Turns out all the might of the GR Corolla's all-wheel drive can't make it faster than a FWD hot hatch hero car auto cars
We can all agree 2020 was a miserable year. With the pandemic at its peak and the entire world seemingly in some form of lockdown, things have never looked quite as bleak. But for petrolheads, there was a glimmer of hope: the GR Yaris from Toyota.
Originally destined to compete in the 2020 World Rally Championship , the GR Yaris is a tour de force of homologated excellence. Not only does it have a completely different bodyshell from the original — ditching five doors for three — it has 259 additional welds and 48 feet of extra structural adhesive. Most panels are aluminum, and the roof is carbon fiber.
There was just one problem. As the Yaris was never sold stateside, those in the U.S. couldn’t get one. The costs to homologate the alone for the U.S. market were prohibitive. In fact, Americans have been denied virtually all WRC-homologated hot hatches. But there was one Toyota hatchback already on sale in America — the Corolla.The GR Corolla took the transmission, suspension, and brakes from the GR Yaris and bumped the 3-cylinder’s horsepower up to 300 , setting another record.
We now know thanks to the latest Icons video from Jason Cammisa and Hagerty. While the two cars are fairly evenly matched on the straights, the story is very different around the Willow Springs track. TheMorizo set a time of 1:22.94, a whole five seconds faster than the GR Yaris. Granted, there were some inconsistencies, such as the Corolla being on grippier tires and having limited slip diffs vs. the Yaris’ open ones.
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