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

Last year, Toyota wrestled back the No. 1 non-national car brand spot from Honda, and naturally they got there by selling the Toyota Vios, Toyota Yaris, and Toyota Hilux by the boatloads to Malaysians. The Vios took the gong as the brand's best-selling model, and the Yaris, the nation's top-selling hatchback. Naturally this means there's thousands of them out there, and for buyers looking to set themselves apart there's the GR Parts set by Gazoo Racing. Also read: Move aside Honda, Toyota is now

List out some of the coolest bosses on the planet and you’d be hard pressed to exclude Akio Toyoda. You might know him as the president of that rather large car company bearing his family name, Toyota. The man breathes motorsports and was fully behind the GR Yaris right from the start. It turned out to be one of the most brilliant things with an engine in decades and Toyoda deserved to hoon it a little. Hoon it he did, in the process becoming the coolest boss any petrolhead could work for. As th

Toyota must have looked at Tesla’s over the air updates and thought – “that’s a neat trick”, as it rolls out its Toyota GR Yaris “Morizo Selection” with the capability of being updated with new vehicle performance software. Based on the range-topping GR Yaris RZ, the GR Yaris Morizo is only available in Japan via Toyota’s car subscription service, Kinto. On a technical level, there are no significant changes that set the GR Yaris Morizo apart from the standard RZ spec car. Most additions to the

All around the world, the Toyota GR Yaris has been making waves, wowing everyone who has gotten behind its wheel. I must admit, I was chomping at the bit to try the GR Yaris out for myself. Watching other motoring journos try it gave me a serious case of FOMO (fear of missing out). Finally, the chance arrived. I could finally have a go at the Toyota GR Yaris. Better still, it will be a track and gymkhana experience in Sepang International Circuit. I was beside myself. I could not sleep the night

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