nerdstrike 186 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 For those of us without a homologation special on pre-order, Jonny Smith's review of it is very detailed: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaltorak 111 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Topgear have also posted their review "The Best Toyota We've Ever Driven". They seem to like it? https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/toyota/gr-yaris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spikyone 139 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Pistonheads are raving about it too, and Autocar gave it 5*. Everyone seems to love it. Great news that it's living up to expectations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rich196 103 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 All of the press drives seem to be done round devils Dyke but I have not seen one on the road yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 I feel happy enough now to not worry about a test drive before I pick it up. 4 1 spikyone, ThatGuyThere, surrey86 and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 193 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 The GR Yaris reminds me of this Aygo Crazy from way back. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/toyota/aygo/first-drives/toyota-aygo-crazy 1 Deacon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavin_t 184 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 Read the pistonheads article at lunch time today. They seem to love it. Going to make time to watch some of the video reviews at some point. Hopefully Mr Harris or Catchpole will appear with a review soon ^^ looks lovely in orange in the video still above 1 Luke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 It definitely does have a look of a pumped up Aygo to it. I love the idea of the car, it sounds like it drives amazingly but I have to say I'm not 100% sold on the looks. 1 Luke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, gavin_t said: Read the pistonheads article at lunch time today. They seem to love it. Going to make time to watch some of the video reviews at some point. Hopefully Mr Harris or Catchpole will appear with a review soon ^^ looks lovely in orange in the video still above That's red, or Scarlet Flare. I'm not a fan of that colour, though many seem to love it. Thankfully they are not selling it in orange. 😂 GR colours only of course. Everyone seems to love it if you read/watch all the reviews. EVO 5 star car? Yes please. We all know how fussy EVO are when they review. 1 Luke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Deacon said: It definitely does have a look of a pumped up Aygo to it. I love the idea of the car, it sounds like it drives amazingly but I have to say I'm not 100% sold on the looks. I honestly don't think it looks anything like that Aygo. Mind you I have been looking at the GR Yaris probably a lot more keenly than you have and I have seen one in the flesh. The arches are very boxy on the Yaris like the Ur Quattro/Integrale etcetera on the Yaris whereas the Aygo is just round arch extensions. I think it's a lot fresher looking than that Aygo. I would also add that you have to get used to how a new car looks. Personally I love it as it looks every inch the rally refugee (which it is of course). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 193 Report post Posted November 12, 2020 “Rally Refugee” that’s going to stick isn’t it. 😎 1 Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 Oh the pain. Delayed till 30th November for all. The anticipation is killing me! 😫 1 2 gavin_t, Luke and BRZ-123 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavin_t 184 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 21 hours ago, Lauren said: That's red, or Scarlet Flare. I'm not a fan of that colour, though many seem to love it. Thankfully they are not selling it in orange. 😂 GR colours only of course. Everyone seems to love it if you read/watch all the reviews. EVO 5 star car? Yes please. We all know how fussy EVO are when they review. Ah yes I watched a couple of video reviews last night and they said its those colours only as you say. Must be my dodgy NHS monitor at work Personally I quite like red, although the white mates the lines and features more prominent. @Lauren you keeping on the white theme? Only bit of styling I am not 100% on is the rear wheel arch flares but I reckon its probably something that looks a lot better in person. The rest of the looks especially the front is I see Chris Harris just posted a picture of one on a country road saying "sensational little scamp and shames modern super cars" So assume he likes it and hopefully has a video review on the way 1 Luke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 I've gone for pure white (040) with Circuit Pack. Decided to give pearlescent white a miss this time. I really like the rear arches, they are huge, they make a fairly good seat! Everyone loves it, but it seems to be taking forever. There I was thinking 5 sleeps to go and now it's 18. Gutted! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavin_t 184 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lauren said: I've gone for pure white (040) with Circuit Pack. Decided to give pearlescent white a miss this time. I really like the rear arches, they are huge, they make a fairly good seat! Everyone loves it, but it seems to be taking forever. There I was thinking 5 sleeps to go and now it's 18. Gutted! Good choice, circuit pack is a must obviously. Shame you can't spec both packs really in my opinion. Didn't realise there was two options on the white. I think flat white probably suits the car better. I am sure it will be worth the wait. Will be a nice exclusive car too as I doubt even with all the raving reviews they will sell too many. But then as they are not been built on mass and not for profit I shouldn't think that really matters. Nice to have something exclusive that will also hold value and command the future classic tag line. 1 Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 193 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 https://www.carthrottle.com/post/daigo-saitos-2jz-swapped-toyota-gr-yaris-is-up-and-running-for-drift-heroics/ This ones already had the stage 1 remap done!!!😎 1 Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
will300 812 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 Here's a dyno graph taken from the VideoOption youtube channel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spikyone 139 Report post Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, gavin_t said: Ah yes I watched a couple of video reviews last night and they said its those colours only as you say. Must be my dodgy NHS monitor at work Personally I quite like red, although the white mates the lines and features more prominent. @Lauren you keeping on the white theme? Only bit of styling I am not 100% on is the rear wheel arch flares but I reckon its probably something that looks a lot better in person. The rest of the looks especially the front is I see Chris Harris just posted a picture of one on a country road saying "sensational little scamp and shames modern super cars" So assume he likes it and hopefully has a video review on the way He's described it as "the best new car I've driven this year" and a "little slice of genius" on Twitter. Fair to say he likes it. This lockdown needs to hurry up and end, I really want to test drive one! 3 Rocket Panda, Lauren and gavin_t reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavin_t 184 Report post Posted November 18, 2020 I see Chris is busy doing doughnuts in it 😂 @Lauren you know what to do.... https://www.facebook.com/393436180817481/posts/1709271342567285/?sfnsn=scwspmo 2 1 Luke, spikyone and Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocket Panda 175 Report post Posted November 20, 2020 Hot! Looking forward to a drive 🤩 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spikyone 139 Report post Posted November 25, 2020 Sub-8 Bridge-to-gantry at the Nurburgring in overcast, greasy-looking conditions and with traffic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJay 10 Report post Posted November 25, 2020 That looked impressive. An 86 would have been all over the place in the same conditions lol Hats off to the driver as judging by the tyre noise they were on the limit of traction around most of that lol . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavin_t 184 Report post Posted December 2, 2020 Carfection always do good films and theirs is now online. Looks good in that dark colour too, looks at home on the wet roads of Wales 😎 1 Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
