GR Yaris gets a new facelift recently. It has totally changed.
It gets a newly designed Exterior and Interior, a 300HP upgrade from its 1.6 Turbo I3 engine, and a new 8-speed Automatic that gets a faster acceleration time compared to the standard 6-MT. However, the Manual transmission had some improvements as well.
Maybe I would exempt the facelift from having a manual transmission, particularly because the Automatic shifts faster thanks to the high-performance Torque converter in the A/T, Just like Golf R’s DSG. It’s going to be a new competition.
Toyota made special editions of the GR Yaris to celebrate it’s rally success. The drivetrain remains unchanged (manual only for these models), but the do come with special parts (the Rovanperä Edition even has an adjustable wing!) and driving modes (including Donut Mode!).
Regardless, I thought they’d add the LHD model, I don’t have to complain since it’s RHD like it was in GT7. Probably PGG added it as a UK-spec since they are from UK. (whereas GT7 had it as an original JDM-spec model)
The GR Yaris should be the top priority for this generation of Yaris, but we also need a cup car for beginners, a car for beginners to learn how to drive.
As you pointed out, it seems to be a UK model. The GR Yaris that joined the FH series is a right-hand drive car, but the speedometer is in MPH.
I would prefer a JDM model, but that can’t be helped.
