Euge
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I asked, I don't think I will get a response mind!
GR Yaris (Gen 2) GR Yaris Mk2 (MY2024->)
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just bit odd timing in terms of releasing anything if Germany gets limited set of special cars (early 2024?), JPN get's limited number of special KR SB WC models, and then we would have Mk2?
that 1+1+1 doesn't really compute. maybe if the mk2 would be delivered late 24/early25 it maybe could.
that 1+1+1 doesn't really compute. maybe if the mk2 would be delivered late 24/early25 it maybe could.
Possible release in Germany because GR Europe is based in Cologne, although not sure what the advantage would be. 
When Toyota organised customer feedback meetings earlier in the year, all info was fed back to Cologne and then on to Japan.
When Toyota organised customer feedback meetings earlier in the year, all info was fed back to Cologne and then on to Japan.
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This is my thinking. I can't imagine a car company rallying a car where the production model is discontinued, it doesn't make sense to me from a marketing point of view. Fully expecting there to be some form of GR Yaris on sale in the future if they are putting this much effort into the Rally 2 car.
Euge
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We will have a definite answer come this time next month as it will be the Tokyo Auto Salon.
reading it again I agree I feel he’s talking about the facelifted rally car.
Nixkf
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if it happens i think its going to be a facelift, not so much a mk2.
Similar updated interior/dash to the hybrid Yaris, so digital dash, infotainment etc. Slightly different bumpers front and rear, GR Corolla engine +running gear, different design wheels.
Similar updated interior/dash to the hybrid Yaris, so digital dash, infotainment etc. Slightly different bumpers front and rear, GR Corolla engine +running gear, different design wheels.
Greenthumb
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It says 1000hp and 900kg, looks like a Nismo GTR, need only 5l fuel per 100miles. And only GRY Owner can buy it
.I still think that's PR, still yet to hear anything about the potential software update (and been ignored by the German marketing person so far), and the rest looked like a standard Germany model ... especially very weird since they promoted it being in the pearl white and red being for the rally team colours and now the car is black. That makes me doubt the likelihood of the Germany special edition even more, and it being nothing more than trying to sell allocation, especially with the chat at the time that the German market wasn't super keen on the car. My thought is it's just the regular model, with a paint option selected, and hopefully performance pack 2.0... which would be a result for the rest of us if true.
I know, I know, I'm always reading the least positive line with this... I still think it'd be fun to have a MK2 but everything I've seen so far is no way conclusive.
Let's not forget come July 2024 it'll have to come with ISA anyway. Ew.
I'm also a bit dubious about how Toyota is going to get to 20% EV sales and not getting that ÂŁ15k fine per vehicle that should have been an EV. Sure last figures I saw had Toyota at 10.5m vehicles and 2.5m or so of them were 'electrified' but I'm not sure what their pure EV numbers are, they have to be zero emissions so hybrids don't count and, given they don't have almost any pure electric vehicles except the BzXXrYTSa534 which is quite small volume from what I understood due to manufacturing issues.
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Completely agree with you and speaking to a dealer recently they said exactly the same, one EV in the range is going to be where all the energy will be focussing to fix.
workpermit
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They've updated the Insta post to specifically say "GR Yaris Rally 1 facelift..." Either a premature faux pas, or genuine mistake. The plot thickens.
Found this around the internet. Related the the German 'special edition'
"The only difference lies in the selectable vehicle set-up. This is set up before delivery by the delivering dealer according to customer requirements. As already described (...), there will be more information on this in Q1 2024"
So if that is Performance Pack 2.0, it sounds like German Dealers are applying it and more details coming in Q1.
Let's hope it makes it's way to the UK.
Let's hope it's also not 10k uplift for the German GR just for Performance Pack 2.0
I'm definitely interested in that, not even really interested in making the steering faster or even adjusting the awd ratios for track mode, I'd be happy for some more torques
"The only difference lies in the selectable vehicle set-up. This is set up before delivery by the delivering dealer according to customer requirements. As already described (...), there will be more information on this in Q1 2024"
So if that is Performance Pack 2.0, it sounds like German Dealers are applying it and more details coming in Q1.
Let's hope it makes it's way to the UK.
Let's hope it's also not 10k uplift for the German GR just for Performance Pack 2.0
I'm definitely interested in that, not even really interested in making the steering faster or even adjusting the awd ratios for track mode, I'd be happy for some more torques
Honestly, if Toyota dares to launch an upgraded Yaris GR in 2024, I'll be flipping tables – not just in frustration, but in a fit of raging jealousy. I've been strutting around, proud as a peacock, believing my GRY was as unique as a unicorn in a field of horses. But no, Toyota just might shatter my illusion. It's like finding out your 'limited edition' collectible has a twin. Now, I'm in a real pickle – stick with my current ride or betray it for the newer, flashier model? It's the ultimate dilemma. I'm secretly praying Toyota botches it up somehow. Maybe they'll slap an auto transmission on it, make it as heavy as a tank, or keep it cooped up in Japan. Something, anything, to save me from this automotive soap opera!
Michael Knight
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Sounds like the kinto programme available in Japan.
GR Yaris Joins KINTO FACTORY Lineup Maximum Torque Upgrade and Personalization for Optimal Settings Now Available | 2022 | PRESS RELEASE | GAZOO Racing
Tokyo, Japan, August 24, 2022—Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and KINTO Co., Ltd. (KINTO) announced today that, joining the KINTO-exclusive GR Yaris “Morizo Selection”, the GR Yaris purchased through Toyota dealers has been added to the KINTO FACTORY service lineup, which enables customers to...
Sounds like the kinto programme available in Japan.
GR Yaris Joins KINTO FACTORY Lineup Maximum Torque Upgrade and Personalization for Optimal Settings Now Available | 2022 | PRESS RELEASE | GAZOO Racing
Tokyo, Japan, August 24, 2022—Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and KINTO Co., Ltd. (KINTO) announced today that, joining the KINTO-exclusive GR Yaris “Morizo Selection”, the GR Yaris purchased through Toyota dealers has been added to the KINTO FACTORY service lineup, which enables customers to...toyotagazooracing.com
Yeah, exactly my thought. I wonder if that's becoming an European thing now, hopefully this is something other GR's can pay to have. Basically, there shouldn't be any difference between this and the regular German car. Sounds like more info is coming at the start of 2024, so maybe there will be a Kinto equivalent in the UK too, from the dealers.
It's only 8 hours from here to dealers in Germany, so if they do get access to this pack ...
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Rivage
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Actually even if the car were to be released immediately (before july 24) it would still need to comply with ISA, if it's a new homologation (which is 99% sure necessary for even a facelift)
"from 6 July 2022 for new vehicle types and from 7 July 2024 for all new vehicles."
Depends if it requires new type approval or not surely?
