Toyota GR Yaris - Official! (Vol 2)

[PhilPol]

Holgate86 said:

BlackStang5point0 said:

Re: servicing. Just had my first year service done at Stoneacre, Darlington. Very good service. I also had a chat with a couple of the techs who seem real car guys too.

Booked on the MyT app @ £315 but when I went to pay it was £299 - every little helps. There was also a recall performed - software update apparently.

Only observation was a slight bit of corrosion on the face of the rear discs. Recommendation was made to drive it a bit harder

Think one of the techs at Darlo has a GR, when I had my first service completed at Darlo in May this year the GR was still part of the Toyota fixed service price set up and I think I paid around £340, but I supplied my own engine oil, however that included a fluid change in all the transmission components too.

I have corrosion on the rear disks and from time to time it goes after a proper hoon, but it's soon back again. Must say it concerns me a bit and I worry about seized rear callipers.

FWIW, if it's only on the rear then perhaps it's the parking environment, the back end being always parked somewhere with less airflow to remove moisture, next to some bushes or something, or the back of a garage without ventilation, I had this on an old fiesta that I parked up against the garage door and some shrubbery all the time.

[Wilmslowboy]

oxnop said:

I keep thinking I’ll get a GR as a decent replacement for an Evo 6 I had as a fun / garage queen that I sold last year

Prices seem all over the place

I’d been tracking the red one that was for sale on ’The Market’ - an early circuit pack car. 11k miles. Sold for 29k yesterday

Initially I was mad with myself for not bidding (I wouldn’t want to go above £30k) but then today I’m thinking is there going to be a price reevaluation and we start to see more dropping to sub £30k?

Hope this helps - Some GR price facts

Just sold mine (Actually deposit taken, however the buyer has viewed it)
6 months old, 6k miles, CP car in pure white, one owner - £32,700 (about £3k below list price)
Had several blind offers between £30k, and £32.5k, similar advertised cars (Autotrader) at £35,950 (£3k more)

[GT3Manthey]

Wilmslowboy said:

Hope this helps - Some GR price facts

Just sold mine (Actually deposit taken, however the buyer has viewed it)
6 months old, 6k miles, CP car in pure white, one owner - £32,700 (about £3k below list price)
Had several blind offers between £30k, and £32.5k, similar advertised cars (Autotrader) at £35,950 (£3k more)

Nice one. Not easy these days selling a car !

Think sounds a fair deal all round .

So , what’s next ?

[London GT3]

Can anyone advise what the current offers likely to be to get the Service Pack on a GR Yaris being delivered soon? Thank you.

[ferrisbueller]

Have you asked you dealer?

[ecsrobin]

London GT3 said:

Can anyone advise what the current offers likely to be to get the Service Pack on a GR Yaris being delivered soon? Thank you.

There are no offers. Just getting a pack stops any further price increases.

[ellroy]

Mine has a 10% discount on the current price of all the service costs through the period of the agreement.

[Wilmslowboy]

ellroy said:

Mine has a 10% discount on the current price of all the service costs through the period of the agreement.

I’d suggest that’s more valuable than a service pack.

About 15% of the cost of a service pack (not done the exact maths) is health checks, as they are not mandatory (more an eye ball of the tyres, brakes and suspension), covered by the services as well, there is a small risk if you don’t use them, there is little or no saving.

[ecsrobin]

Wilmslowboy said:

I’d suggest that’s more valuable than a service pack.

About 15% of the cost of a service pack (not done the exact maths) is health checks, as they are not mandatory (more an eye ball of the tyres, brakes and suspension), covered by the services as well, there is a small risk if you don’t use them, there is little or no saving.

You can remove health checks and MOT’s.

[Wilmslowboy]

ecsrobin said:

You can remove health checks and MOT’s.

Dam, no one told me when I bought mine

Cashing mine in if the new buyer of my car doesn’t want it (same price).

[PhilPol]

DriveSnowdonia said:

What on earth is going on at Toyota? Received a marketing email from Toyota UK today dated 2023 and saying:

"While you wait patiently on the list, why not discover a little more about the origin story behind GR Yaris?". Plus a whole load of info on the GR Yaris, including links through to an online brochure dated 2022.

I can't quite understand what's going on? I mean if production is finishing, why on earth are they still marketing it to people on the waiting list? Why use the phrase "while you wait patiently"?

Keeping you on the hook for cancelations. Lots of leases will be ending in the next year, so prices will drop, oddly the last of the GRYs may be hard to shift.

[bencollins4]

PhilPol said:

DriveSnowdonia said:

What on earth is going on at Toyota? Received a marketing email from Toyota UK today dated 2023 and saying:

"While you wait patiently on the list, why not discover a little more about the origin story behind GR Yaris?". Plus a whole load of info on the GR Yaris, including links through to an online brochure dated 2022.

I can't quite understand what's going on? I mean if production is finishing, why on earth are they still marketing it to people on the waiting list? Why use the phrase "while you wait patiently"?

Keeping you on the hook for cancelations. Lots of leases will be ending in the next year, so prices will drop, oddly the last of the GRYs may be hard to shift.

Leases? Pretty sure not many of these are leased - the deals were terrible compared to 0 or 1.9% finance. There’s still very strong demand so I wouldn’t bank on a big price drop anytime soon. A pretty big waiting list as far as we are aware. Not convinced there will be any new cars offered again, but the waiting list is useful to Toyota to mop up any cancellations at a higher list price than they were originally ordered for.

As the cars age it’s inevitable the older cars with a few miles will reduce in price. This always used to be the case, until 2020 anyway.

[PhilPol]

bencollins4 said:

PhilPol said:

DriveSnowdonia said:

What on earth is going on at Toyota? Received a marketing email from Toyota UK today dated 2023 and saying:

"While you wait patiently on the list, why not discover a little more about the origin story behind GR Yaris?". Plus a whole load of info on the GR Yaris, including links through to an online brochure dated 2022.

I can't quite understand what's going on? I mean if production is finishing, why on earth are they still marketing it to people on the waiting list? Why use the phrase "while you wait patiently"?

Keeping you on the hook for cancelations. Lots of leases will be ending in the next year, so prices will drop, oddly the last of the GRYs may be hard to shift.

Leases? Pretty sure not many of these are leased - the deals were terrible compared to 0 or 1.9% finance. There’s still very strong demand so I wouldn’t bank on a big price drop anytime soon. A pretty big waiting list as far as we are aware. Not convinced there will be any new cars offered again, but the waiting list is useful to Toyota to mop up any cancellations at a higher list price than they were originally ordered for.

As the cars age it’s inevitable the older cars with a few miles will reduce in price. This always used to be the case, until 2020 anyway.

Guess I meant PCP, 3 years will soon be up for a lot of GRYs, and a lot of owners won't keep them, financially we're in a different world than 3 years ago.

[ecsrobin]

PhilPol said:

Guess I meant PCP, 3 years will soon be up for a lot of GRYs, and a lot of owners won't keep them, financially we're in a different world than 3 years ago.

PCP was 0% for 2 years or 1.9% for 42 months (from memory) as the cars have dropped through I doubt you will suddenly have a huge influx of cars appearing just the normal churn, we’re already past the first 0% cars coming to their end.

[ChrisW.]

I think in general Toyota have managed this very well ... class.

(Though a few wanting GR86 may disagree ...)

[bencollins4]

ecsrobin said:

PhilPol said:

Guess I meant PCP, 3 years will soon be up for a lot of GRYs, and a lot of owners won't keep them, financially we're in a different world than 3 years ago.

PCP was 0% for 2 years or 1.9% for 42 months (from memory) as the cars have dropped through I doubt you will suddenly have a huge influx of cars appearing just the normal churn, we’re already past the first 0% cars coming to their end.

Yes, it was either 2 or 3 1/2 year deals, but cars have trickled in so they will trickle on to the used market as they already have done for several months as a lot of the 2 year guys sold up in advance of their final payment. Toyota can’t suddenly dump thousands of these on us at once like a Golf R - they take too long to build and the line has limited capacity.

They’re also infinitely more special than a Golf, and you’re right, it’s a very different world, but that also makes a lightly used GRY appear very good value in a time where some hot hatches now cost upwards of £60k. I think it very unlikely the GRY will ever have a direct successor and if a faster one emerges it will either be very limited in numbers or much more expensive, most likely both.

[ferrisbueller]

A lot of buyers will be in the money vs the GFVs on their finance deals.

I don't know what you'd trade into from the Yaris. There isn't really a similar alternative.

[Speedgelb]

Does anyone recall the deals* that were available on the Golf R circa 2017, IE how much you had to put down?

For 0% / 2 years on the GRY, it was circa £9k**, which AIUI is quite a high amount. I think the target audience for a GRY is very different to a Golf R - especially used.

Most 'old' Golf Rs / S3s / other VAG mobiles I see these days tend to be driven very badly by the innit bruv brigade. I somehow don't see this happening with the GRY...

ETA:
*Specifically for the 'cheap' ~300 PCM Golf R deals.
** to keep payments at ~£300 PCM in line with the Golf R deals that people are referring to

Edited by Speedgelb on Sunday 8th January 21:33

[Save Ferris]

Speedgelb said:

Does anyone recall the deals that were available on the Golf R, IE how much you had to put down?

For 0% / 2 years on the GRY, it was circa £9k, which AIUI is quite a high amount. I think the target audience for a GRY is very different to a Golf R - especially used.

Most 'old' Golf Rs / S3s / other VAG mobiles I see these days tend to be driven very badly by the innit bruv brigade. I somehow don't see this happening with the GRY...

There was no minimum deposit on the GR Yaris PCP’s
Some buyers just put in £500 to take advantage of the lower rates on offer.

[Stevil]

Save Ferris said:

There was no minimum deposit on the GR Yaris PCP’s
Some buyers just put in £500 to take advantage of the lower rates on offer.

Yep, I just left the £1,000 holding deposit as my initial down payment on the PCP and I'm paying £610 a month over the 2 years. Rest of the deposit money I saved up is sat in premium bonds earning the occasional £25.