Toyota Yaris 2020 Video Review

Name: Toyota Yaris 2020 Video Review
Uploaded: 2020-02-04T16:52:56+11:00
Description: It's been almost 20 years since Toyota last tried its hand at a proper performance car, but the Japanese brand is back with a bang with the GR Yaris. But is it enough to put Toyota back on the go-fast map?

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EXPERT RATING

8.5

Andrew Chesterton

Contributing Journalist

20 Dec 2019

9 min read

Andrew Chesterton

Contributing Journalist

20 Dec 2019

9 min read

Of all the car brands you thought might launch a proper hot hatch in 2020, where was Toyota on your list?

Come now, be honest. This is a brand that hasn't dipped a solo toe (so not including partnership deals) into performance waters in decades, after all, and so I'm guessing it was somewhere near the bottom.

And yet here was are, standing in the pit lane of Portugal's Estoril race circuit, a squat and heavily camouflaged GR Yaris parked in front of us, its twin exhaust pipes chattering away, its driver's door open to reveal a par of decidedly sporty seats and a manual gearbox.

Yes, it's been a long, long time coming, but Toyota is finally back on the hot-hatch scene.

Read the full Toyota GR Yaris 2020 review: preview drive.