Following its introduction in Thailand in January, the Toyota Corolla Altis GR Sport has now entered the Philippines. According to Autoindustriya, the new variant is priced at 1.302 Philippine pesos (RM108,175), making it PHP87,000 (RM7,129) more expensive than the 1.6 V CVT sold in the country – choosing the White Pearl finish is an additional PHP15,000 (RM1,229).
For the premium, the Corolla Altis GR Sport comes with a new front bumper that features a wider lower grille, joined by fake vertical corner air intakes and gloss black strips in the upper grille. There are also side skirts and a rear bumper lip with diffuser-like fins, while the 17-inch alloy wheels come in a special two-tone design.
Moving inside, red contrast stitching is applied on the leather seats, steering wheel and centre armrest, while in other areas like the door handles, there are red accents as well. To add to the sporty aesthetic, a GR engine start button, paddle shifters and GR-branded floor mats are also included in the kit list.
As the new variant is based on an existing one, it gets the same features as the 1.6 V CVT, including a powered driver’s seat, a seven-inch multi-info display, automatic air-conditioning with rear vents, LED headlamps, rain-sensing wipers, keyless entry, an eight-inch touchscreen head unit (with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay) and a six-speaker sound system.
The powertrain is the same too, with a 1ZR-FE 1.6 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder Dual VVT-i engine pushing out 121 PS at 6,000 rpm and 153 Nm of torque at 5,200 rpm. Drive goes to the front wheels via a CVT with a manual mode. In Thailand, the Corolla Altis GR Sport can be had with a 2ZR-FBE 1.8 litre NA engine or a 2ZR-FXE 1.8 litre hybrid powerplant.
On the safety side of things, the Corolla Altis GR Sport improves upon the 1.6 V CVT by being the first non-hybrid variant to come with the Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) suite of systems. These include Toyota’s Pre-Collision System, Automatic High Beam, Lane Tracing Assist, Lane Departure Alert, Dynamic Radar Cruise Control and blind spot monitoring. These join other standard items like seven airbags, ABS, VSC, hill start assist and a reverse camera.
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Got TV with huge bezel? If don’t have I don’t want it.
Civic outsale this GR junk everywhere globally
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Should bring hybrid to malaysia
Beautiful
Boring interior uncle look, :(
Because you never take a look and feel inside corolla before.
Seeing in real life without toyota professionally touch up photos, the interior is even more unkerish.
Absolutely right.
Feeling sad that you invested in an under powered old tech car? Self consoling helps.
Wrong
Lol, thai got nice headunit and head up display unlike us with aftermarket CRT TV look headunit and no HUD.
But the GR Sport design is nice.
CRT TV does not look like aftermarket.
That does not look CRT TV!
CRT TV, ehhh no!
110K GR U must be kidding me. Tell me this is just syok-sendiri GR stickers batching it is
It says in Philippines, no one shiok sendiri here except u Honda Fanboy
Then those M sport, AMG line, R line…have syioked sendiri long time ago too…lol
Extreme gorgeous
Just wondering why 1.6L NA not offered here in Malaysia. Not everybody is a boy racer that will need to go up Genting everyday. Can get cheaper road tax with 1.6NA.
Sampai Malaysia ……. jadi RM140K…..LEMAAAAAH
Stunning! gorgeous looks!