The 2025 Toyota Corolla GR Sport, unveiled at the Toyota Gazoo Racing Season 7 finale, aims to deliver a sporty driving experience without compromising practicality. Featuring a new 10-speed Sport Sequential Shiftmatic transmission, revised handling, and a more responsive engine, it targets young drivers seeking a blend of performance and everyday usability.
at the Toyota Gazoo Racing Season 7 finale, happening at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit now, but there’s another car on stage, one that’s a fair bit more attainable. The 2025 Toyota Corolla GR Sport is the sportiest variant of the local civilian Corolla range, and it’s aimed at young drivers, even those with a family, who want a sporty sedan for everyday driving (UMW Toyota Motor’s words).
“Unlike ‘sporty variants’ of some other models in the market, the Corolla GR Sport does not merely have sportier looks but also genuinely improved driving performance, particularly in the area of handling,” the company says., and the sedan gets revised exterior features, improved performance from a new ’10-speed transmission’ (more on this later), GR Sport leather and suede seats and an upgraded infotainment display. We’ll start with the gearbox, which UMWT calls a 10-speed Sport Sequential Shiftmatic. Replacing the standard CVT with seven virtual ratios (it’s still a CVT), the ‘box here has more ratios that ‘allows for smoother transitions’ and each ratio has been ‘optimised for optimum performance’. The manual mode has enhanced response time and there are steering paddle shifters too, of course. UMWT has done this ’10-speed trick’ before with the No change to the output of the 2ZR-FE 1.8-litre Dual VVT-i engine, which remains at 139 PS and 172 Nm, but UMWT says that revised ECU programming adds responsiveness. When in Sport mode, there’s ‘Auto Brake Downshifting and Cornering Gear Fix Control’ that aims to provide better throttle control when exiting a corner. There’s more under the hood. The electric power steering’s ECU has been optimised for smoother steering during multi-turn manoeuvres, such as driving along a twisty road. “Being able to feel the torque more directly gives the driver a better feel of what the front wheels are doing. Together with better straightline stability, the driver will have more confidence at high speed,” UMWT say
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