Toyota knew exactly what they were doing when they let me have a GR Yaris for a month
Back in August, I wrote about Toyota GR officially becoming its own standalone brand here in New Zealand. Akio Toyoda’s push, and the “motorsport feeds the road car, the road car feeds the customer, the customer feeds motorsport” loop translated to a company telling you it’s serious about something. It was a great experience that […]
I put a 2JZ-GTE into a GR Yaris, but I’d still rather have the 3 cylinder
It is always a great day when you’re coming back from a loan car pick up driving back an all wheel drive, turbocharged, manual, rally-inspired hatchback. All the credentials are there to back up the pedigree of the Toyota GR Yaris and, albeit very short, this is my third encounter with this little rascal. So, […]
Toyota GR Yaris Revisited: Is it Still Awesome?
The Toyota GR Yaris. What can be said that hasn’t been said already about this, dare I say it, epic WRC bred petrolheads dream? We drove it for the first time on New Zealand shores back in 2020. The hype was there, and we were happy to report the not only lived up to said […]
Toyota to Unveil GR Yaris on Steroids
A fully tuned GR Yaris and a GR GT3 are among the headline acts at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon.