Toyota GR Yaris 2024

A walk and talk around the second generation Toyota pocket rocket. Is it better than the original...?

[uvmc]

People moaning about the price of this need to understand that it isn't a yaris. Do people really expect this to be the same price as a FWD hot hatch based on a normal production car? because this is a very special car and nobody makes these types of anymore. These things are really quick too in the real world and really don't need any tuning.

[pulaktrivedi]

I don't like the way they looked in the past, I still don't like how they look now, but they are such a fun little beast. Very nice drive, super fun, quick on a track. Definately worth checking out.

[andreasausmuc]

Yes - Vicky and the Yaris GR is THE ultimate dream team 💪

[michaellucas]

Thanks! More Vicki next time please! 😉

[michaelzewdu]

i always tought VIcky, Plato and Tiff should been on top gear when the original trio left.

[alanbaker]

Nice little car & Vicki U R Totally Amazing

[jry.....why.]

Madam Vicki battler Henderson, .. I remember her name because of the fifth gear channel 😁, .. very nice channel on YouTube 👍.

[pawelkapica]

It looks like a really cool, fun little car, bot not for that price...

[mrmorizofan]

track is variable close to 50:50 in gen2 Vicki! Only 30:70 in gen in sport mode.

[roybatty]

Not forgetting the UK expensive car tax (£410pa for 5y ie. £2, 050) which applies to this GRY, as it’s over £40, 000…

[karllo]

So the new GRY2 loses the WRC homologation sticker!!??

[tonyb]

Should have come in sub £40k, most mk1 owners won't buy one of these due to the £500+ VED for the first 6 years as it's over 40k, even as a weekend toy, it will be hard for anyone to want to fork that much money out over the mk1 version, which is a shame really as Toyota is on to a winner with this car.

[jimcabezola]

The auto box really lets the side down. Otherwise, I like this one.

[LoosleyLouise]

Nice little car, Toyota have made many great engines, not really sold on the 3 cylinder, I’ll be looking forward to the new Celica, will you be at the NEC classic car show

[BIGBOZ]

Sorry it's 50% more expensive than the gen1....what??? I know the gen 1 was very cheap in finance but that is fundamentally silly.

[webbieuk]

I have a mk1 paid 36k . Its not worth 46k now

[markmulder]

Totally agree on the auto gearbox. Realistically, the only people that will spend this money on this kind of car is the people that desperately want the manual gearbox and handbrake, which you will simply NOT find elsewhere today.
Personally i wanted a slightly more practical and MUCH better looking car so i went for a 2024 S3 Limousine (the sedan).
Could i have specced the S3 with a manual gearbox and old fashioned handbrake, i would have, but that's simply not an option.

[troyjollimore]

Hate to disagree with you, Vicki, but since they still offer the manual, why should you care? For instance, when I was shopping for my last car, I bought a Civic. Would have got the Si or Type R but for their lack of an automatic.

Oh, I can drive one. But what if the wife needed to use it while her car was in shop or something? And I can have just as much on a road with a sport-tuned automatic as I can with a stick…

[marfrandema]

The SEMI AUTO is better. It also helps to avoid over revving, which these engines seem to not like at when driving hard.

[obsessedcloset]

Can anyone else see where the extra £15k has went?? Most certainly not that hideous interior refresh. Have we just went back to the 80s.