

About the GR Yaris
The GR Yaris is built from scratch and designed to win at highest levels according to Toyota. It is Toyota’s second GR model, following the launch of the GR Supra in 2018. It's so unique and unlike it's entry-level Yaris cousin that it only shares the front and rear tail lamps. The roofline is 91mm lower than the ordinary Yaris, giving the rally boys much more aerodynamic shell to work with. It’s also 55mm wider, to accommodate the significantly beefier rear end. As a true motorsport's enthusiast, Toyota President's Akio Toyoda, wanted a proper sports car made purely by Toyota. It was actually his personal ambition over the past 20 years. The development team worked closely with Tommi Mäkinen Racing to better understand how their goals could be achieved. They wanted an ideal combination of rigid, lightweight construction, an agile and responsive chassis and a powerful yet compact turbo engine.
How They Constructed The GR Yaris
The GR Yaris uses the new Yaris' platform while having the rear end adapted from the CH-R. As being lightweight was a key element of the car, the GR Yaris received aluminium body panels while the roof received a forged carbon composite treatment. Even with a permanent GR-FOUR all-wheel drive system, this kept the weight down to 1,280kg. The GR Yaris Circuit Pack equips the car with lightweight forged alloy wheels further reducing the car’s overall weight. The engine is also all-new and all Toyota, a 1.6-litre, three-cylinder turbocharged unit. It is the world’s most powerful three-cylinder engine. Producing 261 hp and 360 Nm of torque, launching the GR Yaris from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5.5 seconds, and on to an electronically limited top speed of 230 km/h. The motorsport derived Yaris includes a ball bearing turbocharger, large-diameter exhaust valves and multi-jet oil piston cooling.