New Toyota GR Yaris Gen 2 review on ice | evo

Short of donning a mask and cape, driving a GR Yaris on an ice track is the best way to feel like a superhero. This new Gen 2 version gets more power, revised chassis tuning and an automatic gearbox option for the first time, but is it still the king of hot superminis? We sent Yousuf Ashraf for an early drive on a frozen lake in Finland to find out.

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[vazione]

Great to see Toyota didn’t axe this car .

[flavioserra]

Cool test-drive. Humble approach from the journalist, not playing the driving hero and highlighting the difficulties (and joy) of what is a rather different driving scenario than what most Yaris GR drivers will face. And what a machine!

[MoeAso-lgvr]

That interior design is amazing. Straight out of the 90s

[stephen]

Ayee Yousuf getting that bag... you deserve that seat your currently in m8 - already putting out work that rivals that of some of the industry veterans.

[chrisandshazza]

The work that has gone into this vehicle from all the right people on the planet is just mind boggling…Tommi M, Akio T, Naohiko S along with all the race and rally drivers - not to mention the millions upon millions needed to bankroll this weapon. These cars just don’t happen anymore. Just mind bending stuff. Thanks Toyota🙌🙌🙌✊✊✊🙏🙏

[FYMS]

Good to see Evo doing videos again. Get Yousuf behind some more machines!

[gaycha]

This is first vid that has made me think about swapping in my 2021 GR for the new model. Th grey looks good too

[avenashmc]

wow crazy, remember seeing Ashraf reviewing his Alfa Giulia Super 7/8 years ago? Glad to see him progress and aweome review.

[jamiljafri]

I would love to see more videos like this! Keep this up. Hope we get to see more from Yousuf. He really knows how to articulate his experience on camera

[sharkdog]

This is the car I've been waiting for. Ticks all the boxes.

[_que]

Nice review YA. Good driving skills as well.

[Shadowboost]

One last tank of fuel? Gordon Murray T.50 with some extra fuel bladder bags in the luggage compartments revving it to 12k all day

[KN-jwts]

Why i will never desire a civic type R over this. More likely to see conditions like this, as opposed to a dry track where I’m from. It’s so damn cool!

[nolahahnshouse]

The smile on my face watching this episode 😊.. sad we can’t get these in the states 😢

[brooksy]

I have a Gen 1 and love it. If I didn’t have one, I would struggle to opt for this at almost double the price of a used Gen 1.
I have Cobra seats in mine, plus Eventuri air intake. I see Gen 2 being no more than 10% better overall. So, almost double the price for 10% does not seem like the value choice to me.

[mrmorizofan]

Thanks for the video. Happy gr owner here.

[fizziani]

Well done Yusuf.. since the Alfa giulia and fulvia vids this has been your calling!

[didierleurquin]

Great review, and so much fun ! I would still go for a GR86 or new BRZ, though ...

[marwood]

I have a Gen 1 GR that I've had since they came out 3 years ago. I was hoping for a bit more real world info here, but hey never mind. I was a bit concerned that the increase in power would ruin the dynamic of the car but it seems not. The real trouble is going to be trying to get one from Toyota and not get stiffed by the speculators.

[julienpare]

I really hop we get the auto gear box in the corolla