The Yaris is perhaps an econobox at its core, however the GR Yaris is a completely totally different animal. With 300 horsepower and all-wheel drive, it may possibly preserve play in the identical league with the larger GR Corolla geared up with the similar three-cylinder 1.6-liter engine. For the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota made the new hatch even hotter by placing an even bigger powertrain behind the seats. Sure, this Yaris has a mid-engine format.

Toyota put in a brand new engine moderately than the small “G16E-GTS” unit within the GR Yaris, GR Corolla, and the Lexus LBX Morizo RR. The work-in-progress turbocharged “G20E” has 4 cylinders and a 2.0-liter displacement. The Japanese model calls it an “underdeveloped” powertrain, which suggests it is a part of the brand new “game-changing” engine household that Toyota is engineering. Whether or not the GR Yaris M Idea is rear- or all-wheel drive is unclear.

Picture by: Toyota

Picture by: Toyota

Logic tells us it is unlikely Toyota will promote a mid-engine GR Yaris. The format would make extra sense for a devoted sports activities automotive. In spite of everything, the Japanese automaker has been dropping hints about bringing again the MR2. As well as, we might see the four-pot engine in different Gazoo Racing-branded enjoyable automobiles, perhaps the reborn Celica we preserve listening to about. Furthermore, Toyota has pledged to maintain the Supra within the lineup after the present era retires.

Within the meantime, Toyota will check the GR Yaris M by getting into the pocket rocket within the Tremendous Taikyu Sequence. The bite-sized efficiency machine shall be “repeatedly pushed to failure after which repaired within the excessive situations of racing.”