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New GR Yaris prices in Ireland is mental...

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  • #2
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,408 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    85k for any kind of Yaris seems like a joke.

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  • #3
    horse7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭horse7


    Why buy one.



  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    why not compare with French pricing?


    €92k for the manual

    €108k for the automatic.

    France also penalises new cars with stupidly high Co2 figures.



  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


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    France’s new Co2 registration taxes.



  • #6
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122203263#Comment_122203263

    Ouch. The 3 worst Co2 brackets in France are potentially worse than ours. 35% to 41% here VS flat fee of €20k to €60k there.



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  • #7
    creedp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,574 ✭✭✭creedp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122203338#Comment_122203338

    IIs It not a form of patriotic protectionism? I read an article some time back stating that no French manufactured car is in the top brackets. One way to get around the commonmarket rules if so



  • #8
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122203717#Comment_122203717

    France doesn’t do supercars or massive SUVs, that’s where you get high Co2 these days. Even those sort of cars have mainly gotten around that by using hybrid technology.
    Stellantis and Renault are volume car manufacturers selling ordinary cars, so of course they are producing efficient models.



  • #9
    mac167
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭mac167


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122203239#Comment_122203239

    Well its not just any Yaris now is it? That's like calling a Type R and GTI just another Civic and Golf. They are special but not supercar special thats what I meant



  • #10
    95216
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭95216


    How of the money is for the actual car? Is just of it tax?



  • #11
    BlakeS94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    To be honest try find a better drivers car for the same money, they are an absolutely incredible machine



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  • #12
    User1998
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122204425#Comment_122204425

    I think its around €39k, plus VAT of €11k, plus VRT of €35k. I could be wrong but I think thats it.



  • #13
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,740 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    That is insane, $60k drive away here in NZ, 34k EUR.



  • #14
    goochy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭goochy


    It's not really a yaris nothing shared with standard yaris but it's too small a car for me for that money prefer more metal for money



  • #15
    alias no.9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,536 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122203717#Comment_122203717

    I'm sure the GR will be made in Japan but common or garden variety Yaris's are made in France



  • #16
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 18,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122204739#Comment_122204739

    I'd be tempted at that price.



  • #17
    creedp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,574 ✭✭✭creedp


    PIpe dream I'm afraid😀 Bloody hell the std Yaris is shoving €30k here at this point



  • #18
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122205089#Comment_122205089

    It is a Yaris though. And it shares the front & rear lights, wing mirrors and shark fin antenna with a standard Yaris.

    Toyota need to be applauded for continuing to build a car like this IMO



  • #19
    batman_oh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭batman_oh


    They are the equivalent of 31k in Japan. So you could have two and a 20 grand holiday for the price we pay. Loads of them over there too when I was there last year. But sure it's basically an F1 car here - environment killing rocket ship and well worth 85k!



  • #20
    goochy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭goochy


    It shares some things to make it look like a yaris but it's not really one



  • #21
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122205361#Comment_122205361

    Can you explain how it's not one? The manufacturer have developed it as a Yaris, so how is it not really one?



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  • #22
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122205361#Comment_122205361

    So a Golf R isn’t a Golf then?



  • #23
    Miller Mysterious Hedgehog
    Posts: 4,333 ✭✭✭ Miller Mysterious Hedgehog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122205404#Comment_122205404

    A golf R uses the same chassis and body etc as a golf.

    Afaik the GR yaris was originally supposed to be WRC car and Toyota needed to meet WRC's homologation rule where they had to make a certain amount available to buy.

    It has to look like a standard road car and they chose the Yaris but everything chassis wise etc is a completely different car I believe, including certain body panels and the frame below them, I could be wrong - someone will know more details



  • #24
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 18,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122205507#Comment_122205507

    The body shell shares very few panels with an ordinary Yaris apparently. Engine, suspension, gearbox, 4wd, diffs etc. are unique.

    Golf R starts with a standard bodyshell.

    Chalk and cheese.



  • #25
    djan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭djan


    While the pricing is ridiculously expensive to the point where it could make financial sense to move over there for a bit, buy one and bring it back to sell 😅

    No comparison with the Golf and its GTI/R versions as these are in essence the same cars with just different engine and suspension set ups (and drivetrain for the R). The Yaris GR is only really sold due to rally homologation where a manufacturer has to produce a certain amount of road version of the race car. The car is different from the ground up with close to no body panels and little internal structures being the same leading to different width, length, height, wheelbase followed by ground up suspension and drivetrain, interior layout, a completely different engine, two Torsen limited-slip diffs and a whole host of other things.

    As you can imagine I'm a bit of a fan, and were I to be anywhere else but Ireland would seriously consider it for a weekend back road blaster.



  • #26
    Gerrymandering reborn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭Gerrymandering reborn


    People, especially nowadays think having high horsepower is all you need in car. It's how the power is handled and delivered. I'd say a GR Yaris is much more than to drive than those 1000+ HP M3's that you see on Youtube



  • #27
    goochy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭goochy


    No if you read up on the yaris GR It's made to look like a yaris but it's bespoke hence why it's so expensive it's not like a golf R which is a Golf with a fancy engine and suspension



  • #28
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    What bugs me is that they had a clean sheet and didn’t have to use any Yaris parts.
    They could have made something amazing as opposed to a car that drives great but is otherwise crap. A modern day Impreza/Evo basically. But they didn’t have the constraints Subaru/Mitsubishi has.



  • #29
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 18,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122206950#Comment_122206950

    I'm guessing Toyota wanted to make the ordinary or cooking Yaris have a very fast and capable look alike, and by association make it sportier.



  • #30
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122207237#Comment_122207237

    Like a halo model. Doesn’t seem to be working though 🤣



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  • #31
    ToweringPerformance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭ToweringPerformance


    A standard Yaris is over 30k 🤣 Worlds gone mad



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