Toyota GR Yaris

[ZedLeg]

Oh, I dunno. I just assumed they had changes they needed to homologate so they were drumming up sales.

£60k is a bit strong even in light of my previous flippant comment.

[Beany]

It's fun that every time a new £40k hot hatch comes out people act surprised at the price, like it's not been the going rate for about 5 years

It's also, as I've been learning when comparing some classes of car to each other twenty years apart, not that far from inflation. IE a Sunny GTI-R, a similarly 'complex' car, was £20k or so in 2000. Today that'd be near £37k.

Getting old is wild.

[MikeHunt]

The ballot is for the £60k special editions non?

its for all 3, you have to choose. If selected in 2 weeks time, they will then require a refundable £1000 deposit.

[MikeHunt]

Oh, I dunno. I just assumed they had changes they needed to homologate so they were drumming up sales.

£60k is a bit strong even in light of my previous flippant comment.

Unless Im missing something, it's a £20k body kit, or a £2k body kit and £18k of exclusivity.

[Rich B]

Oh, I dunno. I just assumed they had changes they needed to homologate so they were drumming up sales.

£60k is a bit strong even in light of my previous flippant comment.

Unless Im missing something, it's a £20k body kit, or a £2k body kit and £18k of exclusivity.

It's got a donut button.

[Jobbo]

They really should sell it in pink with sprinkles on the roof.

[integrale_evo]

Oh, I dunno. I just assumed they had changes they needed to homologate so they were drumming up sales.

£60k is a bit strong even in light of my previous flippant comment.

Unless Im missing something, it's a £20k body kit, or a £2k body kit and £18k of exclusivity.

It's got a donut button.

Does that just shine a spotlight on the driver?

[Simon]

[nuttinnew]

Good vid (apart from not timing the two specials)

[Jobbo]

It's fun that every time a new £40k hot hatch comes out people act surprised at the price, like it's not been the going rate for about 5 years

It's also, as I've been learning when comparing some classes of car to each other twenty years apart, not that far from inflation. IE a Sunny GTI-R, a similarly 'complex' car, was £20k or so in 2000. Today that'd be near £37k.

Getting old is wild.

I think a Sunny GTI-R is more like 1991/92 so nearly a decade older. How much do they go for now?

[Beany]

Oh shit you're right. Thats £42k in todays money!

Today? I think about, well, a quick google suggests £15-20k.

And I do mean quick, for cars of that vintage and that rarity, I'm not sure if there's really an 'average' price?

[Jobbo]

Not the £50k+ you’d expect of a rally homologation special though. More like the price of an Impreza, but rarer.

[MikeHunt]

I joined the ballot earlier in the year and lost out, I wasnt really bothered at the time. Ive just discovered an cancelled order is up for grabs and seriously thinning about it now.

[Jobbo]

Ballot for a Yaris? At the £50k-odd the first ones are coming in at?

[Matty]

Not sure I could tolerate that dashboard in all honesty.

I think I'd just save a packet and buy the previous generation, then get the seat lowering kit.

[Carlos]

A Golf R is £44k now so I don't think they look expensive at similar money!

Definitely a car I'd like to own and if Toyota still offer strong residual values on them why not?

[Shlergen]

At over 40k the road tax is mental. Surely it's got to be affecting sales.

[IanF]

I saw one today on some B-roads.. have you actually driven one? Although it looks quite top heavy, the driver seemed to be enjoying it

[Jobbo]

A Golf R is £44k now so I don't think they look expensive at similar money!

Definitely a car I'd like to own and if Toyota still offer strong residual values on them why not?

I don’t think the list price looks mad in context - it’s the first editions which are the only ones available initially which look like price gouging at over £50k.

[Beany]

Bang £20k into an inflation calculator for 2001 (about the price of a WRX back then) and the 2024 price for that is about £36k.

That made me feel old.