It was around a year ago when I did a national search to check on prices for these - a dealer in Missouri (it was Joplin I believe) had a base GR Corolla for $125,000. I really, really hope no one bought that car...
@@aaronswink8554 last year a guy I work with (who has since moved on) got one for a bit over $60k. The RS was the same way. I just waited a few years to get mine.
Quit saying it will happen and it won’t. You’re over hyping and sounding like a car dealership salesman trying to raise the price before it even gets on your lot.
well, at least they brought a real automatic transmission an 8-speed. Thank Goodness, the manual is still here, which is good. because manuals are for sport cars anyway.
Aren't these the ones that caught on fire when the owner drove 85 mph and Toyota told the owner that it was not designed to do that and that's why it caught on fire?
@@toddthagod2330 what does being rich or broke have to do with multiple cars that started on fire with zero responsibility taken from Toyota for going the speed limit?
It’s ridiculous how much Toyota is pricing those 3 cylinders! I’ve seen them asking over 50 to 60 grand for them! 😂They can rot on the dealer floor for all I care!
What does the name matter. They should bring a real Celica with no gimmicks, a high revving dohc I4 and AWD, with a higher displacement turbo engine optioned.
Engines are proving to not be reliable. Engine fires are being reported, along with catastrophic blowups like cracked blocks and throwing rods. The engine might be a bit too overstressed and when pushed on the track, you could be on borrowed time, and the Toyota warranty likely will not cover damage caused at the track.
Have they fixed the differential which constantly overheats during track use? I've seen a lot of these tracked, and that diff overheat is a major achilles heel of the car. There is no aftermarket solution for it so far.
Amazing, want one buuuuut these are better value and attainable, inventory-wise: Golf R, WRX, Type R ( Integra S) and let's throw in a Mazda CX 30 Turbo as a wild card. I'm sure there are more if we go international...
You guys were going way over the 85MPH limit.....Now if something happens for example catches fire for some reason Toyota will not help you at all!.....LOL
40k Is alot for a corolla but that is close to what a base camry is selling for, monitary policy in the past few years has bumped up all prices so that is just somthing we need to adjust to. Aside from the screen heavy interior, this seems like a great car and fun small cars like this are sorely needed in the American car market.
Why buy a car that has a track button and it you use it the warranty is void? Buy a Civic type R and track all you want without voiding the warranty, it’s also faster! No over heating rear differential. Buying the Civic Type R is a no brainer over the GR Corolla spell Corolla.
Can’t imagine the maintenance costs on this hatch, that 3 cylinder sounds terrible its breathing hard with them turbos, interior is crap so is the asking price, 40 grand for this I’m sure dealers are asking premiums 😮, let them sit on the lot
People have been pushing 500 with basically stock internals on these engines. It's gonna be decently reliable with regular maintenance making 300. Plus it's a Toyota. Interior is actually pretty decent quality. It's a Toyota, not a Benz. About 7 grand cheaper (in theory, dealers will mark these up) than a Golf R with similar performance. These sound pretty muffled from the factory but in my opinion sound pretty good. They sound even better with a nice exhaust.
They’re just good track cars, you’re leaning in the wrong territory if this isn’t for you. It’s always possible to upgrade the stock internals with forged parts and better seals. Especially if it came from a homologation car.
@@theonlyxman2505 there's a build on EngineSwapDepot with a stock block making 600 HP or some stupid shit lol, absolutely bonkers that a 1.6 inline three can make that much power.
Should Toyota give the next-gen Corolla GR a sedan variant just to take on the Audi RS3, Hyundai Elantra N, Subaru WRX, Acura Integra Type S, and Mercedes-AMG CLA45?
@@someyoungguyjohnson7239 america fails because america is incapable of adapting. An america that doesn’t value critical thinkers and people to challenge it
We don't get the regular Yaris. Cars like that just don't sell here, plus Toyota would have to put millions into federalizing the Yaris all for a sport model that doesn't move many units anyways. The Corolla is simply more practical for America.
Finally a real auto transmission for auto enthusiasts! A manual for a sports car is an abomination or sacrilege. The GR Corolla is a sports car, not an economy box. A manual wouldn’t make any sense. A “real” high performance sports car is always auto. You don’t see true sports car come with stick, do you? Real sports car such as Bugatti, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, Koenigseng, NSX, LFA, GTR, Ford GT, R8, C8 Corvette, Tesla Roadster, AMG, Valkrye, ProjectOne are auto only. You might still find a manual on a few “lesser” sports car such as Ford GT350 or Porsche GT3 and GT4, but their big brothers all have auto such as GT500, GT3-RS, GT4-RS, GT2-RS, 918 Spyder because those are “real” and “true” modern day sports car.
@@Motorweek you should not even waste time with the auto. Need to push the manual into all consumers to bring it back and not give press (unless its bad) to auto cars!
Adding an automatic transmission means absolutely nothing to me. It still uses a three cylinder engine and I don't want an engine with an odd number of cylinders. Ever!!! I don't care how much horsepower it has!!!
Who the heck buys this? Kids shouldn’t be spending 40k (and can’t) and any older adult making enough money wouldn’t be caught dead in a kids car or anything with the name Corolla. Who buys this?!
If kids only knew… The most basic model of Nissan Versa, but only the manual transmission model - can be so considerably upgraded. It will even easily outdo this Toyota featured here.
One of the few vehicle left with a manual transmission.
I have a good friend who I met 15 years ago due to us both driving Mazda 323 GTX's. He now has a 2024 GR and loves it.
a rare bird indeed.
I've always wanted that GTX. ❤
wow a 323 GTX! very cool
Really want one of these but the dealer markup is insane.
It was around a year ago when I did a national search to check on prices for these - a dealer in Missouri (it was Joplin I believe) had a base GR Corolla for $125,000. I really, really hope no one bought that car...
@@aaronswink8554 last year a guy I work with (who has since moved on) got one for a bit over $60k. The RS was the same way. I just waited a few years to get mine.
you can get one for msrp, just wait
i went with Acura and had zero markups.
@@gyzfr6 the free market works, but if you buy an apple, this is one price that is gouged for all people, no choice
Its still a shame we never got the GR Yaris, thats the one I wanted...
My brothers got a GR Yaris here in Australia 🇦🇺 and it’s a little rocket
No one is getting these for ~$40k. Dealerships will mark them up through the roof!
Not true... they are even giving discounts.
Skyrocketing prices are a headache
Quit saying it will happen and it won’t. You’re over hyping and sounding like a car dealership salesman trying to raise the price before it even gets on your lot.
@@timw2083I don’t see any discounts, tho I don’t see mark up either
Like someone said, "$40K & Corolla don't go well together"
There are better practical or performance vehicles for the price
well, at least they brought a real automatic transmission an 8-speed. Thank Goodness, the manual is still here, which is good. because manuals are for sport cars anyway.
Thank you for having good sensibilities
Aren't these the ones that caught on fire when the owner drove 85 mph and Toyota told the owner that it was not designed to do that and that's why it caught on fire?
Yep and a few other ones too. GR86
And several others. Taking them 85mph voided the warranty 😂
Definitely the 85 mph fire car
40k for a Corolla. Never.
Y’all sound broke
@@toddthagod2330 what does being rich or broke have to do with multiple cars that started on fire with zero responsibility taken from Toyota for going the speed limit?
I love my manual GRC but would love to test drive the 8AT
It’s ridiculous how much Toyota is pricing those 3 cylinders! I’ve seen them asking over 50 to 60 grand for them! 😂They can rot on the dealer floor for all I care!
That's not Toyota asking those prices, it's the dealerships with their ridiculous markups
Ya, cuz cylinder count is the only thing that matters… Koenigsegg makes a 3 cylinder
They shoukdve brought the Celica name back.
What does the name matter. They should bring a real Celica with no gimmicks, a high revving dohc I4 and AWD, with a higher displacement turbo engine optioned.
Although I trust Toyotas reliability, a 300hp turbo3 just sounds to over stressed of an engine to me.
Its gonna fail
Engines are proving to not be reliable. Engine fires are being reported, along with catastrophic blowups like cracked blocks and throwing rods. The engine might be a bit too overstressed and when pushed on the track, you could be on borrowed time, and the Toyota warranty likely will not cover damage caused at the track.
It’s a homoligated engine. Based on WRC, which get 10x more stressed than a street car. They are making 600hp on stock internals. 300 is fine.
Lol hope 2025 update includes deleted option for engine fire.
It does. They increased the cooling by adding a transmission radiator and bigger air vents in the front grill.
Have they fixed the differential which constantly overheats during track use? I've seen a lot of these tracked, and that diff overheat is a major achilles heel of the car. There is no aftermarket solution for it so far.
Amazing, want one buuuuut these are better value and attainable, inventory-wise: Golf R, WRX, Type R ( Integra S) and let's throw in a Mazda CX 30 Turbo as a wild card. I'm sure there are more if we go international...
You guys were going way over the 85MPH limit.....Now if something happens for example catches fire for some reason Toyota will not help you at all!.....LOL
Gears ⚙️ change themselves unbelievable toyota goes fast vroom.
How many miles till the engine catches fire?
40k Is alot for a corolla but that is close to what a base camry is selling for, monitary policy in the past few years has bumped up all prices so that is just somthing we need to adjust to.
Aside from the screen heavy interior, this seems like a great car and fun small cars like this are sorely needed in the American car market.
The Camry doesn't have a stickshift and a 300 hp engine.
Why did they rename the Circuit Edition to Premium Plus?
Make it cheap, though.
Make it cheaper, not cheap.
*inexpensive
Speed, quality, price. Pick 2.
Waiting to see if Toyota doesn’t want me to take it over 85 miles per hour with warranty issues because of the…badging (or some other dumb excuse)
It's literally to get the engine broken in.
Bingo. Toyota will not honor the warranty when the three cylinder engine blows up if you drive it over 85 mph. Plenty of stories about it on RUclips.
A must for street racer junkies.
I like the car design but the only awkward part I notice is the rear bumper. Looks like an huge cube stuck onto the rear especially from side view.
Why buy a car that has a track button and it you use it the warranty is void? Buy a Civic type R and track all you want without voiding the warranty, it’s also faster! No over heating rear differential. Buying the Civic Type R is a no brainer over the GR Corolla spell Corolla.
I heard the Type R rear differential overheats all the time…
Wait for it…
Fantastic!
Corolla DeVil!
The ultra marked up exploding engine car barf.
Love it except for the price
I knew I recognized that track.
Eagles Canyon 😂
What if Toyota did a Camry GR?
Camry is Too big like a boat. These cars were meant to be tossable lightwieght circuit racers.
@@JDMEXforme Wasn’t Gazoo supposed to be Toyota’s answer to BMW’s M and Mercedes-AMG?
I own a '23 GRC and would be curious to see what the auto is like
Can’t imagine the maintenance costs on this hatch, that 3 cylinder sounds terrible its breathing hard with them turbos, interior is crap so is the asking price, 40 grand for this I’m sure dealers are asking premiums 😮, let them sit on the lot
It's a toyota so I'm sure it's fine.
I thought it sounded pretty good for a 3 cylinder
People have been pushing 500 with basically stock internals on these engines. It's gonna be decently reliable with regular maintenance making 300. Plus it's a Toyota. Interior is actually pretty decent quality. It's a Toyota, not a Benz. About 7 grand cheaper (in theory, dealers will mark these up) than a Golf R with similar performance. These sound pretty muffled from the factory but in my opinion sound pretty good. They sound even better with a nice exhaust.
They’re just good track cars, you’re leaning in the wrong territory if this isn’t for you. It’s always possible to upgrade the stock internals with forged parts and better seals. Especially if it came from a homologation car.
@@theonlyxman2505 there's a build on EngineSwapDepot with a stock block making 600 HP or some stupid shit lol, absolutely bonkers that a 1.6 inline three can make that much power.
I live in Phoenix and I've never seen one on the road. Same with the 400Z. Who's buying these cars?
There are 3 GRs in my small 50k town, but I have yet to see a new Z outside of a show/ showroom.
This car’s engine is known for catching on fire and Toyota won’t repair/replace it even though it’s still under warranty.
DON'T GO OVER 85MPH TO NOT VOID WARRANTY!!!
This 3 cylinder engine sound is hard to fall for
Mini track beast 😮😮
John, are you OK?
John's voice was not in this video. You are hearing (and seeing) Brian Robinson.
❤ Toyota GR ♥️
Has Toyota made them stop randomly bursting into flames yet?
How many Fire-Extinguishers does it come with? Asking for a friend
Why, for the two that caught fire, out of thousands?
Cost way to much for what it is
Should Toyota give the next-gen Corolla GR a sedan variant just to take on the Audi RS3, Hyundai Elantra N, Subaru WRX, Acura Integra Type S, and Mercedes-AMG CLA45?
No
$40K and Corolla don't work well in the same sentence.
Yet there was the Focus RS and Civic Type R that hold their values
I have one and would buy it again.
You can’t touch one for $40k
@@epicraptormanyeah but those are onlist 4 cylinders! Not 3!
More like 50-55k Corolla.
Putting an Automatic transmission to a sports car is a tragedy of this century.
I'd be willing to open my checkbook now if I could find one at or below MSRP. Too bad Toyota's stealerships are adding idiotic mark ups to these cars.
Does it come in champagne?
no why would you think that?
I dunno who this guy is , but he sure as hell isn't John Davis , or anywhere near as good .
No way 40k anywhere..
For real? 40k. Who do these car makers thinck they are?
Looks like a ladybug.
Why cant we get the yaris GR? Im sick of america.
You're free to leave
@@someyoungguyjohnson7239
america fails because america is incapable of adapting. An america that doesn’t value critical thinkers and people to challenge it
We don't get the regular Yaris. Cars like that just don't sell here, plus Toyota would have to put millions into federalizing the Yaris all for a sport model that doesn't move many units anyways. The Corolla is simply more practical for America.
@@theonlyxman2505 right, thanks. Seems like a good answer
@@theonlyxman2505 we had a yaris, just not the GR yaris.
Finally a real auto transmission for auto enthusiasts! A manual for a sports car is an abomination or sacrilege.
The GR Corolla is a sports car, not an economy box. A manual wouldn’t make any sense. A “real” high performance sports car is always auto. You don’t see true sports car come with stick, do you? Real sports car such as Bugatti, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, Koenigseng, NSX, LFA, GTR, Ford GT, R8, C8 Corvette, Tesla Roadster, AMG, Valkrye, ProjectOne are auto only.
You might still find a manual on a few “lesser” sports car such as Ford GT350 or Porsche GT3 and GT4, but their big brothers all have auto such as GT500, GT3-RS, GT4-RS, GT2-RS, 918 Spyder because those are “real” and “true” modern day sports car.
Oh, I get it. That's sarcasm...
@@oambrosiaImagine thinking a 911 ST and Cayman GT4 aren’t “true sports cars” 😂
Matrix
40k psssh. Overpriced
😂😂😂🎉🎉
Give me a new Z for 45 over this shit box 😂
Why test the auto??? Enthusiasts do 3 pedals!
Because it's new! We already have done track testing with the 3-pedal GR Corolla.
3 > 2
Use common sense and deduce the basic differences between previous tests...
@@Motorweek you should not even waste time with the auto. Need to push the manual into all consumers to bring it back and not give press (unless its bad) to auto cars!
Adding an automatic transmission means absolutely nothing to me. It still uses a three cylinder engine and I don't want an engine with an odd number of cylinders. Ever!!! I don't care how much horsepower it has!!!
You are missing out on amazing RS3s
@@billymays7210 No, I am missing nothing. I don't need a three cylinder or five cylinder engine. Ever! I don't care how much power it has.
@@johnnymason2460 If ya don’t know, ya don’t know. To each their own.
Who the heck buys this? Kids shouldn’t be spending 40k (and can’t) and any older adult making enough money wouldn’t be caught dead in a kids car or anything with the name Corolla. Who buys this?!
I'm 55...and I'd drive that...saw one yesterday.....needs 3 larger cylinders
Maybe 2.1 liters....700cc per piston
If kids only knew…
The most basic model of Nissan Versa, but only the manual transmission model - can be so considerably upgraded. It will even easily outdo this Toyota featured here.
40 k too much for Corolla mines well get pick up truck