TOYOTA's Game-Changing Transmission Arrives in the NEW GR Yaris // GR Corolla to follow?

#Toyota #gazooracing #gryaris #grcoroola

Evolved GR Yaris Makes World Premiere
Newly Developed 8-speed GAZOO Racing Direct Automatic Transmission Joins Lineup to Expand Motorsports Base

[pan]

this shows how closely Toyota is listening to customer and journalist feedback. They addressed many complaints with this refresh, hope they do the same with the Corolla. True Kaizen!

[davidhunternyc]

The GR Yaris is Toyota’s halo product. It’s purely Japanese. Purely Toyota. No American or European car can touch the Yaris’s DNA. It’s a singular automobile. Kirk, you must lobby to bring the GR Yaris to U.S. soil. Just do it! Stay awesome.

[TheNaveelttil]

Hopefully this new 8AT makes its way into the next gen GR86 as well as the Lexus lineup (once Lexus starts putting more passion, effort, and energy back into their enthusiast cars).

[gtv]

Personally, the most interesting thing this time is the LEXUS LBX MORIZO CONCEPT, which has the GR YARIS engine and drive system transplanted to it. If it is officially released in the near future, I think it will become something similar to the AUDI S1 and MINI JCW, which Toyota has never had before.

[AIdoy]

Exciting news! Toyota never fails to impress!

[johnpatricklim]

The new GR Yaris automatic is perfect for me....too bad its not available in US and should see the also Matt Watson's review on the new GR Yaris....

[SansooIan]

Its a Wrap Boys. Im sad about what happened to Subaru and the WRX, but thankful Toyota remains supportive for enthusiasts. Can't wait to see how this stacks to dual clutch options on the market

[philspaghet]

Love that Toyota goes into so much detail with the auto, but IDC, I'm still buying the manual

[danieldelanoval]

Bring all this to the GR Corolla please!

[irajdesilva]

About the hand brake lever...(according to the TGR web site) you get the standard horizontal lever. But you can also get a vertical lever handbrake for the RC trim for motor sports.

[Sacto]

There had been hints that Toyota was testing an eight-speed automatic on the GR Yaris at least a couple of years ago. I wouldn't be surprised we may see it on the GR Corolla as early as this fall; in fact, expect a couple GR Corollas fitted with this transmission to be undergoing EPA certification very soon.

[Bmontepeque]

I absolutely love this update! THIS is how you do updates, I swear man, Toyota Gazoo Racing is the best sports car brand this side of a Porsche 🥰🥰

[sshhddoo]

I hope they address the diff overheating. This is a problem for anyone trying to track this car or do a long session of canyon carving

[rightlanehog]

Kirk, As current GR Yaris owners 'upgrade' to this automatic version, I hope the market is flooded with plenty of cheap, obsolete, manual GR Yarises for the purists. 😉

[michaeloreilly]

I don't know how you do it. Such commitment!
Hope all goes well for you and the Crew.

[drunksupportcharacter]

That auto is probably one of the most interesting things in cars right now, basically a "sports" torque converter unit, and we know toyota loves their torque converters, and i do too, but i feel that one way or another this is directly helping development of other similar autos as realistically dual clutch designs are not for the normal people of the world when it comes to maintenance and upkeep, and just the 90% of city driving anyway.

Who knows maybe this will come in a future supra, with an actual toyota engine for a change.

[dominicanstig]

Now we just need a turbo 3 GR86. The boxer engine was the sole reason I went with a GTI instead.

[jeffrosenberg]

Stop by Lexus of Tucson speedway when you're out here. A bunch of our team watch your videos!

[han-bmkk]

Kudos to the female interior designer for designing the "Driver First" cockpit.

It was a huge improvement on the interior to get better visibility and easier to use. It was inspired by Rally events and gives me a MK4 Supra and AE86 vibes.

[wahash]

Would that transmission fit on the older version of the Gr Yaris engine in case someone wanna swap?