It's refreshing to watch a nice proper review by a proper car journalist having earlier watched a poor review of the same car by a well known UA-camr. Whilst I appreciate what a lot of car you tubers have managed to achieve by themselves, I think proper car journalists these days are very underappreciated nowadays and it's so easy to get blindsided by the quantity out there which lack quality. Great job!
Completely agree. I think I know who you're referring to… has he put out about 20 videos since the start of the year, all of which are pretty boring with no value? I find UA-camrs have a tendency to dramatise and also be extra super mega positive about everything. I'm a very positive person in my life but when you describe every car as great and perfect and without flaw, you really don't offer an insight to the car. THIS is where proper car journalists shine. People like Steve Sutfcliffe, Chris Harris, Jethro Bovingdon, etc describe a car in a way that really makes you visualise exactly how it drives.
Auto journalists and UA-camrs are not the same. Most of those so-called 'reviewers' are just people with fancy cameras and memorization of car data who proceed to call out the numbers and then call it a day. They lack any critical analysis that any old school car journalists possess.
Great car! Even though everyone "complains" about the pricetag, it was still completely sold out in a very short time! We ordered one in the Netherlands, can't wait to receive it in February/March!
Ge T Well, after all, it's a performance version of a yaris, it would be better for them to sell it like the fiesta st, a similar car to the yaris grmn.
+Pedro Menezes Totally agreed. What a lost opportunity. Its the same with the GT86. Europe call it the GT86 but It use to be called the Scion FR-S in america and its called the 86 everywhere else.
TRD is runned by Toyota Technocraft, a completely different company, in fact this Yaris is developed by TMG, Toyota Motorsport GmBH, which is located in Cologne Germany rather than Aichi, Japan, and responsible for all of the Toyota WRC cars and WEC cars ever made.
I have had a mint 2002 (made in Japan, not France) Yaris 1.3 SR 2 door for 7 years and I love it to bits. Yeah, a bit cheap on the inside but the drive train, suspension, brakes and body are still excellent at 110k miles and the reliability is outstanding. I'd buy a Yaris GReMliN in a heart beat if I had the cash.
I'm a fan of the Peugeot-esque decal design, and I'm definitely a fan of supercharging! Really wish this wasn't a limited run and we could get it in the US!
iv allways wanted a high performance yaris. ye i know yarises are boaring but its the smallest car in the line up and its the lightest so it seems like the right option to ake a high performance car much better choice then the corolla we have at the time
Just checked the price for a Fiesta st in the UK figuring I'd be back laughing at the people who were saying it's too expensive, but the ST is only around 17000. That is a bit of a steep price Toyota, basically in between the price range of an ST and a type r isn't really where this needs to be.
Robert Lawson The Fiesta ST sells in hundreds of thousands of units and this Yaris GRmn is on a limited run of 600 units to test how the market in EU reacts to a hot hatch from Toyota
This thing with the weight power ratio advantage would take most "hot hatches" in the market but it looks so garish and uninspiring. Looks like a Mugen Honda Fit... what is the point? Looks more proper resigned to commuters for librarians and book club members than someone who wants a performance car.
I am japanese so I am allowed to say this - Toyota have one of the worst ways of marketing their cars. Why did they use the GRMN brand name when they have the TRD brand - their performance arm. It stands for Toyota Racing Development and doesn't sound so cringy to what the GRMN stands for. Same goes for the GT86 - its a lovely car, but why was it called the Scion FR-S in the US and why is it called GT86 in european markets and the 86 everywhere else? So stupid.
"it is what it is" - *you're a toyota fanboy so I can only think that you're a yesman to whatever toyota do, no matter how disorganised the way they market themselves. There's nothing more cringeworthy than **_Gazoo Racing Meisters of the Nurburgring_*
@@coopsnz1 A golf GTI is a proper car, which you could use for a weekend with your family. This, is just a toy. At that point just get the UP GTI, costs way less, still fun.
Don't mention the fuel consumption,....? because it's all will drive car,...+ It's supercharged turbo,...if you looking forward to buying it once, consider THAT this is only for fun using not for daly used for you to going to township. It is not fun at all if you traps in the traffic jammed.😭
Youre viewing this as a yaris hot hatch, it's not a rival to the fiesta, that's why they only made 80 for the UK. You have to weigh up the total of the parts. The fiesta is just a fast fiesta. If you take this as a Lotus Yaris or a Yaris GT3 youd be closer to the mark. The engineering is superb, top quality Sachs Suspension, lotus elise engine, forged bbs alloys, gt86 steering wheel, custom seats from the LFA seat manufacturer, 4 pot caliper with grooved discs ,amazing sounding exhaust. It's the sense of occasion you get from getting in it and starting it up. The fiesta isn't close from an engineering and emotion perspective.
So many badges, why cant they just badge it as TRD? Its just this badges are getting more and more. Soon whole back boot is fullof badge, and charge you more.
I was expecting something more radical when Gazoo Racing said they will make road car based on WRC car.this is nothing like WRC car,why they even use Gazoo Racing in name and say they use WRC technology if car is just Yaris whit bit more power.they should have made it at least AWD if they say its based in WRC car,wider body would be nice too,this is just boring
undefined1 420 It's a hot hatch, it isn't exactly supposed to have all of that stuff on it, if you want them to do that to a car it has to be the hatch Corolla or the GT86, otherwise this doesn't compete with stuff like the Type R or the RS, more towards the ST and the 208 GTi as an experiment
They didnt have the money to modify the body. If you look at the focus RS even ford stopped putting crazy arches on the focus. It's the same body. If you drove it youd appreciate it more. You're just judging from an armchair, which is limiting to say the least.
Toyota couldn't make it for $15k. A basic yaris would be about $15k. That would be totally unrealistic, it's got a lotus elise engine which lotus charges toyota to do, forged BBS alloys at $1500 each, 4 pot caliper brakes, a custom exhaust system and seats made by the company that made the LFAs seats.
You're kidding, right? First, petrol isn't rising to insane heights everywhere. Second, electric cars are not exactly inexpensive to purchase or operate - nor to dispose of. The reality is that the internal-combustion engine and cars powered-by-it will be around for many years to come.
At what audience is this aimed exactly? Young people? lol, you should cut 10k off that price. If i wanted a cheap sports car i would buy a second hand mx5 or a Fiesta ST, two different concepts, but you get the idea. They made a great concept with the Sfr a few years ago, but it never came to the market. Why? Take away all the stupid gimmiks, eletronic toys, make of it a light 2+2 coupe with a small engine (max 120-140hp), price it a little under 20k, and maybe people would buy it. You can't make a small sports car and price it as an SUV or a full optional VW Golf. Not anymore.
It's refreshing to watch a nice proper review by a proper car journalist having earlier watched a poor review of the same car by a well known UA-camr. Whilst I appreciate what a lot of car you tubers have managed to achieve by themselves, I think proper car journalists these days are very underappreciated nowadays and it's so easy to get blindsided by the quantity out there which lack quality. Great job!
Yess
I agree 100%
Completely agree. I think I know who you're referring to… has he put out about 20 videos since the start of the year, all of which are pretty boring with no value?
I find UA-camrs have a tendency to dramatise and also be extra super mega positive about everything. I'm a very positive person in my life but when you describe every car as great and perfect and without flaw, you really don't offer an insight to the car. THIS is where proper car journalists shine. People like Steve Sutfcliffe, Chris Harris, Jethro Bovingdon, etc describe a car in a way that really makes you visualise exactly how it drives.
Steve is great.
Auto journalists and UA-camrs are not the same. Most of those so-called 'reviewers' are just people with fancy cameras and memorization of car data who proceed to call out the numbers and then call it a day. They lack any critical analysis that any old school car journalists possess.
Great car! Even though everyone "complains" about the pricetag, it was still completely sold out in a very short time! We ordered one in the Netherlands, can't wait to receive it in February/March!
Ge T Well, after all, it's a performance version of a yaris, it would be better for them to sell it like the fiesta st, a similar car to the yaris grmn.
Have you got it yet?
You guys is soo lucky,...
Toyota had a hot hatch before. The EP92 Starlet Glanza V
There was a Starlet GT before the Glanza. Used to come with 4efte just like the Glanza V.
Yeah you right brooo
@@fahimhaider2842 thats the Starlet GT ep82
Toyota Gt86GR?????? Supercharged boxer engine, imagine!!!!
George Armstrong it's coming !! Or maybe a whole new Toyota engine not a Subaru motor
George Armstrong that would require Toyota to care about the 86 though....
Toyota 86 grmn already exists. And its... Yep sold out 100 out of 100
Ritvik S 100 cars... Not impressive.
No. It'll still have the stock engine with no extra power. Because they can. xD
Never thought i would like a yaris superb looking car
Toyota have made a cracking car there well done toyota.
Never fully committed to a hot hatch? What about the corolla Tsport? 189bhp from a 1.8na.. Surely for 2002/06 that was classed as a hot hatch?
And the supercharged TTE Compressor version of it had 215 hp, what a beast
I want this! Remove the decals and it would be perfect sleeper car.
Not really, 200 horsepower..
oh man... i can't wait to see more GR range come out! they were reliable, but now also fun!
Sombody You Dont Know reliable as their le mans race cars???
Soon Toyota will bring back The MR2 - Celica and Supra.
SpreadEagleRL And Nissan is bringing back the 240/Silvia, Mazda the RX-sports car, Honda the Prelude, S2000....Won’t be holding my breath.
Supra is actually returning. But perhaps under a new name.
FT-1
@@shinrips GR Supra 😁
@@nikkisavo7293 z4
This reviewer is amazing.. professional and knows his stuff..
this is the first Toyota since the 86 iv been truly exited about and i bought that and i think ill buy this price willing
wait until you see the GR yaris then. You will be blown away
Just hope someone does a drag race, Starlet GT Turbo, Glanza V, Yaris RS, Yaris T-Sport and Yaris GRMN then do hot laps on a track see which is best
It is stupid not to use the TRD brand... Come on Toyota! And that price though! lol
Pedro Menezes That's because it's not a TRD car, it's a TMG car.
+Pedro Menezes Totally agreed. What a lost opportunity. Its the same with the GT86. Europe call it the GT86 but It use to be called the Scion FR-S in america and its called the 86 everywhere else.
+Simon Liu TRD and TMG should merge. Ridiculous having all these different performance arms under the toyota umbrella
TRD is runned by Toyota Technocraft, a completely different company, in fact this Yaris is developed by TMG, Toyota Motorsport GmBH, which is located in Cologne Germany rather than Aichi, Japan, and responsible for all of the Toyota WRC cars and WEC cars ever made.
TRD is staying for US markets. GR is only being used overseas.
I have had a mint 2002 (made in Japan, not France) Yaris 1.3 SR 2 door for 7 years and I love it to bits. Yeah, a bit cheap on the inside but the drive train, suspension, brakes and body are still excellent at 110k miles and the reliability is outstanding.
I'd buy a Yaris GReMliN in a heart beat if I had the cash.
Want the TSPORT series back
Is it a good everyday
I'm a fan of the Peugeot-esque decal design, and I'm definitely a fan of supercharging! Really wish this wasn't a limited run and we could get it in the US!
so happy Toyota is making performance cars again
I heard someone called it Yaris Garmin. Smh
Muhannad Aldajan Hahaha Honda should make a Fit TomTom just for the lulz.
Well, GRMN is Garmin's stock symbol...
Yup. That and most people in markets outside of Europe have never heard of GRMN.
When Auto Motor und Sport tested it, the brakes faded after a couple of hard braking attempt.
Starlet glanza was pretty hot for cheap aswell
There’s a grmn Toyora crown
Want more cars like this
And don’t want limited runs !!
It reminds me of the 2zzge and the Corolla Tsport Compressor days
Even if I wanted it would be impossible to buy one, they're all taken
iv allways wanted a high performance yaris. ye i know yarises are boaring but its the smallest car in the line up and its the lightest so it seems like the right option to ake a high performance car much better choice then the corolla we have at the time
You are incorrect, the Ae86, Ae92, Ae101corollas, were proper hot hatches. Also Starlet turbos existed for years too.
the yaris Garmin,, XD looks fun-ish
The design is really different with one released in indonesia. Is it TRD sportivo?
This guy shifts quicker than a dual clutch no lie
Beautiful scenery, where was this video made?
Barcelona, nevermind! just watched with sound :)
Why not start that GR with the already well-handling 86?
Thank you Toyota for giving us a manual transmission 👏👏 just like it should have been in the new mk5 Supra
Will this come to Canada?
U think they tuned a manual new Rolla I wanted the spirit of wrc and to crush Civic type R
The GT starlet was about as hot a hatch as you could find during the 90s.
It sounds so nice
how is this compares to VW clubsport S or Type R?
Champaroo Not the cars it's meant to compete with, but towards the Veloster N, the 208 GTi and the Golf GTi as well as the Fiesta ST
Should be TRD don't know what they were thinking ? In my country there is a Yaris first spec special edition
Just checked the price for a Fiesta st in the UK figuring I'd be back laughing at the people who were saying it's too expensive, but the ST is only around 17000. That is a bit of a steep price Toyota, basically in between the price range of an ST and a type r isn't really where this needs to be.
Robert Lawson The Fiesta ST sells in hundreds of thousands of units and this Yaris GRmn is on a limited run of 600 units to test how the market in EU reacts to a hot hatch from Toyota
@@dotdot8614 Limited slip diff , 20kw more , Bucket seats adds to the price 23000 pounds would be a fair price for this
This thing with the weight power ratio advantage would take most "hot hatches" in the market but it looks so garish and uninspiring. Looks like a Mugen Honda Fit... what is the point? Looks more proper resigned to commuters for librarians and book club members than someone who wants a performance car.
Toyota starlet gt never came to my mind as a hot hatch or Corolla fxgt. Dam.
The new 2019 should be a very HOT hatch.
In a world inundated with turbo cars all sounding the same and revving to nothing. I can't wait for these to start coming out!
I love this car!! It looks so cool!
The crazy things about this Yaris supercharged is,...
The Toyota only produced 600 units worldwide. 🔥💥😒😒😒
Very sad 4 me though.
I am japanese so I am allowed to say this - Toyota have one of the worst ways of marketing their cars. Why did they use the GRMN brand name when they have the TRD brand - their performance arm. It stands for Toyota Racing Development and doesn't sound so cringy to what the GRMN stands for. Same goes for the GT86 - its a lovely car, but why was it called the Scion FR-S in the US and why is it called GT86 in european markets and the 86 everywhere else? So stupid.
smilepermile it is what it is.
"it is what it is" - *you're a toyota fanboy so I can only think that you're a yesman to whatever toyota do, no matter how disorganised the way they market themselves. There's nothing more cringeworthy than **_Gazoo Racing Meisters of the Nurburgring_*
Because it takes some element from Yaris WRC, which Gazoo Racing run. Furthermore, TRD are just for America and many countries
It depends on the country in South Africa its Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ
GRMN stands for Gazoo Racing which is Toyota's Official Racing Team, in WEC for example or Rally, they made it, not really "Toyota" that demanded.
To expensive you can get way better for 26g it should be about 20/21g
600 only
Its better than a Golf gti
@@coopsnz1 A golf GTI is a proper car, which you could use for a weekend with your family. This, is just a toy. At that point just get the UP GTI, costs way less, still fun.
In uk there is taxes on cars and Usa no taxes . If Yaris grmn sold in usa it would cost $18000usd
Ben Chesterman I’d pay $20,000 but I’d prefer a sedan, also the new Yaris has a stupid head unit, I like the standard double din head unit
Hasn't Ford been making this for years in the Fiesta ST?
It has a supercharger, not a turbocharger.
Ian Drives a super charger is a turbo....by definition
The driving characteristics are totally different of a supercharger to a turbocharger.
Ian Drives a mini Cooper S was supercharged. I don't understand does a supercharger cause the car to fly? Let's be realistic here
Blake Swan turbo has turbo lag, supercharger does not. Both have different driving feel to it.
The best reviewer ever!!!
You can get a BMW M140 September 2016 registered for as low as 23k
London Cars and Games It's a used car...
Obviously if its a 2016 car lol, but point being its a better car in every way!
This or Fiesta ST?????
Why does Toyota have many performance divisions and throw this on top of TMG and TRD?
Muhannad Aldajan This car wasn't exactly tuned by Toyota, but rather their race car team that currently competes in WRC and WEC
Whats the point of Toyota Racing Development if they have Gazoo Racing and vice versa?
Rathanak something different won’t hurt.
Beast little thing
Its high time Toyota get a performance division, even the Korean has one these days.
26k!!! With a David Bowie face makeup.
Gazoo Racing! really? Toyota messed up big time with that new branding.
Gazoo Racing is a Toyota team in WRC and they do really well this year
It's limited edition, but the £26k price gives it limited appeal!
How much the new Hot Megane 4WS..? (Cheaper than the Type-R..?)
They will be around the same price if you go for the CUP version. (Which you want to do since it has the manual)
You’d have a better smile on your face driving the Hyundai i30N
Richard Jones ill take the Toyota engineering
i30N is in a different league.
King Kai engine rebuild league
i30n is just a fast i30. This car has engineering and quality parts.
Toyota bringing out performance cars again 😁
Kenapa yaris grmn ini gg masuk di Indonesia? Ini lebih bagus daripada yaris facelift yang aneh di Indonesia
Eropa
Stupid stickers. Does it go fast?...it has a lighting bolt.
I thought GRMN review was “Grown Men” review
I thought it meant german lol
Don't mention the fuel consumption,....? because it's all will drive car,...+ It's supercharged turbo,...if you looking forward to buying it once, consider THAT this is only for fun using not for daly used for you to going to township. It is not fun at all if you traps in the traffic jammed.😭
What about TRD. Is that brand dead?
Still alive, just doing the same thing on different Toyota models.
Unless it’s a used car I AM only buying a hybrid or purely electric vehicles. Ice vehicles are all but done and they are already done for me
Think I'd rather an Octavia vrs tbh for that kind of money.
Can I give them back my tC so they can give it the treatment it deserved?
Really shows Toyota can complete but just too lazy and to comfy being one of the top manufacturers
Did you just say 26 grand?! You must be joking... 😭😂
I30 n performance is 28000 pounds
Fiesta ST all the way, valiant effort though just too pricey
Youre viewing this as a yaris hot hatch, it's not a rival to the fiesta, that's why they only made 80 for the UK. You have to weigh up the total of the parts. The fiesta is just a fast fiesta. If you take this as a Lotus Yaris or a Yaris GT3 youd be closer to the mark. The engineering is superb, top quality Sachs Suspension, lotus elise engine, forged bbs alloys, gt86 steering wheel, custom seats from the LFA seat manufacturer, 4 pot caliper with grooved discs ,amazing sounding exhaust. It's the sense of occasion you get from getting in it and starting it up. The fiesta isn't close from an engineering and emotion perspective.
As much as I want Toyota to start making profermance cars and engines again, I don't think the price is right.
Indonesia...Indonesia
So many badges, why cant they just badge it as TRD? Its just this badges are getting more and more. Soon whole back boot is fullof badge, and charge you more.
Seriously? 720p in 2018?
Oscar Lee looks like Steve filmed this himself and doesn’t know how to use the cameras properly.
1st world problems....
A Yaris trd should be 18-19k
Limited slip diff , bucket seats
This is a review?
Seems a great car but it’s ruined by the price, you’d have to be mad to pay 26k for it
Supercharged AWD.. Not bhed
Fiesta ST for me
Pocket rocket!
“2.5L big capacity engine”
I was expecting something more radical when Gazoo Racing said they will make road car based on WRC car.this is nothing like WRC car,why they even use Gazoo Racing in name and say they use WRC technology if car is just Yaris whit bit more power.they should have made it at least AWD if they say its based in WRC car,wider body would be nice too,this is just boring
undefined1 420 It's a hot hatch, it isn't exactly supposed to have all of that stuff on it, if you want them to do that to a car it has to be the hatch Corolla or the GT86, otherwise this doesn't compete with stuff like the Type R or the RS, more towards the ST and the 208 GTi as an experiment
They didnt have the money to modify the body. If you look at the focus RS even ford stopped putting crazy arches on the focus. It's the same body.
If you drove it youd appreciate it more. You're just judging from an armchair, which is limiting to say the least.
£26,000? That’s just for the base model, very silly price. For the I’d rather buy an Audi A3/A4 or even a Renault. Way to expensive
This car would be killer at $15k us dollars...
Uk has taxes on cars and Usa doesn't . The vat tax adds 6000 pounds to the Yaris so it would cost under $20000usd in usa without taxes
Toyota couldn't make it for $15k. A basic yaris would be about $15k. That would be totally unrealistic, it's got a lotus elise engine which lotus charges toyota to do, forged BBS alloys at $1500 each, 4 pot caliper brakes, a custom exhaust system and seats made by the company that made the LFAs seats.
Never committed to making a hothatch? Glanza?
It will be better if it was a 4/5 door
Toyota is too late to the performance hot hatch game...
Jon Irenicus as petrol prices on the rise, cars becoming electric and semi electric, dont know how long petrol cars will be on the road.
It's never too late, if more hot hatches come out that will make companies compete with each other, and that includes pricing
You're kidding, right? First, petrol isn't rising to insane heights everywhere. Second, electric cars are not exactly inexpensive to purchase or operate - nor to dispose of. The reality is that the internal-combustion engine and cars powered-by-it will be around for many years to come.
what in the Fiat Abarth is going on here
There's a big smile on my face :| ...really....?
i own 2006 yaris! amazing little car...track car yes but top gun no
They should just make the supra sgain
Should just be TRD
26grand for that. What?
High business costs , only reason it costs that
Time to get some new cameras.. this looks like it's from 2009.
Here comes my taxi.
At what audience is this aimed exactly? Young people? lol, you should cut 10k off that price. If i wanted a cheap sports car i would buy a second hand mx5 or a Fiesta ST, two different concepts, but you get the idea. They made a great concept with the Sfr a few years ago, but it never came to the market. Why? Take away all the stupid gimmiks, eletronic toys, make of it a light 2+2 coupe with a small engine (max 120-140hp), price it a little under 20k, and maybe people would buy it. You can't make a small sports car and price it as an SUV or a full optional VW Golf. Not anymore.
its got a limited slip diff , Recaro bucket seats , 38kw more
Ts050