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Yaris GR - 260 BPH, 4x4 with LSD...

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  • #62
    noelf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭noelf


    Mat loves it https://youtu.be/3TxW4AU6IaM


  • #63
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,613 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Any idea what price it will be here?


  • #64
    CR 7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,690 ✭✭✭CR 7


    Is around €40k a bit optimistic? Just going by the GT86 prices in uk compared to when they sold them here.


  • #65
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,613 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    3dr only?


  • #66
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    3dr only?

    Yep, its a completely different chassis to the normal yaris.


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  • #67
    GustavoFring
    Registered Users Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭GustavoFring


    CR 7 wrote: »
    Is around €40k a bit optimistic? Just going by the GT86 prices in uk compared to when they sold them here.

    I'd add about 10k to that.


  • #68
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    GustavoFring wrote: »
    I'd add about 10k to that.

    I'd agree. That presupposes it makes it here at all.

    Looks like it'd be a lot of fun.


  • #69
    CR 7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,690 ✭✭✭CR 7


    Hopefully they sell enough uk ones that I can get my hands on one in 2/3 years. The finance rates look cheap enough over there that it should sell fairly well.


  • #70
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,381 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    GustavoFring wrote: »
    I'd add about 10k to that.

    Golf R money so


  • #71
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    Standard model is going to be around €51k I was told by a Toyota dealer. Not sure yet how much the circuit pack will add to the price.


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  • #72
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    That's pure nuts for a bleeding Yaris though....

    I get it, Toyota are reliable etc etc etc but no.....


  • #73
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Golf R money so

    Double the fun factor though.


  • #74
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    That's pure nuts for a bleeding Yaris though....

    I get it, Toyota are reliable etc etc etc but no.....

    So is 62k for a bleeding golf though.


  • #75
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Wailin wrote: »
    So is 62k for a bleeding golf though.

    And the yaris is bespoke


  • #76
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    CR 7 wrote: »
    Is around €40k a bit optimistic? Just going by the GT86 prices in uk compared to when they sold them here.
    GustavoFring wrote: »
    I'd add about 10k to that.

    10k at the very least shur as I posted earlier in the thread the GRMN yaris was €42k here so god knows how they'll price the GR.


  • #77
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
    Cheensbo wrote: »
    Yep, its a completely different chassis to the normal yaris.

    It's more than a completely different chassis. The only parts it shares with a standard Yaris are the rear lights and one other part. This car was built by copying how a rally car is built and from the ground up instead of a standard car like say a Golf that is the turned into a GTi by adding faster parts to it and upgrading it. This yaris is designed from the ground up to be a very advanced fun little car.
    punisher5112 wrote: »
    That's pure nuts for a bleeding Yaris though....

    I get it, Toyota are reliable etc etc etc but no.....
    It is a lot of money alright but this car is as someone else said bespoke and designed like I said from the ground up. The video on You Tube that explains it is an excellent watch.
    If I won the lotto tomorrow I would buy one.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #78
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,381 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Why bother making it a Yaris then?


  • #79
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Why bother making it a Yaris then?

    Homologation. I suppose they could have given it a bespoke name but did they need to really? Toyota have a long history of performance versions of their normal cars so I suppose its a throw back to that.

    Seems to me Toyota want to have a right cut at the wrc and are willing to stump up the funds in design and development to perhaps gain a competitive edge by not using an existing platform.


  • #80
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,381 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Biggest thing against is that it’s a Yaris.


  • #81
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Biggest thing against is that it’s a Yaris.


    They've gone and done an escort cosworth on it, and tbf I'd have a normal yaris over a non Cossie Mk5/6 escort :pac:


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  • #82
    djan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭djan


    You basically get a road legal (track) car with levels of control and agility cars double its price dream of.

    Really has nothing to do with a Yaris apart the name :)


  • #83
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Its really half a Corolla and a custom front.
    Carbon fibre polymer bodywork, fancy diff and a fair few horses and torques with it.
    I wouldn't mind having one, the hardest part would be choosing between White/Pearl white, Red or Black.
    Of course you'd have to get the track kit as well..


  • #84
    ianobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    eljono wrote: »
    Standard model is going to be around €51k I was told by a Toyota dealer. Not sure yet how much the circuit pack will add to the price.

    Geez that's good value compared to the Golf R at €62k ish for what it is.

    It's VERY tempting for what it is, a car designed to be a hot hatch rather than a standard car converted into a hot hatch (no matter how well converted)

    Oh, and it's got a PROPER handbrake!


  • #85
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I honestly think they should have brought it back as the Celica.... Mr2..... Something like that....


  • #86
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    I honestly think they should have brought it back as the Celica.... Mr2..... Something like that....

    But if they don't sell a current model Celica or MR2 then the halo effect isn't as strong.
    At least with a Yaris branded car they have some marketing power, plus a lot of people that weren't following Toyota WRC back in the 90's won't have any interest in those names.
    They already have an outlier in the BRZ/GT with no other running mates.


  • #87
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,381 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Who’s gonna buy something else from the current lineup based on liking the GR?


    I’m delighted to see them doing something bonkers for a change though.


  • #88
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    But if they don't sell a current model Celica or MR2 then the halo effect isn't as strong.
    At least with a Yaris branded car they have some marketing power, plus a lot of people that weren't following Toyota WRC back in the 90's won't have any interest in those names.
    They already have an outlier in the BRZ/GT with no other running mates.

    Look at the ch-r they sell like hot cakes, something new will sell..... Obviously this not so much as it's nuts but I definitely would like....


  • #89
    bgo1
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭bgo1


    The Irish price is now out according to a Dublin dealer:

    €50930 starting price.


  • #90
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Look at the ch-r they sell like hot cakes, something new will sell..... Obviously this not so much as it's nuts but I definitely would like....

    But they're not gonna run ch-r in the wrc.

    The gr is a "yaris" because they've ran the yaris platform since the return to the wrc in 2017.

    Now by having this yaris gr they can push the boundaries even further with their wrc car.
    bgo1 wrote: »
    The Irish price is now out according to a Dublin dealer:

    €50930 starting price.

    Not awful bad really. Certainly not as dear as I thought Toyota Ireland would price it. I was thinking upwards of 60k tbh.


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  • #91
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,381 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    This is kinda cheating in a way though, building a road car based on WRF rather than the other way around.


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