I can't slow down.
I can't slow down, down,
down. I can't slow down down.
I'm out of speed.
I can't slow down. I can't slow
down,
I can't slow down, down,
down, down.
I'm at the
speed of
light, At the speed of
light, I'm at
the speed of light. GR Corolla So excited to finally
be driving this thing after all the hype,
after everything that's happened in the car industry,
Toyota has turned around, in my opinion.
From Priuses on podiums at the LA Auto Show all
the way to three sports cars and their line up
all with manual transmissions.
Now the GR Corolla, what makes it special?
Well it's got a three cylinder turbocharged engine with all-wheel
drive.
It has 300 horsepower and
273 LB feet of torque.
Also if you're wondering it's a
1.6 liter 3 cylinder so that's the displacement.
It's an aluminum alloy block in heads with 12 valves,
dual overhead Cam. It has front and rear torsion,
limited slip differentials. The suspension is actually an independent McPherson
type strut front suspension with independent double wishbone multi link
rear suspension.
Brakes are ventilated discs that are 14 inch in the
front and
11.7 in the rear. It has a ton of structural
rigidity with
349 Weld points and there's three different versions of the
GR Corolla.
One is the core, the next is the circuit and
then there's the Moritzo and guys.
They finally released pricing and
you might see a smile on my face because I'm
going to stop just to tell you guys that
it's a good price. The core is
$35,900, the circuit is
$42,900 and the Morito is
$49,900. And what I love about G Rs entire philosophy
is that the cars are born on the track and
not in the boardroom.
Just a change in leadership at Toyota literally changed everything
for the company in the enthusiasts perspective.
So with the all-wheel drive GR4 system,
the power can be distributed in three different ways.
You can have it front,
which is a 6040 split,
you have a track which is a 5050 split,
and then you have a rear,
which is a 3070 split.
So if you want a little bit of that oversteer,
you can do it. Gazoo Racing,
I didn't really know much about until the Super came
out,
the Mark 5 super, excuse me.
And I was like, what is this?
I need to look into the history of it and
I'm so glad that I did because
Gazoo Racing has literally changed Toyota's image and it's fantastic.
Alright, here we go. First gear,
so the three cylinders, aftermarket potential and that's why a
lot of you guys are here is crazy.
People have taken the GRE Yaris and pushed
500 horsepower out of a three cylinder.
That's the world we live in today.
So another thing is
manual E brake. This manual E brake yes in the
right situation does lock up through your axle.
So fun times and this engine does not sound that
raspy.
I originally got a ride along with Ryan Turek a
few months back and finally got to really hear what
it sounded like.
I was really expecting like a super raspy engine,
but it's really not all that bad on track.
The GR Corolla delivers exactly
what it says. It brings a hot hatch experience with
a really unique power plant that I can't really describe
what it's like.
But it's weird to have such a small displacement engine
that doesn't have a ton of turbo lag.
Like that's second gear at the raw mile an hour.
So this is a first gear roll on.
So compared to say like the Civic Type R,
this car does have a little bit more character with
the engine.
The engine feels a little bit more alive.
I think the Type R engine is really great,
but it just doesn't really feel like a Honda.
This is a 100% Toyota car.
That's another thing that a lot of people were super,
super happy about.
Those Michelins doing their job.
Freaking amazing when this car was unveiled.
The entire world, they kind of took a deep breath
and lost their mind.
I mean the normal Corolla hatch.
Even that car, Emmanuel is a pretty fun car to
drive even though it's just a daily driver commute.
The thing is about the GR Corolla.
With it being all-wheel drive and turbocharged 3 cylinder feeling
unique,
it has a leg up on its competitors in almost
every single way.
Unique Power plant, the Subarus.
They've used the same power plants forever.
If you could compare this to like a WRX,
this is better than the WRX.
I'm sorry, it just is.
And the STI is gone.
So the Corolla is kind of unchallenged because there's no
Evo as well to take it on.
There's no focus or rest to take it on.
I feel like this car takes so many lessons learned
from other platforms,
other cars, and just literally leans it to it and
says what can we make
better? How can we make it unique?
How can we make it different?
So let's talk about the interior.
It has a 12.3 inch display screen for its gauges.
I love the gauges. It has everything you could possibly
ever need.
You have a turbo gauge,
you got your track mode,
you are different driving modes,
got the GR logo on it.
It even has a gear selector in it.
It says
123456, which is really nice to know.
Case you know, you're kind of bogging down.
You're like, that's not the right gear.
I'm sure you're wondering why is the price difference between
the base model or the core?
Excuse me, and the Morizo such a big difference.
Well, the Morizo literally feels like something else.
Dude. I really did not think the difference would feel
that big.
But it has a different gear ratio in it,
more rigidity, and at the same time it has no
back seat.
But man, that Morizo just feels so nimble.
It feels amazing.
Interesting. OK, so it's 6040.
You feel that little bit of front wheel drive push
like just a little bit.
I'm not saying anything significant,
but when you go around to slalom,
you can feel it kind of push a little bit.
I've spent most of my time in track mode because,
you know, hot boy,
basically track mode is the 5050.
Now let's do the rear mode.
And by the way, it's as simple as turning a
knob.
Left is 6040, right is 3070.
Push down for track mode.
That's simple. Not going through menus,
nothing stupid. Very simple. So the 3070,
the good thing is, oh,
OK. So during that slalom,
I turned in a little bit quicker to kind of
see if the rear end would come around a little
bit.
Yes, it does. Not in a dangerous way,
but just in a more little forgiving way.
I'd say this would be really good for a really
tight back Rd.
like hairpins and stuff like that,
to kind of bring that bias back there to get
you some oversteer.
The materials are very, very nice for the money.
Everything is soft. Every single touch point is soft except
right around the gear selection.
It's just this black plastic.
But honestly, it feels nice.
It doesn't feel really cheap.
It's fine and these seats
feel the park, but they're not like the Focus Rs
is where the
Recaro's were so bulky and bustard that a lot of
people couldn't really fit in them.
A lot more people are going to be able to
fit in these for sure.
Back seat looks really nice as well.
It's not one of those things where the front seats
get really good treatment and the back seats are kind
of just cheap.
Back seats storage space is very good,
Sound system is very good.
Manual transmission itself is a nice crisp throw.
It's not too soft or too notchy a lot of
the times,
let's say in a BMW,
and have all that really weird softness to it.
In my opinion, this is just
notchy enough in the shifter.
Short enough you don't really need a short shifter.
You also have Rev matching,
but if you want to turn off Rev matching,
you can't. You're going, you're going third gear and then
I go down to second.
That wasn't me, that wasn't me.
Heel towing the steering wheel,
I really like the spokes aren't too big and bulky.
A lot of the times you'll do the Lego hands
on new steering wheels and have to kind of rest
your fingers on the back of the wheel.
This you have a great,
fantastic grip. What I do like too is that with
the GR Corolla you can mix and match with the
performance package.
So if you get a core with a performance package,
you get a lot of the goodies from the Circuit
Edition.
So unlike some of the other brands right now in
the JDM market where they charge like
$10,000 for a limited slip differential,
you probably know which car I'm talking about.
That's great that Toyota is like,
you know, not everybody's going to go for the circuit
or the Maritso and most people are probably going to
try and grab the core and customize it themselves.
And what I love about Toyota is that
during their presentations, they always say we're excited about the
aftermarket.
We're excited to see what people do with these cars
at SEMA.
We're excited about all these things and tuning capabilities.
Nobody does that anymore. It's it's one of those things
where people are like don't touch their car.
You need to bring it to the dealership no matter
what.
And that's why I really like
Toyota's philosophy right now. They're encouraging
their history of tune ability and that's or just cosmetic
changes.
All right, here we go.
First gear
and flooring it.
Real tight Hairpin.
Yup. So that's the rear giving out a little bit
with the front biting.
It's so weird. You have like 3 different cars in
one.
I love the fact that you can only buy this
car in a manual transmission.
They literally said if you can't drive manual,
too freaking bad. And that's also kind of what makes
this car special in a lot of ways.
It kind of reminds me of the S2000 back in
the early 2000s when they said yeah,
no, this is the only one you get.
We are not making this an auto deal with it.
Learn how to drive manual if you really want this
car and it's usable.
It's not just a sports car,
it's a hot hatch that's usable.
You can put stuff in the back.
You can fit for adults in it.
They released this car like lightning in a bottle.
The timing was right. Toyota had gotten their sports cars
back,
the hype was real and they're actually delivering on the
car.
Let's also talk about the triple exhaust ports.
And that seemed to confuse a lot of people and
go why is there a triple exhaust port?
Well, it's mostly for flow but also back pressure.
The reason they have that is to reduce the back
pressure and create more performance.
What? You can hear that blow valve so much more
with the window down.
Listen to this here. I'll do it in first gear
to get that.
Yeah, buddy. All right, guys.
Toyota Corolla GR or GR Corolla However you want to
say it,
if I did not have all the freaking project CARS
going on that I do right now,
I would try to grab one of these 'cause this
would be an amazing daily driver.
What do you guys think of it?
Put in the comment section below.
Honestly, this car it
you couldn't go wrong. That's what I'm saying.
It feels great. It handles fan freaking tastic
in my opinion, depending on the driver mode.
It's almost a preference thing,
but I really like the 5050 and the
3070. Those are my two favorite modes.
And when they were developing the Corolla GR,
they kept saying it's got to be wider,
it's got to be meaner looking.
So they kept winding it and gave it these aggressive
hips.
It is personally my favorite looking hot hatch of today.
They knocked it out of the park in my opinion
when it comes to looks,
performance, everything. And on that note,
I upload on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
and I will see you guys next time and take
it easy.
Have a wonderful day. Goodbye.
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