Fascinating counterpoint Yaris GR review

[jl4069]

Seems Catchpole is not quite as impressed with the GR as most of he others. Maybe the GR isn’t as perfect as most have led us to believe.
Few bits of his review:
He says...
It’s not that playful car in corners.
Steering doesn’t let you feel that much on turn in “it’s hard to judge the front end”
Says he’d like it if they could make it more like an mitsu Evo where you can use the tail to get around corners more efficiently.

Video is definitely worth a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNx1Dxc4hhc

Edited by jl4069 on Saturday 5th December 21:55

[jl4069]

I figured they would throw this one right to the basement. Wonder if Henry posted it, if it would be thrown into “jap chat”. Well played fellows, you always know how to make these things political.

Edited by jl4069 on Saturday 5th December 22:39

[jl4069]

RacerMike said:

I didn't take Catchpoles comments as negative. Just realistic and objective......problem is everyone is used to watching influencers like Shmee and even CarWow who have no car reviewing ability beyond 'wow it's fast' and give overwhelmingly positive reviews for everything as they a) wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the steering feel in a Kia C'eed and a Caterham and b) rely entirely on the generosity of PR departments to give them free stuff.

All the HC did was critically review the car and point out some aspects that weren't perfect. No car is. But he seemed to absolutely get the car from what I saw.

I tend to agree with you. However I think that HC appears to have driven the car in wales on wet roads, and with some speed. He comments reflect someone who wasn’t speaking in generalities, like “handles with a small amount of early under steer” or “steering is super sharp”, or “body control is nearly perfect”. All such statements are usually made because either the tester didn’t push the car hard enough to expose any issues, or because the tester doesn’t want to get too negative or political.

It looks like HC was one of the few to make us see that maybe the GR isn’t as adjustable through corners, as it could be: that maybe with a different set up, it might be able to improve the cars overall poise and allow for more control of the handling balance by use of the throttle. Unlike other testers he says that the handling leaves a decent amount of room for improvement. From what I have read of HC he appears to be a rather able/articulate tester, and keen driver, so I don’t think this is a case of him not having the skill to assess the car. Glad HC did not make his test political or held back comment to keep things positive. J