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Written by Ollie Kew
Attention, motoring internet: a new niche has been created. Not another tiresome coupe-SUV monstrosity, either. Toyota"s created something entirely new. It might be genius. It might make no sense. It"s a hybrid supermini designed to handle but not go like a proper, pukka hot hatch. This is the Toyota Yaris GR Sport. Japanese car aficionados will know that the GR isn"t a menacing growl, but stands for Gazoo Racing. The motorsport arm, which is beavering away putting the finishing touches to the new Supra, gave us a true Yaris hot hatch earlier this year: the 209bhp Yaris GRMN. Kitted out with a Lotus Elise"s zingy supercharged engine and featuring a thoroughly overhauled chassis, it was the most fun front-wheel-drive Toyota in living memory. So good, in fact, that despite costing an eye-watering 26,000, all 100 offered in the UK were snapped up. Toyota"s now decided to sprinkle what made that flagship Yaris GRMN a hoot onto its philosophically opposite sister. So, the 1.5-litre Yaris hybrid, good for a mere 99bhp, has been off rummaging in the Gazoo Racing toy box.
Date written: 14 Sep 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13329
Attention, motoring internet: a new niche has been created. Not another tiresome coupe-SUV monstrosity, either. Toyota"s created something entirely new. It might be genius. It might make no sense. It"s a hybrid supermini designed to handle but not go like a proper, pukka hot hatch. This is the Toyota Yaris GR Sport. Japanese car aficionados will know that the GR isn"t a menacing growl, but stands for Gazoo Racing. The motorsport arm, which is beavering away putting the finishing touches to the new Supra, gave us a true Yaris hot hatch earlier this year: the 209bhp Yaris GRMN. Kitted out with a Lotus Elise"s zingy supercharged engine and featuring a thoroughly overhauled chassis, it was the most fun front-wheel-drive Toyota in living memory. So good, in fact, that despite costing an eye-watering 26,000, all 100 offered in the UK were snapped up. Toyota"s now decided to sprinkle what made that flagship Yaris GRMN a hoot onto its philosophically opposite sister. So, the 1.5-litre Yaris hybrid, good for a mere 99bhp, has been off rummaging in the Gazoo Racing toy box.
Date written: 14 Sep 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13329