8/31/2023 0 Comments Calibre reader legitIn the real world, though, these are going to be cross-shopped. One is rally-focused, tested on dirt and snow as well as racetracks, the other is a street/track tool of the highest caliber. The Civic Type R only drives the front wheels and the GR Corolla drives all four. The Type R feels like a mid-size sedan, the GR Corolla is at least a full-size smaller. And Toyota now has a legitimate competitor to the Honda Civic Type R, which is great news for us because this is the type of thing that gets us up in the morning.īut there are more differences between them than similarities. It has all the stuff driving enthusiasts want: a heavily boosted and fizzy three-cylinder with 300 hp, and 273 lb-ft of torque, a rally-bred all-wheel drive system, front and rear Torsen limited-slip differentials, big brakes, and a mandatory 6-speed manual transmission. Is the GR Corolla just a consolation prize for North Americans or does it have the same magic that made its smaller sibling an instant hit? It’s slightly bigger and heavier but it makes more power to offset the extra pounds. Car makers don’t like losing large sums of money, so instead we get the GR Corolla. But bringing it here would have been prohibitively expensive. If the GR Yaris did come here, it would have sold out instantly and probably for an insane markup. Unfortunately, we don’t, and that’s simply because the Yaris on which the GR version is based, is no longer sold here. Markets in Europe and Asia get the rally-bred GR Yaris, a true homologation special. The Toyota GR Corolla has been making headlines since its introduction last year.
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