Toyota GR Yaris - Official! (Vol 2)
Discussion
moonigan said:
Chinos said:
Hopefully in a position to scratch this itch in the next month or two. Looking at Autotrader there's now around 180 for sale on there starting at about £25k for an early higher miles car. With so many for sale at various price points, I wonder where the sweet spot is regarding mileage and price?
The WBAC value for my car is £25K. Its 3 years old and has done 11K. I was offered £26.5K as a trade in against my Cayman so that gives you an idea of actual values. I'm not selling it though as I love it. The thing to look out for is cars that have been modded. There are so many cars that got bought and then had loads of unnecessary mods done before even driving them and then get sold quickly. Exhausts/wheels are easy to put right but body work, chassis, engine mods would bother me.The white paintwork hides stone chips really well. I've seen red and black cars that don't look that great under close inspection so a car that has had PPF to the front and along the sills is a plus.
Private buyers want cars like yours for £25K but they aren't available. I agree with all your points.
Chinos - be very wary at the £25K point.
Chinos said:
Hopefully in a position to scratch this itch in the next month or two. Looking at Autotrader there's now around 180 for sale on there starting at about £25k for an early higher miles car. With so many for sale at various price points, I wonder where the sweet spot is regarding mileage and price?
If you haven't joined it may be an idea to join the UK GR forum. At the moment there is a red GR Circuit car up in Aberdeen with 5K odd miles for £30.5K I consider that to be the sweet spot.Last September I managed to get an immaculate standard GR for just under £30K with 12000 miles on the clock. Today there are a lot of cars around that price point compared to last September. Although it would have been nice to get one for £25K I realised that you just had to pay more for what I considered a good car.
I am still of the opinion that around £30K buys you an immaculate sub 12K milage car and that to me is the sweet spot for these cars. Today you are spoilt for choice compared to last September.
Chinos said:
Hopefully in a position to scratch this itch in the next month or two. Looking at Autotrader there's now around 180 for sale on there starting at about £25k for an early higher miles car. With so many for sale at various price points, I wonder where the sweet spot is regarding mileage and price?
There seems to be no variance at all between the price of 2020 cars and 2021 cars, so looking at 2021 cars onwards would seem a no brainer.2021 cars with lowish miles seem to start around £27K
2022 cars with lowish miles seem to start around £30K.
Depending on your budget it might be better to aim for a 2022 car thus benefit from longer remaining warranty etc.
Deep Thought said:
Chinos said:
Hopefully in a position to scratch this itch in the next month or two. Looking at Autotrader there's now around 180 for sale on there starting at about £25k for an early higher miles car. With so many for sale at various price points, I wonder where the sweet spot is regarding mileage and price?
There seems to be no variance at all between the price of 2020 cars and 2021 cars, so looking at 2021 cars onwards would seem a no brainer.2021 cars with lowish miles seem to start around £27K
2022 cars with lowish miles seem to start around £30K.
Depending on your budget it might be better to aim for a 2022 car thus benefit from longer remaining warranty etc.
I'd say condition and history overrides any other consideration.
Unreal said:
Warranty is ten years if servicing done by Toyota so 21 versus 22 car shouldn't really make much difference. Plus its date of registration that's the starting point so nothing in it in a late 21 versus early 22 car. No spec or facelift changes between years either.
I'd say condition and history overrides any other consideration.
Good point RE: Warranty. Was thinking it was 5 years.I'd say condition and history overrides any other consideration.
Deep Thought said:
Unreal said:
Warranty is ten years if servicing done by Toyota so 21 versus 22 car shouldn't really make much difference. Plus its date of registration that's the starting point so nothing in it in a late 21 versus early 22 car. No spec or facelift changes between years either.
I'd say condition and history overrides any other consideration.
Good point RE: Warranty. Was thinking it was 5 years.I'd say condition and history overrides any other consideration.
All have the 10yr service activated warranty.
pricing up here:
https://media.toyota.co.uk/toyota-announces-pricin...
MODEL TRANSMISSION OTR PRICE
GR Yaris 6-speed intelligent manual £44,250
GR Yaris 8-speed Gazoo Racing Direct Automatic £45,750
GR Yaris Ogier Edition 6-speed intelligent manual £60,000
GR Yaris Rovanperä Edition 6-speed intelligent manual £60,000
Manual a little higher than most expected.
On ordering:
With only very limited numbers of the new GR Yaris available this year, Toyota (GB) is putting a tailor-made sales process in place to help ensure fairness. The company will be contacting existing GR Yaris owners and those who joined the waiting list for the car before its closure in May 2022. These customers will have the chance to enter a ballot for the opportunity to purchase a new GR Yaris from the UK’s 2024 allocation. Details of the process will be finalised and shared with customers in May.
Edit: It also doesn't say what's optional, as all of the other markets the forged alloys have been an extra few thousand and there has been a premium pack that was around three thousand if memory serves.. Paint was £900 on the old one so could be over a grand this time. Could be lokoing at a 50k Yaris with the auto and all of the options.
https://media.toyota.co.uk/toyota-announces-pricin...
MODEL TRANSMISSION OTR PRICE
GR Yaris 6-speed intelligent manual £44,250
GR Yaris 8-speed Gazoo Racing Direct Automatic £45,750
GR Yaris Ogier Edition 6-speed intelligent manual £60,000
GR Yaris Rovanperä Edition 6-speed intelligent manual £60,000
Manual a little higher than most expected.
On ordering:
With only very limited numbers of the new GR Yaris available this year, Toyota (GB) is putting a tailor-made sales process in place to help ensure fairness. The company will be contacting existing GR Yaris owners and those who joined the waiting list for the car before its closure in May 2022. These customers will have the chance to enter a ballot for the opportunity to purchase a new GR Yaris from the UK’s 2024 allocation. Details of the process will be finalised and shared with customers in May.
Edit: It also doesn't say what's optional, as all of the other markets the forged alloys have been an extra few thousand and there has been a premium pack that was around three thousand if memory serves.. Paint was £900 on the old one so could be over a grand this time. Could be lokoing at a 50k Yaris with the auto and all of the options.
Edited by BevR on Tuesday 26th March 15:44
ecsrobin said:
Spot on for the auto surprised by the manual cost.
Slightly suprised that it will be offered to existing GR owners and those on the waiting list first. I wonder if everyone will get invitations or if it will go to those on the waiting list first (which makes sense). Would existing GR owners just be thsoe that have a car being serviced with Toyota or just the person first registered as the keeper. Thanks for posting this, having low-balled the pricing of the mk1 GR, Toyota clearly don't want to make the same mistake twice! The fact that the special edition manual at GBP60k is twice the price of the Mk1 comfort pack really shows how they are trying to milk the demand and success of this car.
As a mk1 owner I think the pricing of the mk2 is a rip-off, and at that level I don't see it depressing mk1 prices as many had feared given the price jump to get one of these (at least in the short-term).
Interesting...
As a mk1 owner I think the pricing of the mk2 is a rip-off, and at that level I don't see it depressing mk1 prices as many had feared given the price jump to get one of these (at least in the short-term).
Interesting...
Blue One said:
Thanks for posting this, having low-balled the pricing of the mk1 GR, Toyota clearly don't want to make the same mistake twice! The fact that the special edition manual at GBP60k is twice the price of the Mk1 comfort pack really shows how they are trying to milk the demand and success of this car.
As a mk1 owner I think the pricing of the mk2 is a rip-off, and at that level I don't see it depressing mk1 prices as many had feared given the price jump to get one of these (at least in the short-term).
Interesting...
The world has moved on from when the mk1 was released and has had 2-3 price increases since it launched. If you look at the whole Toyota range or its competitors from 3-4 years ago to today the pricing is in line. £60k for a bespoke special yes it’s expensive but is about right. As a mk1 owner I think the pricing of the mk2 is a rip-off, and at that level I don't see it depressing mk1 prices as many had feared given the price jump to get one of these (at least in the short-term).
Interesting...
Pricing about what I expected and still keen to get an auto.
Press release says that people who were previously on the [long closed] waiting list and existing owners will be contacted for the ballot. But no mention of how the rest of us are supposed to enter the ballot! Maybe they're expecting waiting list / existing owners to snap up the entire allocation...
Press release says that people who were previously on the [long closed] waiting list and existing owners will be contacted for the ballot. But no mention of how the rest of us are supposed to enter the ballot! Maybe they're expecting waiting list / existing owners to snap up the entire allocation...
wiffmaster said:
Pricing about what I expected and still keen to get an auto.
Press release says that people who were previously on the [long closed] waiting list and existing owners will be contacted for the ballot. But no mention of how the rest of us are supposed to enter the ballot! Maybe they're expecting waiting list / existing owners to snap up the entire allocation...
I think the latter. They may not be much allocation for 2024 cars.Press release says that people who were previously on the [long closed] waiting list and existing owners will be contacted for the ballot. But no mention of how the rest of us are supposed to enter the ballot! Maybe they're expecting waiting list / existing owners to snap up the entire allocation...
And a ballot sounds like they're expecting it to be a notable multiple of applications versus amount of cars available.
Sounds like 2025 earliest for everyone else.
wiffmaster said:
Pricing about what I expected and still keen to get an auto.
Press release says that people who were previously on the [long closed] waiting list and existing owners will be contacted for the ballot. But no mention of how the rest of us are supposed to enter the ballot! Maybe they're expecting waiting list / existing owners to snap up the entire allocation...
As above I don’t think you will even get a chance to enter the ballot. 5,000 owners in the UK and 5,000 on the waitlist with what is rumoured to be about 400 cars. The note to dealers suggests they will find out the 2025 allocation in January and will decide then if ballot or not. Press release says that people who were previously on the [long closed] waiting list and existing owners will be contacted for the ballot. But no mention of how the rest of us are supposed to enter the ballot! Maybe they're expecting waiting list / existing owners to snap up the entire allocation...
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