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Hot off the press yesterday as the order books open for delivery January 2021:

https://www.toyota.co.uk/world-of-toyota/toyota-gazoo-racing/gr-yaris/specs#

I've already spoken to Richard at RRG. Going down Saturday to put a deposit down. I want this car! :)

Obviously going for the track pack. Price is £33.5K reckon there may be an OTR tax to add though, will find out. 

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This is probably more representative of the dash as the pic posted is the boot up screen. Looks okay to me. There is a setting I've seen in a video (in my link) where you can have a turbo boost gauge displayed. In fact looks very much like the Corolla dash, no surprise there: 

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Hot off the press yesterday as the order books open for delivery January 2021:
https://www.toyota.co.uk/world-of-toyota/toyota-gazoo-racing/gr-yaris/specs#
I've already spoken to Richard at RRG. Going down Saturday to put a deposit down. I want this car!
Obviously going for the track pack. Price is £33.5K reckon there may be an OTR tax to add though, will find out. 
Congratulations. What colour?

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7 hours ago, BRZ-123 said:

Congratulations. What colour?

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Thank you. Exciting day today. :)Going to go for the 'pure white' rather than pearlescent. I know pearlescent will match my car, but pure white or 'championship white' is more in keeping with the rally ethos. it's also the no cost colour option. 😆

I will still be around, don't worry. :)

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12 hours ago, sam534 said:

I enjoyed the HUD on the supra, I hope to see more performance cars with this option

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I couldn't see the HUD when I drove the Supra. 🤣

But, on the Yaris dash you can flip it through the menus to have a digital speed on the central display I think. I admit, I've got used to digital speedos now. It would have been nice if the whole dash was a configurable screen as pretty much all upmarket cars have these days. Guess that's the downside of it being based on a lower model. 

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I made an initial deposit yesterday of £500 in an effort to get an early build slot when things start happenning. :)

Went for Pure White with  Circuit Pack. No other other options at present. That may change, we shall see. There will be a UK unveil at Goodwood FOS in July, with dealer demos in October. Delivery is January 2021, but it could move forward to November. Really excited! :)

Got a brochure as well! 🤣

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Super exciting. It is very interesting to see the forum members move on to different cars - some onto new boxer engines ones ( Porsche) , some onto the new Supra and now the Yaris GR.

Now looking forward to 2nd Gen BRZ/GT86 and what it holds in store!

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Yeah, it is an interesting thing where people move onto. For me whilst I am excited about what the new GT86 may bring, I've had my car for seven years, been to the moon and halfway back and done everything I can with the car. I've not made any changes to it in two and a half years now. I think I'm ready to try something different. First turbo, first 4WD, but the absolute appeal is being able to own a proper homologation special and that is ticking a big box for me. So much so, that I just couldn't resist! 

Cars like these will not exist in the not to distant future and it' got a manual gearbox. Got to make the most of it while you can I think. Also ticking another box is ordering a car that hasn't even made production yet, super excited to follow the build up which is going to be a long one. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds. :) 

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56 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Yeah, it is an interesting thing where people move onto. For me whilst I am excited about what the new GT86 may bring, I've had my car for seven years, been to the moon and halfway back and done everything I can with the car. I've not made any changes to it in two and a half years now. I think I'm ready to try something different. First turbo, first 4WD, but the absolute appeal is being able to own a proper homologation special and that is ticking a big box for me. So much so, that I just couldn't resist! 

Cars like these will not exist in the not to distant future and it' got a manual gearbox. Got to make the most of it while you can I think. Also ticking another box is ordering a car that hasn't even made production yet, super excited to follow the build up which is going to be a long one. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds. :) 

I'm trying to work out whether I'd rather tick the box of a V8 whilst they're still vaguely acceptable, but I suspect we won't ever see anything like this Yaris again (or at least, not with a petrol engine). It's a tough one.

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5 minutes ago, spikyone said:

I'm trying to work out whether I'd rather tick the box of a V8 whilst they're still vaguely acceptable, but I suspect we won't ever see anything like this Yaris again (or at least, not with a petrol engine). It's a tough one.

Indeed, exactly this. Trouble is for me, the running costs of a V8 would be high, given I like to spend a lot of time in my cars. A V8 could only be an occasional use car for me. Can run the Yaris like I have the GT86 given it's a similar price and ought to have similar running costs. 

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On 3/6/2020 at 6:24 PM, Test Drives Unlimited said:

I got HUD in my GT86 emoji14.png

Which one have you got? Stand alone or using phone? Would you recommend it as I am considering going for one?

 

 

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My one plugs into the socket under the drivers side of dash and then sits in front on top of the Dashboard and sends the info to the Windscreen.

 

Has a separate switch if you want to turn it off.

 

It cost £17.99 via eBay from a Chinese Manufacturer

 

Got a photo somewhere.......

 

I find it strange driving a car without it now!!

 

 

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