from both of you guys in the value and fun of this car, if you pay at MSRP it is great for each trim at that price, l believe that for this and the new Z based on your videos that dove into details on that car due to the caveats of them needing a little aftermarket to fix their shortcomings for part track enthusiasts like myself and you all, cooling for the diffs on the GR and aftermarket suspension for the Z and an upgraded trans mount for the 1st to 2nd gear grind/lockout feel. I say this as an owner of a 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 and a 2014 big turbo track build Genesis Coupe who had both a Z and GR Corolla on reserve but backed out one dealers wanted over MSRP and compared to just keeping what I have at the prices I paid vs buying basically newer versions of the same cars, it was a no brainer

We just got one at my local dealership Adams Toyota Kansas City. Base edition with options (sticker is $39,500). The minimum they are going to sell it for is 10k over sticker at $50,000. Dissapointing.

The best part about this car is the inline 3. I love the sound this engine configuration makes. Hearing you guys drive the Corolla reminds me of motorcycles like the Yamaha FZ-09 & Triumph Street Triple. Both amazing bikes, and it was only a matter of time before inline-3s would make their way into mainstream passenger vehicles, with how far turbo technology has come. Thanks for the review, and know that I'm not opposed to a long-term review of this car, but don't spread yourself thin. The GR86, c8 z06, & CTR are already great.

A series with the Corolla will be absolutely epic! There are very few cars, if any, that can combine so many driving aspects.

I think they probably removed the center armrest because of the manual handbrake in the GR Corolla.

Never understood why they did the track event at high elevation during the summer. Glad the engine comes alive in better conditions. The CTR talks to me more but a Core with the diffs at MSRP will be popular.

Lmao the B roll of Asian girls killed me. Your B roll is always appreciated, Mark. Best comedy in car channels.

I hope to be able to get one in a year or 2. I’ll be adding it to my stable alongside my Abarth 500.

I can't wait for the GR Sienna 🙂

Very few cars are a instant Legend. This is one of them.

Damm i want a GR Yaris so bad. I'll go in massive debt in order to be able to drive it every day. the GR corolla is cool also, but the Yaris is dream car status

This is basically the successor of the STi in spirit. The only big downside that can turn off most people is the really cheap interior. You can't really even argue that it was cost savings since they focused on performance, considering the way dealers have been marking the car up. If it had the interior of the Corolla XSE rather than the base Corolla, it would have been a no brainer for a lot more people. Hopefully they improve on it in the coming MYs.

Still wish we got the Yaris GR, the corolla is just not the same

The Focus ST had terrible heat soak too, aftermarket intercoolers fixed it, im sure there is areas of improvement as always, Toyota still tries to keep cost down at the factory at the end of the day. So its not perfect due to cost limits. But the beauty of aftermarket will fix it if you want to spend more. Im excited to see the long term potential of this chassis

I love the segments where you get comments from the engineers.

the suv videos feel like work, this one is LIFE.

As a car enthusiast, I am totally turned off by the way the dealer network is handling this car. If I want to spend 60K on a car I'm not looking at a COROLLA.

Would love to see a head to head with this and the type R

PLEASE long term! Part of the charm of a car like this, is the "lack of refinement". I love driving our 05 Corolla XRS, it's stiff, it's fun

I'd watch a full GR Corolla ownership series, it will be a few years till I can afford one.

Morizo is the paradox that’s built to be driven but not to be owned.

I'd love to hear some thoughts on this vs the Focus RS. I had a Focus RS for about 20K miles and really liked it, but the potential engine issues worried me a little, but I do want a similar experience again someday. This seems like a pretty similar car in many ways, though the AWD system in the RS seems like it allowed a little more drift. I do like the more raw feeling and less refined ride of some hot hatches like this GR and the RS. The Type R always felt too soft to me when I've tested the FK.

I have driven or owned over 150 cars in my lifetime. Everything from a Porsche 911 turbo to a Ford Fiesta ST. I thought I would never drive anything more fun than my Fiesta ST, I was wrong. The car I considered the most boring car in the world, got turned into this. I got to test drive a core edition by myself. All I can say is WOW! Unbelievable.

Hey I love your guys content. You guys are legitimately the only car reviewers that I actually watch. Only thing is, your description says "designed a built by Toyota" when I think you mean designed and built by Toyota. Now to finish the sandwich approach. Love you guys. You're the best thing ever.

Please do a long term review! Great job on a detailed review!

I just want a manual naturally aspirated engine with physical controls and low technology for under 30k

YES! Please do an ownership series on this. Im instantly watching all of that content

Always ready for savageeese Friday morning releases :)

Man Toyota has been on a roll lately they have literally revamped their brand and now we have the GR Corolla which is arguably the best car ever made This is one of the few new cars worth getting and it's certainly going to hold its value very well over time even better as this is literally the US version of the GR Yaris this is probably the most affordable homologation model you can get (at MSRP) that is a must have for this generation God I love this car so much now I really want one I'm definitely getting one

I very happy with my Elantra N !

Ownership series is a must. The Type R should be in the talks as well knowing that mark now owns one

Long term review sounds great!

At the end of the day it’s still a 44k Corolla. That’s Supra money, for a hot hatch with a economy car interior.

When did Toyota decide to stop being completely lame? This car looks great.

I see that Running in the 90s; LFG!!! 😤

I wish someday atleast one company brings back soul of an 90's car back.

Have fun finding one without greedy dealer markups. Toyota did amazing but their dealerships are going to ruin this car

I hope my wife’s yoga instructor can buy me this car. He got a Lexus for my wife so I hope he can get this for me. I’ve been a good boy

Yes! I'd love an ownership series!

Just hit 6k miles in my Elantra N dct. Interior in the elantra is def better. The gr corolla looks like the interior of a base car still or the n-line model not full N. Being able to down shift under an underpass and having my car pop echo off the walls stock still hasn't gotten old. I've had no issues with my car so far, and i managed to do something no gr owner can say they have done before... pay under msrp for my car... i don't track my car, but i have gone on 300-mile road trips and bombed back roads, and it did those both well. For guys like you who get to drive new cars all the time im sure your view is different but for me coming from a 2009 pontiac g6 with a new CEL code for each day of the year i love my car more than any car I've been in. The only cars i test drove before the EN were a 2022 kia forte gt, a 2.0 and 3.6 genesis coupe, a base model corolla, and an Elantra N-line. The EN is leagues better than all of them. I respect owners of any car made towards enthusiast but i absolutely think i made the right choice for me.