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Showing posts with label Toyota GR Yaris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toyota GR Yaris. Show all posts

January 12, 2024

Toyota Shows Enhanced 2024 GR Yaris With 304 Horsepower, 8-speed AT


Toyota Gazoo Racing pulled the wraps off an evolved version of its hot hatch, the GR Yaris, for 2024. Sporting more power than ever before, it comes with exterior and interior upgrades as well as the option of an automatic transmission as well.

March 30, 2023

Yaris Is Latest Toyota Nameplate To Reach 10 Million Cumulative Sales


The Yaris nameplate has reached 10 million cumulative global sales, joining the ranks of other esteemed Toyota models including Corolla, Camry, RAV4, Hilux, and Land Cruiser. 

December 6, 2022

Toyota Just Shoehorned The GR Yaris's 1.6-liter Turbo Into The Corolla Cross


Showing that there’s more than one way (electrification) towards carbon neutrality, Toyota shoehorned the GR Yaris / GR Corolla’s turbocharged engine into the Corolla Cross.

March 22, 2022

Toyota Motor PH Is Recalling The GR Yaris Because Someone Forgot To Turn On The Radar Sensor


Toyota Motor Philippines is recalling a number of its high-performance GR Yaris hatchbacks because of its Millimeter Wave Sensor.

January 14, 2022

Toyota Launches Limited Edition Two-Seater GRMN Yaris


Toyota is adding a higher performance version of its GR Yaris: the GRMN Yaris, and it was shown for the first time at the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon. Using lessons learned from motorsports competition, it features more power and improved handling over the GR Yaris.

January 7, 2022

Toyota To Show Off High-Performance GR GT3 Concept, Hardcore GR Yaris At 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon


Despite being known for more sensible cars, Toyota won’t be forgetting their aim of making “ever better cars.” To that end, they’re set to bring out two high-performance vehicles at the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon.

December 5, 2021

This Toyota GR Yaris Uses Hydrogen As Fuel


Toyota is stuffing its experimental hydrogen-powered combustion engine into the GR Yaris. This as Toyota continues to believe in a multi-prong solution to achieving carbon neutrality.

September 19, 2021

Toyota's Production Stoppage Now Extends To RAV4, GR Yaris As Well


Toyota Motor Corporation is making a third adjustment to its Japan production as a result of the on-going parts shortage.

July 10, 2021

Toyota Motor PH To Start Turning Over GR Yaris To Customers On July 17 (w/ Specs)


UPDATE: Toyota Motor Philippines now moved it to August 14 (7/19).

The long wait is almost over. After a pre-selling that started way back in March 2021, Toyota Motor Philippines will be turning over the first batch of GR Yaris to owners starting this Saturday, July 17. The date also happens to coincide with the official launch date of Toyota’s high-performance hot hatch.

June 7, 2021

This Special Edition GR Yaris Carries Its President's Name On It


Toyota is now offering a special edition GR Yaris named after Akio Toyoda’s racing alter ego, Morizo. There are two catches though to the new Toyota GR Yaris Morizo Selection: one, it’s only available in Japan; and two, it’s exclusively available for lease through Toyota’s Kinto mobility services.

April 20, 2021

Toyota Motor PH Reveals July Launch for 2021 GR Yaris And These 16 Dealerships Are Now Accepting Reservations


We’ve tackled this before, but Toyota Motor Philippines has confirmed what we knew all along: the 2021 Toyota GR Yaris will only be sold at 16 dealerships, and it will be available in limited numbers.

March 31, 2021

Toyota GR Yaris Selected as One of the World's Best Performance Cars


In a move that will certainly increase its street cred even more, the Toyota GR Yaris has been selected as one of the Top Three finalists for the World Performance Car of the Year 2021, beating the BMW M2 CS and X5 M / X6 M in the process.

March 28, 2021

Toyota PH to Only Offer GR Yaris in Limited Volume, Will Be Cheaper Than Civic Type R, WRX STI (UPDATED)


UPDATE: Toyota Motor Philippines confirmed that our list of dealers is correct (4/20).

UPDATE: Toyota Motor Philippines confirmed that our pricing info is correct (3/29).

With Toyota Motor Philippines’s official announcement on the arrival of its second GAZOO Racing vehicle, the 2021 GR Yaris, details have now started coming out about their formidable hot hatch, including its local price.

March 10, 2021

Toyota Motor PH Pretty Much Confirmed the GR Yaris for the Local Market (Update: It's Officially Coming)


UPDATE: Toyota Motor PH confirmed it (3/26).

At the launch of the new Vios GR-S, Toyota Motor Philippines may have let one big cat slip out of the bag: more GAZOO Racing models are coming.

December 15, 2020

Toyota's Bonkers 261-Horsepower GR Yaris Heads to ASEAN


The bonkers Toyota GR Yaris is coming to ASEAN, and the first market to receive it is Thailand. After showing it off at the Thailand International Motor Expo, Toyota Motor Thailand has just opened the order books for its rally car for the road with customer deliveries starting there by 2021.

June 3, 2020

This Toyota GR Yaris Should Be the Shame of Gazoo Racing


Toyota and its bonkers go-fast division, Gazoo Racing broke the rules when it came out with the GR Yaris. With a tagline that read, “Born from WRC,” it is pretty much a homologation special made to satisfy WRC rules. So, it’s just weird that the company and division responsible for such hooliganism would sell out with this: the GR Yaris RS.

March 8, 2020

The 2020 Toyota GR Yaris is Cheaper Than the Volkwagen Golf GTI and Honda Civic Type R


After unveiling it at the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota has finally priced its GR Yaris, at least for the European market. And get this: it’ll undercut both the Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Honda Civic Type R.

January 10, 2020

The Toyota GR Yaris is a 272-horsepower Rally Car for the Road (w/ Specs, Video)


Toyota finally pulled the covers off its high-performance GR Yaris—a homologation model born to win the FIA World Rally Championship. Learning from competing in the WRC, Toyota developed the GR Yaris together with Tommi Mäkinen and will be produced to a tune of at least 25,000 units over a 12-month period.

December 23, 2019

The 2021 Toyota GR Yaris Will Feature the World's Most Powerful 3-Cylinder Engine


With a launch date confirmed this January, Toyota and its motorsports arm, Gazoo Racing has given several European publications early access to its much-awaited next global GR model—the GR Yaris.

December 13, 2019

Toyota Just Teased the Next Global GR Model: the GR Yaris


Toyota is teasing its next global GR model after the GR Supra, and thankfully, the world won’t have to wait long for it. Coming this January, the world will see the GR Yaris which will make its debut at the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon in January.