GR Corolla, 3cyl 1.6T AWD, manual, 300 hp

[wemay]

Detroit News: Hot Hatch: 300-hp, AWD GR Corolla gets a shot of steroids.

Hot Hatch: 300-hp, AWD GR Corolla gets a shot of steroids

Hot Hatch: 300-hp, AWD GR Corolla gets a shot of steroids

www.detroitnews.com

 

[wemay]

 

[simple_gifts]

I bet it drives like an appliance..... not.

 

[2EHA]

100 horses per hole is the bare minimum

anybody who can’t achieve that is slacking

 

[RooflessVW]

100 horses per hole is the bare minimum

anybody who can’t achieve that is slacking

Absurd

 

[buster]

This car is going to be insane. The torque split for the AWD looks impressive too. (not fwd bias)

 

[wemay]

I live close to a Toyota dealership. This is gonna be hard to resist.

"No, don't do it" the mirror says (the wife is rather more emphatic)

 

[simple_gifts]

100 horses per hole is the bare minimum

anybody who can’t achieve that is slacking

probably confusing it with 100hp/liter which a normally aspirated Celica did 20 years ago.

 

[2EHA]

Absurd

you don’t want 400 horses out of a golf r

 

[RooflessVW]

you don’t want 400 horses out of a golf r

I'd much rather have a 1,200hp 760i

 

[dareo]

I want to buy just because its manual only.

 

[Ws6]

Those cylinder walls are thick as hell, too. Bring ALL the boost.

 

[meep]

I wonder if the powerband is some crazy high insanity or if it has some grunt under 3k?

 

[Ws6]

I wonder if the powerband is some crazy high insanity or if it has some grunt under 3k?

Stock Yaris GR dyno

 

[sw99]

If they could just do something about that huge back end it could be nice looking...

 

[john_pifer]

I wonder if the powerband is some crazy high insanity or if it has some grunt under 3k?

Going from my knowledge of triples in the motorcycle world, they typically have more low-end and midrange than 4-bangers of the same displacement.

And sound really good!

 

[2EHA]

still work to be done to start fighting with the big boys but commendable results nonetheless. gearing isn’t helping the driver out either that’s for sure

 

[Oliveoil2]

I’m holding my breath and waiting for the msrp. I’m also saving my shekels.

 

[MCompact]

I’m holding my breath and waiting for the msrp. I’m also saving my shekels.

I’m definitely tempted by the Circuit Edition.

 

[john_pifer]

I’m definitely tempted by the Circuit Edition.

I’d be interested in the base model, but with the diffs, and possibly other performance upgrades, if available.