Toyota GR Yaris A Track Car for Country Roads with In Depth Review

When you want to spend £ 29,995 a on a car and the most important things you want is that it should be stylish, aggressive, lightweight, powerful, fun to drive, compact, great real-life presence and family car. The hatchback that will complete all your requirements is the newly launch Toyota GR Yaris. The GR Yaris is a completely new model of the Yaris hatchback by Toyota. You Can also Say that Toyota GR Yaris is a Track Car build for Country Roads.

Toyota Has used only few things in GR Yaris like Front Headlight, Orvm and Tail Light from five door Yaris. The GR Yaris is actually a Racing Hatchback which you can buy for your daily use and for track use. The rivals of GR Yaris are Hyundai i30N, Ford Fiesta ST, Focus ST and Civic Type-R.

Toyota will only manufacture 25000 units of GR Yaris. The GR Yaris available in three different models which are GR Yaris ,GR Yaris Convenience Pack and GR Yaris Circuit Pack. The main reason for Toyota to build GR Yaris is to go into rally racing only. Most of the hatchback looks attractive from the front or back end when it comes to design. But Toyota has designed GR Yaris so much nicely that its looks from every aspect are great. The presence of vehicle in the real world is very eye catching and can be easily identified from long distances.

From the front end you can easily notice the huge air dam grill which provide better cooling for engine, new generation LED headlights, Drls with integrated turn light indicators and new generation LED fog lights all elements together give aggressive looks to vehicle. From the side you will notice the wide body structure which provide wide wheel position, Orvm’s come with electronic adjustment and integrated Led turn light indicator.

At front stopping power comes from 356 mm disc brake and on the rear 297 mm disc brake and most interesting part is that the disc brake are bigger then the new Toyota supra model. Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires are standard in all variants and tire size is 225/40 R18 fitted on alloy wheels.

At the rear end Led Tail Lights, Rear parking sensor, Parking Camera, Rear defogger, High mounted stop light, Rear spoiler and Dual exhaust are available. The rear bumper is build up from new plastic polymer which is light and helps to reduce the weight of vehicle.

The roof of the GR Yaris is build from carbon fiber and a shark fin antenna installed at the rear end of the roof. The roofline is 10 cm shorter than the normal Yaris at the rear end.

The 1.6 Liter 3 cylinder 12 v Turbocharged petrol engine is used in GR Yaris which produce 257 Bhp and 347 Nm of Torque. The engine mated to 6 speed manual gearbox with all wheel drive feature and weight of GR Yaris is 1280 Kg. The Dimension are length 3995 mm, Width 1805 mm, Height 1455 mm, Wheel base is 2560 mm, Ground clearance unladen 124 mm and Boot space 174 Liters. Toyota Yaris take 5.5 second to reach 0-62 mph and top speed is limited to 142 mph.

When you get inside the cabin you will notice Plenty of luxurious features like sports steering wheel with lather finish, Sports seats which offer better support on high speed corner and finished with Alcantara, Ambient light, heated front seats and steering wheel, driver and co driver seat can be manually adjusted, iMT, Dual Zone Automatic Climate control, 7 inch Touch screen Infotainment system, 120 watt power point, Cupholder space , bottle holder space on each door, Usb and driving mode selection knob. The rear seats are not so comfortable for the tall person.

The instrument cluster comes with analog speedometer, tachometer, Fuel level and coolant temperature. Digital display is placed in the middle of instrument cluster which show all kinds of important information like driving mode, trip, ODO meter, boost gauge, AWD and more. On the steering wheel you will see the instrument cluster and infotainment system controls.

The 7 inch’s Touch Screen infotainment system comes with all kinds of new features like Apple Carplay, Android Auto, Google Maps, Spotify, BBC i-Player, Usb, Voice Command and more. The GR Yaris and GR Yaris Circuit Pack come fitted with 6 speakers inside the cabin which offer surround sound quality and GR Yaris Convenience Pack come fitted JBL 8 speakers to offer Premium surround sound quality.

Toyota GR Yaris equipped with safety’s features like Lane Trace Assist, Road Sign Assist, Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control, Rear Cross Traffic Alert with Brake Assist, LED Adaptive Headlights, Emergency Steering Assist, Hill Start Assist Control, Vehicle Stability Control, 4 Airbags, ABS, EBD, BA, Rear Parking Sensor, Parking Camera and more.

Toyota offers Standard 5 Years / 100,000 Miles standard warranty in UK and in Australia 5 years/ unlimited kilometers of standard warranty.