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Toyota GR Yaris review

3 years ago

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Writer:

Andrew Frankel | Ti co-founder

Date:

14 April 2021

Often when a car comes surfing into shore on a fast tide of hype and unrealistic expectation, its arrival can be something of an anti-climax. And few hatchbacks in recent years have been more hyped than this new Toyota GR Yaris. And no wonder: it has the world’s most powerful three-cylinder engine (for now…), its own four-wheel drive system with Torsen diffs, a manual gearbox and all Toyota’s rally heritage to bump expectations to fever pitch level.

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