2021 Toyota GR Yaris sold out in Australia in a week

2021 Toyota GR Yaris sold out in Australia in a week

All 1,000 units of the Toyota GR Yaris bound for the Australian market have been snapped up in the span of six days since pre-orders began. According to CarAdvice, Toyota Australia had forecasted that it could take up to 18 months to clear the first vehicle, but who were they kidding, right?

Following the overwhelming and unexpected response, the company had to temporarily shut down its pre-order website, although some dealers are still accepting deposits. Part of the reason the GR Yaris is so well-received is due to the AUD$39,950 (RM118k) drive-away offer, which amounts to a whopping AUD$14,000 (RM41k) discount compared to the full recommended retail price.

The GR Yaris, dubbed the most powerful three-cylinder production car in the world, is positioned as a small “city car.” In Australia, its recommended selling price hovers close to rivals such as the Volkswagen Golf R and Subaru WRX STI.

Now, to recap, this hot Yaris gets a bespoke shell and features a turbocharged G16E-GTS 1.6 litre three-cylinder engine that produces 272 PS and 370 Nm of torque. Those are huge numbers for a three-potter, and the power-to-weight ratio is 4.706 kg/PS.

A six-speed manual gearbox is standard, though a CVT may be introduced sometime in the future. Power is routed to all four wheels through a unique GR-Four AWD system, featuring two Torsen mechanical self-locking differentials at each end.

For suspension, the front gets MacPherson struts and the rear gets double wishbones (standard Yaris gets torsion beam instead). No active damping or variable ride height in the interest of weight. The show car sits on 18-inch multi-spoke BBS wheels wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres, although Enkei rollers shod in Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 050 rubber come as standard.

The hot hatch is also expected to make its Malaysian debut, following a teaser released by UMW Toyota Motor earlier in July. The car won’t be cheap, so expect to fork out roughly the same amount as you would for its rival, the FK8 Honda Civic Type R (RM330k before SST rebates). So, who’s eyeing for one?

2020 Toyota GR Yaris at the Tokyo Auto Salon

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Comments

  • Ethan on Sep 29, 2020 at 10:19 am

    Sigh… RM118k? Absolutely. Rm330k? Why so expensive???

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    • Horsepower road tax on Sep 29, 2020 at 10:37 am

      A Mercedes Benz GLA base price only AUD36k

      Malaysia Taxing are too much

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      • (Like) Toyota GR Yaris.
        (Dislike) Proton Iriz R5

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      • Thats why in Malaysia, today, Honda is so cheap but other japanese cars, korean cars, continental cars and proton are not allowed to sell cheap and decided to make price hike that happened in 4-5 years ago. Is it because Gomen also making protectionism for Honda? TOTALLY VERY UNFAIR

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    • Not Toyota Fan on Sep 29, 2020 at 10:53 am

      RM118k this 272PS Toyota pocket roket. Absolutely sell like hot Pisang goreng, Bravo toyota!

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    • Vader on Sep 29, 2020 at 11:08 am

      Make it too cheap and plenty of ahbengs racing with this fast car on the road. Better make it unaffordable except to those who cherishes their rides.

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      • But it doesn’t look ah beng. So you mean honda city is also look like ah beng meh

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    • We oredi have idiots with godcar vios & mivi causing super high eksiden rates. These idiots having access to real godcar with godpower will increase further our eksiden rates lorr.

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  • Commenter on Sep 29, 2020 at 10:44 am

    The most powerful 3 cylinder is gemera not this yaris.

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    • Yaris not powerful? Both Gemera and this yaris also very powerful car too

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    • Gemera different category, PHEV battery once kong cannot win the race.

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  • Semi-Value (Member) on Sep 29, 2020 at 11:47 am

    this is much better than the nonsense bmw fwd 2 series

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  • I made an order in 040 Super White II. This article is wrong and misleading

    The standard version open for preorder does not come with LSD. In Japan you have to upgrade it to RZ “High performance” and in Australia they are only avaiable in Rallye Edition form which is due Q2 2021

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  • Lol too many haters bashing on this nice car. I also realized why rival haters also like to bash other brands and p1 so many times. I bet some of you from one of biggest car rival, don’t really put enough for reading books instead they can put on some ridiculous and fill all no brainer comments here.

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  • Chow Wei Zhen on Sep 29, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    Look cantiknya

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  • Jia Ren on Sep 29, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    Bring it on!

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  • Nik azlan riak on Oct 06, 2020 at 8:07 am

    This cannot sell in msia la…only 3 cylinders….how to climb genting … sarcastically

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