NEW TOYOTA GR COROLLA CORE EDITION COMPACT HOT 2023 #car #toyota

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NEW TOYOTA GR COROLLA CORE EDITION - COMPACT HOT 2023
In a world full of designed-by-committee vehicles, EVs, and SUVs where everyday, affordable sports cars are a dying breed, the story of the Toyota GR Corolla hot hatch is one of our favorites. See, Toyota developed a new powertrain to participate in the 2021 World Rally Championships, comprising a turbocharged engine and adjustable, variable-split AWD. They took the subcompact Yaris hatchback, reskinned it, and transformed it into a stubby, wide-track, two-door hot hatch with all the subtlety of a bull terrier, especially to go WRC racing. Then the WRC introduced 2022 Rally1 hybrid powertrain rules, and Toyota was left with a powertrain but no rally program for it. So, Toyota simply sold the thus converted Yaris to the public, hooked up to a six-speed manual transmission, and with outputs varying between 257 and 268 hp, depending on the market.
Enthusiasts in the USA were frothing at the bit and reaching for their checkbooks when the news came that the car was not destined for local shores. But now Toyota has slotted the powertrain into a Corolla hatch, amped up the engine to 300 hp, and launched it in the US as the new Toyota GR Corolla hatchback. People who appreciate how infrequently such a hardcore piece of rally-developed kit is sold to the public won't care an ounce that some of the Toyota GR Corolla's competitors, like the VW Golf R and Honda Civic Type R, beat it on the odd metric; the 2023 GR Corolla is a proper hot hatch with a stick shift, rally tech, and Toyota's quality reputation at an affordable price. We might never see the likes of it again. Get in the queue.