Toyota Yaris GR4 4x4 Rally going into production.....

adam cool dude said:
They will sell maybe a 1000-1500 tops and these will hold values like a rock. In 3-4 years time when you come to move on you will have lost very little.

If I had 46k to spare I would get one in a heartbeat. This is like buying the special Porches for the middle classes that are actually accessible. You will lose very little over a 3-4 period in depreciation and get to enjoy a brand new car with warranty etc.

If you view it like a lease and the capital to put up front it is a no brainer. Hell even if you were to keep it long term it will always be a special car anyway.

When I ordered my GR86 on the 26 June it was on my driveway by the 9th of September so Toyota do not mess around getting cars shipped over. Although mine was built in a Subaru factory anyway!
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If the Oglier special edition did not have matt paint, I'd have put my name down for one of those and paid the 60k, but as the intention is to keep it I absolutely hate matt paint cars and our Yaris gets bird poo on often as it lives outside, so I requested a regular grey manual, feel very fortunate to have gotten one. A shame as the Oglier had some nice extras and will be mega scarce.

When I spoke to Toyota yesterday I was the 24th person to finalise their order, no idea what the volume truly is this year but the rumour I am hearing is for 2024:
200ish regular cars mixed between Auto/Manual
5pc of each special edition, but maybe as little as 2-3pc.

Toyota have done it the best way, Porsche could learn from this they only invited those to order who I believe still had their GR Yaris or had kept the car for a minimum amount of time, then they put the names in a hat and drew them out at random from all those who enter which was well over 1000 I believe.

Yes its silly money for a Yaris but the first car was a steal at 33k at 0% and was a true sensation, there is no better drivers road hot/hyper hatch, maybe the Civic is the only contender and a better track car IMHO but as a road car the original GR Yaris was great.

If MK2 is 10% better, then great as I think with inflation put the MK1 around 41k, so essence its like 4-5k extra for a MK2.

We shall drive ours and use it as a daily, whatever it is worth in a few years will be whatever, Toyota seem to be putting the regular MK2 cars at around 29-30k GFV in 2-3yr time. :)
 
I came in here specifically to see how the mk2 has gone down with the crowd and yes, Gibbo :D

Looks absolutely awesome but the first one was great too right?
 
Whoa, I’m playing catch up here. The mk2 isn’t just a bit of a facelift after all. There is something so alluring about the while setup that I can totally understand wanting to pay 46k for one!
 
I sold my Mk1 while the prices were still good.

Great car but never used it an I really didnt like the manual for normal driving. Wouldn't mind trying a Mk2 Auto but doubt i would buy one now I've had one.
@Gibbo does look good. really like the colour.
 
CraigN said:
I sold my Mk1 while the prices were still good.

Great car but never used it an I really didnt like the manual for normal driving. Wouldn't mind trying a Mk2 Auto but doubt i would buy one now I've had one.
@Gibbo does look good. really like the colour.
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I know it’s “wrong” for the spirit of the car perhaps but I’d order the auto as well if I was going for one.

Unless of course, it was just a toy rather than my daily driver I’d go manual.
 
I took mine to Silverstone to watch the F1 back in the summer and queuing with that clutch for 90 mins was not fun.

I think my skill level at driving is no where near the level of either machine. So auto or manual would likely make no difference to performance when being piloted by me. Mine was a toy, only did 2k miles in the 18 months i owned it.

But il be honest it was fun to say ive owned one. Id likely get something with 2 seats and some flappy paddles for my next mid life crisis.
 
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Frozennova said:
They've really done themselves a disservice with the Supra throwback dash. I'm sure it looks better in person, but christ it's not good in photos
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I think it would have worked better if they'd given up on the infotainment screen and tried to put it all in the dash, like a TT.

That way they could have rounded the corners off and it would look a lot less awkward.
 
It’s a shame what they’ve done to the Mk2 interior when overall they’ve improved all other aspects of the Mk1. It feels like they were going for the style of Mk4 Golf, which was a top 10 design, but the GRY dash is like an early alpha design. They’d have been better off just leaving it as it was with minor tweaks, eg wireless Apple CarPlay
 
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