Lauded by the media, this is why the GR Yaris is Toyota's greatest work in recent years

Lauded by international media and made specially for WRC homologation, the GR Yaris is arguably Toyota's greatest work in recent years.If you have read my previous piece on the E30 M3, you may have the idea that "homologation specials" are just production cars that have been massaged into race machines, then sold to the public in order to meet the race sanctioning bodies' restrictions.

The third-generation Yaris/Vitz also had a rather special treatment from Gazoo Racing - there were two variants of limited-production Yaris/Vitz GRMN, launched in 2013 and 2017 respectively. Built on a combination of the standard Yaris' TNGA-B architecture in front and the Corolla's TNGA-C architecture at the rear, the GR Yaris clearly is a special car that was born out of the brand's passion for motorsports and its dedication to performance in the WRC.

Expectedly, the engine within is something unconventional - instead of the four-cylinder engines that you typically find in compact performance cars, the GR Yaris is powered by a three-cylinder powerplant. And it isn't just any three-cylinder - the 1,618cc G16E-GTS was specially designed for the GR Yaris WRC rally car, which was limited to a maximum displacement of 1,620cc by the race series.

Hence, it isn't surprising that all 22 units officially allocated to Borneo Motors, the Authorised Dealer for Toyota in Singapore, were sold out six months before the cars arrived.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

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