Yaris GR - 260 BPH, 4x4 with LSD...

JustARandomGuy

25000 worldwide, which isn't that much.

Cheensbo

True enough, well then - hopefully they make a few hundred thousand of them so I can afford one one day :pac:

For Forks Sake

Cheensbo wrote: »

Interesting on the supra, no mention of them in Ireland, and they're now on sale in the UK it seems

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/toyota/supra/fpa/201909132187415?journey=Search

Cheensbo

For Forks Sake wrote: »

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/toyota/supra/fpa/201909132187415?journey=Search

That's a 3.0

AMKC

Cheensbo wrote: »

That's a 3.0

And petrol too.

Some car but are they not basically a BMW?

MarkN

Z4. Supra is truly a cracking car to drive though! Had a blast around Mondello in one.

Similarly, the GR is superb fun. Had one for a couple of days recently, brilliant grip, fast and easy to drive like it was intended.

I had one from Sandyford Toyota who have sold 4 of them already.

Cheensbo

AMKC wrote: »

And petrol too.

Some car but are they not basically a BMW?

The poster was responding to my query about 2.0 supras with an ad for a 3.0....


- they're all petrol powered? were you looking for a diesel one? :eek:

ManOfMystery

My friend has a deposit down on a Yaris GR and managed to blag loan of one for a half day over weekend there, due to lockdown I unfortunately couldn't get a spin in it but he reported back that he thought it was brilliant. He's had some lairy stuff over the years including a few Lotus models so would be fussy enough too.

PsychoPete

I really like what TOM'S done with the Yaris

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.evo.co.uk/toyota/toyota-gr-yaris/203443/toms-racing-toyota-gr-yaris-revealed-pictures%3famp

cpoh1

LIGHTNING wrote: »

They did a great job of ruining the interior thats for sure

100% this - carbon door cards are a horror show with fit and they just look all wrong.

Car99

ManOfMystery wrote: »

My friend has a deposit down on a Yaris GR and managed to blag loan of one for a half day over weekend there, due to lockdown I unfortunately couldn't get a spin in it but he reported back that he thought it was brilliant. He's had some lairy stuff over the years including a few Lotus models so would be fussy enough too.

A deposit on a GR Yaris in southern Ireland to be driven on Irish plates? He could buy one in Germany, garage it in the nurburgring locality for a year , buy a 1 year ring pass and have 14000 euro left over for petrol, flights and accomodation all for the less than the OTR price here and find it easier to sell afterwards. This country is only for the very wealthy petrol heads.

ba_barabus

Car99 wrote: »

A deposit on a GR Yaris in southern Ireland to be driven on Irish plates? He could buy one in Germany, garage it in the nurburgring locality for a year , buy a 1 year ring pass and have 14000 euro left over for petrol, flights and accomodation all for the less than the OTR price here and find it easier to sell afterwards. This country is only for the very wealthy petrol heads.

Not everyone is poor in Ireland you know

ManOfMystery

Car99 wrote: »

A deposit on a GR Yaris in southern Ireland to be driven on Irish plates? He could buy one in Germany, garage it in the nurburgring locality for a year , buy a 1 year ring pass and have 14000 euro left over for petrol, flights and accomodation all for the less than the OTR price here and find it easier to sell afterwards. This country is only for the very wealthy petrol heads.

I'm not in Southern Ireland.

And see the post above, being a petrol head doesn't require massive wealth, the thrill of driving comes in all shapes and forms and for all budgets.

ba_barabus

ManOfMystery wrote: »

And see the post above, being a petrol head doesn't require massive wealth, the thrill of driving comes in all shapes and forms and for all budgets.

This, so much this. I've always tried to keep spending very much in check but I've had so much fun with cars. Last year's project Renault 19 ran over budget but that's the first time it's happened. This year's w202 is in for a full respray now. And another purchase has been made of a very poor man's Ferrari has been made.

fryup

Mat from Carwow bought one, he said it's the best hot hatch he'd ever driven

any chance of it coming to ireland? not that i could afford to buy one mind

Atlantic Dawn

Top Gear will be reviewing the car, not sure if it's on tonight's episode or not, new series...

https://twitter.com/BBC_TopGear/status/1371076153704914944

Leonard Hofstadter

I see that Harry Metcalfe (founder of EVO and Harry's garage / Harry's farm on YouTube) has just taken delivery of one.

That speaks volumes as to how good this car is, he's never owned a Japanese car before. If I had €50k I'd have one myself!

Car99

A large number of the UK or European based car guys with a presence on youtube have bought them . Looking at the first week of TF at Nurburgring and the Yaris GR was a very common sight . One guy mis shifted 5th to 2nd somehow and over revved the engine by a few hundred RPM he said and bent a valve. No warranty cover for the over rev so it's off to Toyota dealers for investigation on such a high powered small close tolerance engine the bill will be large I would expect.

Gumbo

Carwow done a head to head with an Evo 6 TME.
It was neck and neck. The winner was who got the best launch.

Atlantic Dawn

Top Gear reviewing it tonight at 8pm on BBC1.

AMKC

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Top Gear reviewing it tonight at 8pm on BBC1.

That was the only good part of a very poor episode unfortunatly.

ba_barabus

ba_barabus wrote: »

Not everyone is poor in Ireland you know

This, Jesus the the hassle you get online for dare purchasing something nice it's an absolute joke. Same in the motorbike world.

I don't care what depreciation is.... If I did I wouldn't have spent 21k + on a bike which is just a toy . If thats great because it means you can get a supply of used bikes cheaper I don't give a crap, IL buy another brand new one in 3 years and I couldn't care less, just because you can't buy a new one save your comments.

I don't care how much it costs and how much I will lose, same as these car buyers.

The Yaris is a beaut, if I was buying a car I would consider it.

fryup

could this be the making of an all-time classic?? to be spoken about in 20-30 years time?

like the golf gti, 205 gti, escort cosworth, mx5 etc etc

colm_mcm

fryup wrote: »

could this be the making of an all-time classic?? to be spoken about in 20-30 years time?

like the golf gti, 205 gti, escort cosworth, mx5 etc etc

I think there’s a lot of nostalgia with those cars, they were a lot more mainstream than the GR.
Undoubtedly they’ll still be huge appeal for them as they get older, especially if they only sell small numbers of them.

Leonard Hofstadter

fryup wrote: »

could this be the making of an all-time classic?? to be spoken about in 20-30 years time?

like the golf gti, 205 gti, escort cosworth, mx5 etc etc

Instant classic I reckon. Cars like this simply won't be allowed to be made in a few years time.

Rowley Birkin QC

I met one on the motorway on Sunday. Guy was overtaking very calmly, I gave him a thumbs up and got one back. She took off like a rocket then, absolutely class machine!

ManOfMystery

fryup wrote: »

could this be the making of an all-time classic?? to be spoken about in 20-30 years time?

like the golf gti, 205 gti, escort cosworth, mx5 etc etc

I would think so. Evo magazine did an icons article this month and it's already made it into that list for them. They have one on long term test too.

fryup

must buy one then *cough

bazz26

I see Toyota have launched a limited edition Yaris GRMN:

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/yaris/357032/extreme-toyota-grmn-yaris-limited-edition-arrives-major-performance-upgrades

JDM model only but I wonder will the odd one find it's way over here as a grey import in a decade or so like some other Japanese performance cars these days?

Rowley Birkin QC

Met one of these on the M8 last year heading home to Cork. Cruised past yer man, gave him the thumbs up, got one back and she took off like a rocket. Very cool little machine.

goochy

Cork reg white one for sale at vector motors . Karl Goodwin has a new one for sale . Had it for a while