Toyota GR Corolla Is The Corolla Your Mother Warned You About
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- True, “performance Corolla” is an oxymoron right up there with “jumbo shrimp”. But the GR Corolla is not part of the Marvel alternative multiverse. It’s real. And it’s loads of fun. Starting at just $36,995 with shipping from the specialized factory in Japan, the GR is a performance bargain. 300 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and structural improvements all help to make it the most potent Corolla to date. And the Gazoo Racing visuals get attention… not always welcome. Tom Voelk checks out a Circuit edition that MSRPs at around $44K.
CORRECTION- The Circuit Edition does not add larger brakes or different calipers. The are the same on all models (but the calipers are painted on Circuit and Morizo. I read the spec sheet wrong. I always go for accuracy, in this case I missed.
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00:00 Intro
1:23 Pricing
2:08 Powertrain
4:17 Performance
7:37 Efficiency
8:05 Interior
9:28 Back Seat
10:27 Design
11:12 Cargo
12:03 Red Light Green Light
12:45 Summary
13:40 Safety First!
14:19 Credits
14:47 Before I Go… - Авто та транспорт
you've become hands down my favorite car reviewer, and the only one whose videos I find myself watching all the way through. Thanks for the awesome work!
CORRECTION- The Circuit Edition does not add larger brakes or different calipers. The are the same on all models (but the calipers are painted on Circuit and Morizo. I read the spec sheet wrong. I go for accuracy, in this case I missed.
Ty for the correction. Still a great review
I have the core edition with performance package and the performance package includes the big brakes and limited slip differential
It also isn't Brembo. Its Advics bbk. Just like almost all of their calipers for the last 30 years.
@@thehatchbackazulhdz981The performance pack is just a painted caliper. Exact same insides and specs as the non painted one.
I’ve had mine for 7 months and I absolutely love it
Excellent review as always, always so well done!!!!!!!!!!!
I've watched many reviews on this car and yours is the best one. I think you helped me decide to get this as a daily to go along with my C8. I was a bit worried if it would be a good daily or not
Mine is great as a daily
@@mark_845Ditto, great daily.
@@mark_845 glad to hear! Hopefully they will become more available in the next couple years. I refuse to pay over MSRP for cars. I waited 2 years for my C8 to avoid paying over haha.
@@anthonykiedis1765 I paid sticker
I had finished most of the video earlier in the day and came back because I realized I didn't hear the fun fact at the end. Happy that I came back.
Great review Tom!!
Great review, I love this car. It reminds me a lot of the 80s/90s Japanese cars. They were much more creative and daring with their designs. Nowadays, they are just boring old cars. But not this car! Yea, the Civic Type R is quieter, bigger, and has a nicer interior, but so does the Toyota Sienna. This is a great bonafide sports car.
I'm super happy you popped up on my feed today. Such an amazing review! I just finished watching your Supra review, and you are making it super hard to pick between the two. FL5 review next please!! Liked, commenting, and subscribed.
Thanks Tom. I enjoy your videos.
Great review ! Thanks !
This was great. I am glad Toyota is starting to make more “practical, fun” cars.
Awesome review Tom!
I love this car so much! Nice to see a video on it from my fav city, Seattle!
"No more boring cars."
"OK. Boss."
Profits says otherwise
Such a comprehensive review...as always.
I love the GR Corolla, it has been a great daily commuter, has me taking the twisty roads to work. The interior is not great vs the GTI but it works. This car produces prodigious amounts of brake dust!
Tom, it was a pleasure running into you-thankfully, not literally-that Saturday while I was bicycling and you had stopped on the road during your video shoot for this review. I’ve enjoyed your videos for many years so it was nice to speak with you in person. Best regards.
The pleasure was mine, and I'll say hi to Peter S the next time we talk. Be safe out there on your bike. Rumor has it there are wild folks in sports cars out there.
Small corrections from a rabid fan: the brakes are mechanically the same across the board. Red brakes and LSDs are available in base trim- it is actually hard to find a truly base model without them.
Good review. Something to note. Brakes are the same across all trims. Perf pack in core just adds the red color caliper. I love my CE, very fun car and surprisingly fairly premium interior in the CE trim. Sound is incredible from factory, very engaging.
I haven't been on that road in a while... the corn is looking almost ready for harvest. 😂
I kept thinking Children of the Corn. I need to come out your way sometime and see what you have out there. Other than bats in your house.
congrats to your daughter and family. i love your reviews. youre the best
Thanks so much! Really appreciated carlosux.
Hello Tom, been a while since I've seen so many smiles....
Love your reviews and love this car! 😍
Subaru lost it's soul a decade ago (when it stopped making hatchback WRX's).
Looks like Toyota found it!
the engine in that application is a 1.6 l I3 while the base engine in the 4 door sedan version of the Corolla is a 2 L 4 cylinder unit
Why do car makers put so much effort into marketing cars of which they have no interest in actually producing quantities sufficient to meet demand?
They did not seem to do much marketing for GR Corolla, there was so much talk about the GR Yaris being so good but not coming to the US, once Toyota said the US would get the GR Corolla, the hype train was running and the wait lists filled up. The cars are made at the Motomachi plant and apparently pretty labor intensive, but I wonder if Toyota under estimated how many folks were willing pay > $40k for a manual Corolla.
@@93455Driver - Nah. The lack of supply is 100% on Toyota. In fact, they’ve publicly admitted that the lack of availability has nothing to do with their ability to produce the car and that they intend to build “One too few” GRCs just to keep the car uncommon and desirable. Pretty dumb if you ask me - especially if you have customers lining up around the block to buy your product - but what do I know.
Have u heard of supply and demand here... if Toyota 2ants to supply u with the cars they can... but they don't WANT to... the more "hard" to get the car is the more value it has... look up "blood diamonds" ..... diamond are practically worthless... but "big diamond" regulates prices by controlling supply!
@@drivedb7look up blood diamonds... "Big diamond" controls how many diamonds are circulating so the price stays high even though diamonds are really worthless .... ur right, what do u know.... they can sell a lot of cars at regular price or markup the price for a while and make more profit while keeping people anxious about getting one... the car will keep being sought out all the time.
@@trujillor84 - They’re also throttling inventory with most of their lineup and not just the GRC. Trouble is, it’s not a good long-term strategy because many folks end up flocking to other brands. It’s very myopic and greed-driven, but I suppose we shouldn’t be that surprised given that Toyota is the company which came up with “just in time” manufacturing, which many companies mimicked and is largely to blame for the supply chain crisis we’ve put up with for 3+ years.
Thanks!
Looks like a fun ride. Thank you all
I had a 87 Corrolla FX 16 GTS, 7,500 redline lots of smiles per miles
Those were a lot of fun.
Still less of an oxymoron than "Performance SUV"
What a joy your reviews are, Tom! So Toyota starts to play catch up--
great review of a car that comes with anti theft feature.
Nice review Tom. I wonder if Toyota dealers have stopped price gouging on these cars?
They haven't.
Those rear seats are perfect for kids who are too young to sit on the front. Booster age till mid teens. If you don't have kids, fold them and have tons of cargo space.
Great review! Please review the G80 M3.
Hey Tom! As a fellow Western Washingtonian, where are some of your favorite places to drive? I'm always on the lookout for new roads to enjoy my ND on.
You know, I would direct you to them, but I really don’t know the names of the roads. Martin and I just have short hand for different locations. But I would try the Carnation area or up by Index. Those are two places that we use often and if you go off the main highway, there are loads of fun twisty roads.
I like 3 cylinder engines. For many years I rode motorcycles. I had a BMW and later a Triumph triple. It's a unique growl deeper than a 4 cylinder imo. If you're put off by the number 3 you really need to drive one then decide.
Three is the magic number. I'm okay with it. But some wrinkle their noses.
My daughter was just married. If the wedding was any more expensive it'd be open casket.
Yup.
fancy countdown
Nice review! Hope Toyota gives us a cross between the GR and No-R Corollas: a fun Corolla that doesn't trigger idiot truck drivers.
I’d immediately replace the plastic trunk filler in back with a spare tire and Jack. The extra weight over the rear might even even out the front/rear balance.
Hey, I rode in and drove a Taycan 4S Sunday. Phenomenal handling and acceleration.
Yes, money no object I'd get me a Taycan. Lovely car.
Very difficult to get in and out of for this 70 year old. Also the mirrors inside and out are inferior to my Toyota.
I really enjoy my GR Corolla CE
I go to my garage just to look at it lol😂. Remember first seeing it at the dealership. Such a small little beast. What color is your? Ice Cap here
@@JG-mg3if mine is supersonic red, even though I wanted the heavy metal color. Once I drove it, I didn’t really care about the color anymore 😂
@@johnboy4g63 I feel you, I wanted the heavy metal too. But you know we didn’t really have a choice. Have to take what they have, ice cap was my 2nd choice so I’m good. We’ll keep enjoying GR family 👍🏽
The problem I have with this car is it exists at the same time as the Golf R, the Type R, the WRX, the Elantra N, and you could even throw a GTI in the mix because stage 1 and is cheaper
Test drove this (the regular version) for my son and we both hated the interior. Was full of hard plastics and felt really cheap. Ended up buying the Mazda 3 hatchback.
keep in mind the higher trims get nicer materials for toyota models. The base model mazda3s feel cheap too
This car is a slap in the face to the horsepower-fixing that we've seen across the board in the past decade. A Honda Civic Si should not have the same HP in 2023 as it did in 2010. Toyota squeezing 300 hp out of a 3 cylinder just proves that manufacturers are artificially limiting HP to force us into buying more premium options.
Or maybe Honda is being power conservative since only the front wheels are driven. Or it wants the engine to last longer. So many reason why other than conspiracies.
Things I never thought I'd hear Tom say: "Let's hoon places"
Ask yourselves why Toyota doesn't offer the NA market the 2.0l hybrid or station wagon Corolla that was sold in the EU since 2018.
Because wagons don't sell in the US.
GRorolla is impressive. I don't need a huge screen that will be a dinosaur in 10 years. I just wish the interior was less dark and more color.
"extra starch in their architecture", that's good....
7 million dollars
GTi for looks? ehh i dont know about that..
I hope I can buy a used one at a better price in a few years
It's not a blender, but my blender has a larger motor.
think of this as a japanese mini cooper, and you'll think it is of a great size.
Rick Beato of UA-cam car reviewers
THREE cylinders
The brakes are exactly the same on all three models. They are not Brembo calipers, they are Akebono.
Yes. Somehow I read the spec sheet wrong. Corrected in other versions of the video.
@@DrivenCarReviews All good. It’s one thing to be a fanboy for one car and to learn all the specs. It’s a whole other thing to constantly review all sorts of cars and try to keep track of all the specs. Keep up the great work 👍
It sounds good, it looks bad, apparently it's fun to drive, but it's not very practical due to its size. It gets ok economy, but I bet it's a small fortune to insure. Wouldn't a 15 year old 328i with an inline 6, 3 pedals and a repair slush fund make more sense? New performance cars are sketchy deals not just due to MSRP bloat, but also due to fuel and insurance costs.
A 15 yr old Bimmer with a "christmas tree" dash every other week? No thanks.
This car will go the way of the Ford Focus RS... Sure, it's got performance, but you are still spending $40k for a $25 econobox (in terms of fit and finish). They should have given us the GR Yaris....
just wish it wasn't $50k minimum to get this off the lot...
I talked to a guy in the Costco lot and he got his for MSRP. He had to wait 6 months but...
3 cylinders? Competing with the Honda Civic Type R.
Too bad these go into FWD mode due to overheating on the race track. Same as the Focus RS. Very disappointing for those of us that enjoy these performance cars on a race track.
Congratulations on your daughter's nuptials! If you decide to buy lunch for the crew, try not to freak out when the number of hot dog buns in a bag doesn't match the number of hot dogs sold. I hear that doesn't end well.
Therapy helps.
I am removing the extraneous buns
@@pappaslivery Who's George Banks?
Gen Z anti car jacking ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
A 3 cylinder turbo engine? I will pass on that one. Ford built one like that and it was a turkey.
Beatifully filmed review. Do people really pay $50 grand for this thing? Why?
It’s just crazy that people are paying over MSRP for a 3cyl with 4pot front brakes when you can get a GD chassis STI with a proper 2.5L 4cyl and 6pot front brakes which will is faster or at the very least just as fast and was made nearly 20 years ago (not to mention more granularity in the center diff). Plus if you want to use these as god intended, the STI has a plethora of rally parts readily available and every single issue you run into is already thoroughly explained in some UA-cam video/forum. But if you’re gonna be a casual about it, then why get the GR Corolla and pay the mark ups when there are so many other modern performance options without ADM? It’s the wrong tool for the hardcore and wrong price (after ADM) for the rest. If the out the door price was more reasonable then it’d be a different story.
I hear you, but lots of folks don't want a used car. Last but not least, Subaru just doesn't have the long term durability and reliability of Toyotas (Ej25, now the BRZ engine). I bet this engine is going to hold up a lot better than the EJ25. With or without added boost.
Ikr. Wrx is a better car. It just needs brakes, tires, coilovers, injectors, *vapes* a tune, etc..
@@sunnyvalentino it’s more so that 20 years ago they were building better cars than now. EJ25 is a great engine if you treat it nicely. This is supposed to be the new version for the modern hoon/rally car but it’s a step back from what we already had. Which again is begging the question why are people going wild for it an bending themselves over at dealerships to overpay for it. If it was $30k OTD then yea, no issues. But you’re paying more and quite literally getting less
@@mengx94 look up what an STI is and then get back to me
I got mine for msrp, tbh it's better then a sti in every single way, reliability, speed, technology, handling.
All the WRX hatchback die-hards, now have a better car.
Compared to the Mk8 GTi, the Corolla looks less ugly inside.
The. Brakes are not brembo, and come on all gr corolla
Yes. Somehow I read the spec sheet wrong. Corrected in other versions of the video.
Sadly, not for Europe.
What do you call a Corolla with a broken heater in winter?
👇🏻👇🏻 (Shocking answer below may surprise you!) 👇🏻👇🏻
the Corolla BRrrrrrr (please tip your server)
Annnnnnd... rimshot.
These types of cars are kinda pointless these days. Can't find one and even if you can, there's a ridiculous amount of markup.
A guy at the Costco lot who was giving this a look over found a dealer that was selling at MSRP, but he's having to wait for a while. It can be done.
I've given up on ever owning a modern performance car. Dealers nearby want $79,000 canadian for a new Civic Type R and $62,000 for a GR corolla. I'd rather just buy 90s/early 2000s versions of these cars for a fraction of the price.
Mark-ups are happening to family SUVs (telluride), EVs(model3,X, Y), supercars and anything that's desirable in the automotive world. Mark ups on cars like these prove point to their makers that they should produce them and in enough numbers at least in the first few years to capture that revenue from enthusiasts. Keep em coming but make enough, initially
I just bought one off CL private party sale with 12k in visual and suspension mods with 4k miles on it for msrp without tax and fees. It can be done!! 😎😎
Got mine under sticker..
For 40k just get a base Mustang GT…
Watch out for these as asphalt jockeys, there terrible and dangerious drivers...interesting car though.
Btw, cars like these should be driven on backroads or out in the desert.
There are all sorts of terrible and dangerous drivers. Some of them do it by driving too slow.
@@DrivenCarReviews Nice try at false-equivalency, Tom. Just because you don't like slow drivers, doesn't make them "as dangerous", and you're a clown for saying so. No, slower driving is NOWHERE near as dangerous as driving too fast and aggressively.
@@cw4623 Maybe not as dangerous to the slow driver, but certainly dangerous to traffic moving at posted speeds.
@@cw4623 It's more complicated than what I like / don't like. What I like are smart drivers, those that pay attention to conditions and drive appropriately. I've been in traffic running 80-85 MPH and it works because everyone is driving 80-85 MPH. When people drive too fast or too slow for the traffic they are in, it can cause dangerous conditions. Of course, driving too fast for conditions is unsafe. And stupid. I've spent years talking with Washington State Patrol and many of them say it's the difference in speed that causes problems, not just speed itself. Driving too slow can cause problems, especially at or below the speed limit in the left lane. It disrupts flow and causes other drivers to change lanes. That's where incidents happen. Our state is one of the few that tickets slow drivers in the left lane.
Calling him a clown huh? Why don’t you try not taking things so literal. But let me play your game, I’d argue a person on the phone while driving is MUCH more dangerous than a skilled driver going fast. And to split hairs even further, driving “fast” is different than driving recklessly.
40K+ for this is a joke
Leave it up to Toyota to create the ugliest looking cars on the road today.
Your too old for this 😢
Spoiler alert: no, it isn't worth the hype. Poorly made, cheap interior, uncomfortable, drives like poop. Do better, Tom.
How’s it feel being a loser in life, trolling the UA-cam comments section? Bc I definitely know that you speak from zero wheel time and experience with this car. You must have a very unfulfilling life. No doubt.
His opinion
Like how those road rage ppl or that lady that was screaming at. It's a controversial car. Some love it and others hate it. Definitely have to have thick skin owning this masterpiece.
Kind of an ugly VW Golf
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Thank you localnut1!
Thanks!
I'm the one that should be doing the thanks. Much appreciated raomania!