Toyota isn’t always top of mind when it comes to performance cars, but the Japanese giant has a few tricks up its sleeve. There’s the Supra, which the automaker partnered with BMW to produce and there’s also the not-for-the-U.S. GR Yaris. The hotted-up hatchback features tremendous power and a four-wheel drive system, but buyers here can only watch jealously as our friends in Europe and elsewhere get all the fun. That’s about to change for U.S. buyers, however, as Toyota has begun teasing the GR Corolla hatchback, which we will get.
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The automaker posted a cryptic image to Instagram a month ago, but it’s still making the rounds on the internet today, with users of the GR Corolla Forum still discussing the post today. The teaser, which is of the Corolla’s interior, features hints as to what we might see when the car debuts. The navigation screen shows GR Four road, which points to the car’s four-wheel drive system, while a G:16 on the clock in the gauge cluster represents the G16E-GTS engine that the car is expected to get. The GR Yaris also sports that engine, where it produces 268 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque.
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The GR Corolla should break cover next year, but we don’t yet know if it will be a 2022 or 2023 model. As far as pricing goes, Toyota may pull out some surprises, but the car will likely be far more expensive than an everyday Corolla. The smaller GR Yaris is priced starting at nearly $40,000 in Europe, so the Corolla’s price tag should be around or slightly above that number.
