GR Corolla Sport?

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All the goodness of the Yaris, without the downside of having to say you own a Yaris?!

This for me is a much better looking car - if I’d bought a Yaris and this one pans out as it looks here, I think I’d be making the jump from one to the other for sure.

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Colonel D said:

Both are great looking cars, it'll be interesting to see how they compare performance wise. Honestly, I wouldn't give a toss saying I own a Yaris. I think I'd kind of prefer it, 3 doors, the original GR released, and I never thought I'd see a sporty Yaris, let alone a 4 wheel drive, petrol turbo, these days. The corolla will be of interest to the people needing 4 doors and a little bit bigger inside. I miss the days of the fun Japanese cars, Nissan don't have much on offer, Honda pretty much just the CTR, do Mazda do anything interesting? It's great to see Toyota releasing these cars for a small market, and see them doing it successfully. Long may it continue.

Power to weight wise and based on the numbers quoted, the Corolla should actually be faster at 220/tonne rather than the Yaris’ 210/tonne.

The ‘all the goodness of a Yaris without having to say you drive a Yaris’ comment I made was a bit tongue in cheek - mainly based on the fact it’s a Yaris being probably the single most common complaint I’ve seen spoken of the Yaris since it’s release.

It’s maybe not an issue for most folk, but like it or not, there are a significant number who see the fact it’s a Yaris as a tick in the cons list despite its many pros.

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Speedgelb said:

you think a Corolla has more street cred?

If you want to impress people, get an A180d AMG line.

As I’ve already said above, somewhat tongue in cheek based on the main complaints I’ve seen mentioned re the Yaris.

Makes very little difference to me as I’m in the market for neither - but if I were, I’d pick the Corolla, purely based on the fact I think it’s a better looking car, with a heavy nod to the touring car version which has been so successful the last few years.