Time magazine labelled 2020 as the “worst year ever” for most of us alive today. We witnessed the widespread cancellation of gatherings, global lockdowns, and the far-reaching consequences these had on the economy. Our lifestyles have probably been changed as well. It’s a year to forget for many, but in the midst of all of it, the automotive world was gifted a rally homologation special – the Toyota GR Yaris. It was a car that made zero financial sense. Toyota, as a company, could’ve carried on

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

Toyota’s big on hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels and what better way than to take the tech racing as a demonstration of its effectiveness. The giant has now employed hydrogen in as the fuel in one of the best cars of the year, the GR Yaris. While Toyota has the production Mirai that runs on hydrogen, the gas serves a different function in both vehicles. Also Read: The brilliant 2020 Toyota GR Yaris in Malaysia - not for those with outdated ideas of cars In the Mirai, the hydrogen is hy

UMW Toyota Motor has revised the 2021 Toyota GR Yaris’ price, following the government’s surprise U-turn in extending the sales tax (SST) exemption/discount from the original deadline of 31-December 2020 to 30-June 2021. From now till 30-June 2021, those wanting to get Toyota’s newest pocket rocket can save RM 13k off the original RM 299k sticker price, bringing the final price down to a slightly more palatable RM 286,896. With only 127 units allocated for Malaysia, the Toyota GR Yaris is by far

Some say that it’s quite possibly the best homologation car in recent years, some say it’s probably the best Toyota in the world. All we know is, the Toyota GR Yaris has been awarded Hot Hatch of the Year by Top Gear Magazine (TGM). The sprightly, mighty rally car for the streets received its third major award in three weeks since its UK launch. Talk about being perfect on your debut! According to the magazine’s editor, Jack Rix, everything about the GR Yaris seemed right. “From its bespoke, inf

UMW Toyota Motor has secured about 100 units of the World Rally Championship-bred Toyota GR Yaris. To recap, the B-segment Toyota GR Yaris is a road going version of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s World Rally Championsip (WRC) car – often called a homologation special. Despite using the Yaris name, the GR Yaris have few things in common with a Toyota Yaris. Globally, there are three variants of the regular Toyota Yaris. USA’s Yaris is a rebadged Mazda 2, Europe and Japan gets a smaller model, while the r