GRMN is actually the only other model than the MK1 I'm interested in, in terms of looks. I even like the bonnet.I swear, if I ever bought a GRMN (which I still plan on), the very first thing I'd do is slap some sense into it by painting that black, riced-out carbon bonnet to match the body color. Enough with the tacky designs already!
Ok, rant over
I am not as brave as our Finnish and Swedesh brothers. We have gravel roads over here and I avoid them after seeing how easy this paint chips.
In Oz outside the major cities little choice unless you stay on the main roads. Mine does maybe 15% gravel road. I love it even if I have pushed the suspension to be tarmac focussed. The V107 daily duty tyres are awful on gravel, no grip but the AD08R are decent so track tyre swap for serious dirt work. I would love to have some fun on a beach but clean up afterwards would be a nightmare.
I was watching a YouTube video of MPS Engineering doing some testing on a costumer GR Yaris and indeed there is a AWD control module from Syvecs
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Very interesting read. ThanksFound a cool piece online this morning about GR Production. Loads of photos of MK2 GR Yaris being built and the current production line (Yaris and Corolla on the same production line).
トヨタ「GRファクトリー」、高精度生産でスポーツカーを生み出す元町工場内のスペシャルファクトリー（Car Watch）
トヨタ自動車がGRヤリスやGRカローラというスポーツカーを生産するために元町工場内に設置した特別なエリアが「GRファクトリー」になる。トヨタと言えば、世界最大級の自動車メーカーとして20
You're right, it hasn't gotten a cage and many other attributes. But you're also wrong. Car was developed 50% tarmac and 50% off road, and even completely stock with a proper driver it would show its heels to a lot of lower division pure bred rally cars in tarmac and light gravel rallies.
Many years ago when a round of the wrc was held in Western Oz you could get crazy access to drivers during a service stage in a little hole called Collie. I was talking to the late greats Colin MacCrae and possum Bourne about the wrx's. Mostly I had no idea what Colin said but possum said something that really struck home. He could take a stock wrx and against his wrc car it would be (say) 35 seconds slower than his wrc car on a stage. Swap the engine and it would gain 5 seconds, swap the suspension and that was another 5 seconds, add the stiffening and cage etc and that would be another couple of seconds. But take that stock car and bolt on the hand cut mud and snows and it would be close enough that a single mistake in the wrc car would see it come second. Oh and on a transport stage I was doing the legal 100 kph and Colin passed me at at great rate of knots. The pea gravel off his tyres smashed all four headlights and the fogs. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face for weeks.
You’re almost totally right about that - except it’s called “precious metal silver”
And I love it!It’s the colour I plan to get if successful
Yeah, it destroys the line of the roof...I'm glad Mk1 does not have body colour rear spoiler, prefer quite bit more the black one.
btw that diff cooler in one of the pics above is HUGE. I have now radiator envy as thought my oil cooler is largest on the planet.
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