GR Corolla GR Corolla production in UK

[Ecsrobin]

GR Corolla will be produced in the UK for the American market to speed up wait times.

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2025-05-27/toyota-to-spend-56-million-on-moving-some-sports-car-production-to-derbyshire?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKifKBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoOOqFMH4EYHxAaPapwiGpv4CCCLMenkKF8QLhVOrL-1EfE8PU5nsaBg4WZx_aem_KUSKzrHDsVujMgXEEYGEHA

 

[Michael Knight]

GR Corolla will be produced in the UK for the American market to speed up wait times.

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2025-05-27/toyota-to-spend-56-million-on-moving-some-sports-car-production-to-derbyshire?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKifKBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoOOqFMH4EYHxAaPapwiGpv4CCCLMenkKF8QLhVOrL-1EfE8PU5nsaBg4WZx_aem_KUSKzrHDsVujMgXEEYGEHA

or maybe to give room to produce the GT concept car in Motomachi.

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

I'd still love one here. It's the Yaris but with the space I'd need for the dog. An ideal daily.

 

[Evilution]

Basically teasing us by building it here!

 

[SckSqzBngBlo]

Bigger corolla needs a 2 litre motor

 

[Evilution]

Well now, looky here https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/corolla/367132/toyota-gr-corolla-hot-hatch-way-uk

 

[speeddemon666]

And therein lies what I might suggest is reason why gen2 GRY is being held back in UK.

 

[Ecsrobin]

And therein lies what I might suggest is reason why gen2 GRY is being held back in UK.

Would seem odd as they’re at least 18 months away from delivering a car.

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

If this is genuine I'd get one. Would take at least 18mths to start making them though and that's doing left hookers at the same time too.

 

[speeddemon666]

Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen?
I genuinely though that rate of supply in UK was down to manufacturers emissions rules. But that they are going to sell a model that carries the same engineering, but is more expensive, that makes more sense.

 

[midlife_sportscar]

Auto Express said:
prices for the GR Corolla are likely to kick off from over £40,000

Quite a bit over I would've thought...

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

That will be the issue. The closest rival is probably FL5 Type-R which without haggling is just over £51k. Perhaps the Corolla being built here could be lower but I can't see it. They'll want to make as much as they can.