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.

Definitely want a long term series on this car!

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!

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 😂

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

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.

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!

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.

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

I’d love a long-term ownership video!

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

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

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! 🙂

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

Always ready for savageeese Friday morning releases :)

I'm always waiting for moments like this one 15:56 , thanks a lot guys for your work!

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.

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

Thank you. Objective, informative as always. 👍

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

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

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.

Great video - As always !!

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

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.

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

I hope you guys get to 160k subscribers soon! Hell, we all know you deserve over 1 million.

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.

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.

Long term review sounds great!

Thanks guys I appreciate your time and efforts

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...

YES please, long term ownership would be amazing

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.

Amazing Car. Amazing Review. Thank you so much for this.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Always loved your content💪💪

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.

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

fantastic video! thank you!

Yes! I'd love an ownership series!

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

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.

Having coverage this good on this car is so entertaining even though I can’t buy one lol, would love an ownership series on this

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

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.

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

Love to see a long term series with this car. Especially some track stuff, particularly focused on some dual duty aspects of the car.

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

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

I too would enjoy a long term series. Even though I am not of the means to purchase one of these right now, I think the insights will be worth it for future generations as the sun sets on fun vehicles and fun ICE.

Tx a million for the perfect review

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

I can't wait for the GR Sienna 🙂

Great review! Lucky to own a GR Yaris Circuit Pack here in 🇬🇧 I absolutely love this homologated rally car. Bit gutted we don’t get the GR Corolla.

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.

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

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

You fellas are super critical (in a good way). Get one, pull it apart and see what happens under the skin when you do. You have the resources and can make it interesting. Go for it!!

That engine sound reminds me of my 8 th gen Si. Only guys who drove it , know the pleasure of working those 8k rpm screamers and can appreciate it !!

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

What are your thoughts on Toyota's recent announcement about increasing GR Corolla production numbers, including the continuation of the Circuit Edition?

Love the videos

Very useful technical information from Sakamoto that improves upon known weaknesses of the GR Yaris.

I very happy with my Elantra N !