RE: New Toyota GR Yaris revealed with 280hp

[Daniel-89u1d]

Interior looks like it's from a 15 year old Prius.

[9k rpm]

I think I’m going to get one of these. Been weighing up the current one but the seat height put me off.
How much do we think a dealer would want down as a deposit? By the sound of it the price won’t be available until March.

[egomeister]

chrisironside said:

Not sold on that dash.
The rest looks good!

I was trying to place where I had seen the dashboard before and came to exactly the same conclusion.

I've been kicking myself that I didn't order the original when I had the chance, so was excited to see the news this morning. Not so much now though, I don't think I could face looking at that every time I got in the car

[911Spanker]

bencollins4 said:

Klippie said:

C70R said:

There are currently around 140 Yaris GRs for sale on Autotrader. Does that not strike anyone as quite a lot, given that this was originally a high-demand/halo product?

Are we seeing the signs of people who were speculating on values against cheap finances deals trying to get out?

Lots of cars for sale...must have right now attitudes but can't afford to buy one outright ...people moaning about waiting times, save-up you pennies like people had to do in the past and get you dream car.

As with all toys, some people move on once they have had some fun.

I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere

[BevR]

CG2020UK said:

I really like the GR Yaris Mk1 but didn’t love it. Highly competent and grippy but lacking fun and seat position little to high for me.

Sounds like all the improvements are spot on. Having an Auto pushes it right up my list for the next car if I decide to change as the wife can take the big family car.

Will imagine used prices on Mk1s will fall which might make a nice used bargain!

If the intercooler is right and they are only bringing 300 to the UK i think it would have the opposite effect, not that they would go up but that depreciation may slow a little.

Ive only done about 750 miles in mine and I only notice the seating position if I have been driving my S4 beforehand. I am thinking of seat lower kits if i still notice it after a few thousand miles, far cheaper than whatever the new car costs!

Also spotted that all the LHD images of the interior have heated seats but the RHD have blank switches. Not sure what the third blank switch is, manual control of IC spray?

Edit: Nevermind, images here so RHD car with head seats and heated steering wheel: https://toyotagazooracing.com/gr/yaris/

Edited by BevR on Friday 12th January 15:00

[Klippie]

bencollins4 said:

The number for sale has been relatively steady for 2 years and they sold 5000 odd of them here, so not particularly high numbers, relative to other cars.

I think you’d have a hard job arguing that the cars for sale are only so because people can’t afford them - plenty of owners also have a Supercar, or several, and it’s just a fun daily or track toy. As with all toys, some people move on once they have had some fun.

Good point...but I think most would agree the Yaris is a bit more than a fun little toy to be discarded when the initial excitment wears off, when these were first announced I knew right away it was a long term keeper, I'll bet there is a few tucked away in as you say supercar collections.

[ecsrobin]

onstr296 said:

What a beaut!
Sorry for the silly question, but have you had to service your car every 6,000 miles as I wasn’t sure if that was just for the first service or for all of them?

6,000 miles or 1 year is the service schedule.

Vee12V said:

Do they still come with 2.5 grand wheels?

They were never £2.5k. Under £1,800 per wheel from memory. UK press release states that the forged wheels only come with the auto.

[Lordbenny]

Matt was given first dibs and does a great review as usual…

https://youtu.be/ctEHDSgP2FI?si=MeqR_O4cGVicw_bU

[Motormatt]

Forget the auto box and slightly lower seats, surely the most important question here is whether they've fitted a manual 'IC Spray' button somewhere on the new dashboard?

[ecsrobin]

Motormatt said:

Forget the auto box and slightly lower seats, surely the most important question here is whether they've fitted a manual 'IC Spray' button somewhere on the new dashboard?

Probably in the same place the last one was fitted.

[BFleming]

Auto = no more money shifts!

[NGK210]

A proper in-depth update, bristling with engineering integrity. Which is in stark contrast to the recently announced Golf GTI makeover.

Have always thought being loyal to one manufacturer is sad, but this GRY, a MY2024 LC500 and a Land Cruiser 250 would be a useful 3-car garage.

[elpichichi]

NGK210 said:

A proper in-depth update, bristling with engineering integrity. Which is in stark contrast to the recently announced Golf GTI makeover.

Have always thought being loyal to one manufacturer is sad, but this GRY, a MY2024 LC500 and a Land Cruiser 250 would be a useful 3-car garage.

Throw in a GR86 and you've got the perfect set.

[AlexMG]

£35k and Im in, APR rate jumps up over 30k so I can chop in two cars to fund the 5K deposit.

It's hard to think theyll sell at 35k though, the only saving grace would be if Toyota offer 0% APR on it from them, they did actually do this with the first batch but demand was so high the scrapped it.

Please driving gods, this would be the last car I ever buy. Its not just the perfect car for my needs, but it has that Toyota warranty and buying experience and I'm utterly smitten.

[Save Ferris]

SweptVolume said:

Shouldn't you wait until middle age before you start messing around with facelifts? The GR Yaris only came out about 5 minutes ago (or am I so old I've lost track of the passage of time?)

The original order book opened up 4 years ago in March, time flies!

[loudlashadjuster]

AlexMG said:

£35k and Im in, APR rate jumps up over 30k so I can chop in two cars to fund the 5K deposit.

It's hard to think theyll sell at 35k though, the only saving grace would be if Toyota offer 0% APR on it from them, they did actually do this with the first batch but demand was so high the scrapped it.

Please driving gods, this would be the last car I ever buy. Its not just the perfect car for my needs, but it has that Toyota warranty and buying experience and I'm utterly smitten.

You'll be lucky. In the UK I reckon the price will start with '39' to avoid the extra VED. When the GR Yaris first launched it was within £1,000 of the contemporary Civic Type-R. Today that car's replacement is £49,995 before options...

Whether all colours and the auto will sneak under £40k though...?

Or Toyota might just through it all out the window, figure they will sell all 300 (or whatever) they plan to bring in anyway and whack the price up to £46k or something

[hertfordshire1]

BevR said:

Edit: Nevermind, images here so RHD car with head seats and heated steering wheel: https://toyotagazooracing.com/gr/yaris/

Edited by BevR on Friday 12th January 15:00

That will probably for the Australian market again - who got heated seats in their RHD GRs and us in the UK did not....

[ChrisCh86]

loudlashadjuster said:

Or Toyota might just through it all out the window, figure they will sell all 300 (or whatever) they plan to bring in anyway and whack the price up to £46k or something

Definitely this, although I would love to be proven wrong.

Given that they're supposed to be selling 22% zero emissions cars this year in the UK, and they've only got 2 electric only cars (Mirai and bZ4X), Toyota won't can't bring in many GR Yaris', so they might as well make as much as they can on each one.

They've realised that many GR Yaris buyers aren't the typical Toyota buyer, and many have much more money - so they might as well make the most of it, just like Honda have with the FL5 Civic Type R.

Edited by ChrisCh86 on Friday 12th January 16:19

[Water Fairy]

Klippie said:

Lots of cars for sale...must have right now attitudes but can't afford to buy one outright ...people moaning about waiting times, save-up you pennies like people had to do in the past and get you dream car.

That's just unrealistic nonsense I'm afraid. The vast majority of people don't have 20/30/40k in their pocket to spend on a car, especially with everything else this country bends you over for. If everyone thought like you very few new cars would be sold and the car industry would all but disappear!

[BevR]

AlexMG said:

£35k and Im in, APR rate jumps up over 30k so I can chop in two cars to fund the 5K deposit.

It's hard to think theyll sell at 35k though, the only saving grace would be if Toyota offer 0% APR on it from them, they did actually do this with the first batch but demand was so high the scrapped it.

Please driving gods, this would be the last car I ever buy. Its not just the perfect car for my needs, but it has that Toyota warranty and buying experience and I'm utterly smitten.

The previous one was already £35.5k last year.

With the apr it jumped from around £370 to a just under £600 a month with the same deposit (comparing the 0% 34.5k cars to the 8.9% 36.5k cars, i.e. with optional paint). I wouldnt be suprised if the monthly cost doubled from the early mk1 cars.