Japanese domestic sales of the updated 2024 Toyota GR Yaris facelift are to begin on 8-April 2024, bringing with it an automatic transmission, beyond a host of new stuff. While that will be relatively readily available, the two special brews – the Sébastien Ogier Edition and Kalle Rovanperä Edition – are only available at 100 units apiece, and only by lottery. More on that in a bit... Anyway, the GR Yaris facelift gleans on lessons learnt from the road, track, and dirt, which sees it gain more p

The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) has confirmed that the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 has officially received homologation from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) starting 1-January 2024. Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) has been an active participant in motorsports with the GR Yaris Rally1 hybrid in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the GR010 hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), and the DKR Hilux EVO T1U in the FIA World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC)

Known more for his portrayal as the child-minded, red-necktie-wearing, teddy bear-hugging man behind a green Mini with a number plate that spells out SLW, Rowan Atkinson, the man, is an accomplished person and a huge petrolhead. However, the comedian caught a lot of flak from EV enthusiasts when he published a column in The Guardian stating that the whole environmentally-friendly image of EVs is nothing more than lies. In short, he was tricked, bamboozled, lied to, and whatever other vocabulary

At the Australian launch of the Toyota GR Corolla, Chief Engineer Naoyuki Sakamoto told GoAuto that GR models like the GR Corolla and GR Yaris, which are currently available with a manual transmission only, could gain an automatic option. “It’s possible. We are testing an automatic transmission in the GR Yaris for the Japanese rally team,” said Sakamoto. “We have joined the rally series with a GR Yaris with automatic transmission, and with each rally if we find some issues, we improve it. Such k

Prior to the model going on sale in Japan, Toyota has announced the full line-up of the 2020 Toyota GR Yaris. For the Japanese market, three variants of the GR Yaris will be made available: RZ (272 PS, 370 Nm, 6MT) RC (272 PS, 370 Nm, 6MT) RS (120 PS, 145 Nm, CVT) Toyota GR Yaris RZ - Range-topping with all the bells and whistles The RZ is the top-of-the-line variant, powered by a newly-developed 1.6-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine that does 272 PS and 370 Nm, mated to a 6-speed

While it’s cool you can tell a car to lower the air-conditioning temperature, but have you tried ordering chicken rice using your BMW? Yes, with the BMW Concierge Service, you can in fact order chicken rice (or in this case, navigate to a chicken rice shop) from the comfort of your car with just the press of a button. BMW Concierge Service is just one of many services that BMW offers under its ConnectedDrive umbrella. But that’s not all. With the BMW Connected app (available for Apple and Androi