The nameplate associated with the car in your auntie’s garage has been transformed into a brute of a ride.
Remember those epic television ads about the laaitie boasting that his dad’s Hilux was “tougherer” than those of his schoolmates’ fathers? I’d say the Toyota GR Yaris warrants something similar. Only this time, it should involve girls discussing how much fun their mothers’ cars are. After the first have given testimony of how much fun she has in the back of her mom’s trusty’s old 1.0-litre Yaris, a Toyota GR Yaris powers slides around the corner in a puff of tyre smoke.
Holding the distinction as South Africa’s top-selling car brand for over four decades, Toyota is associated with may thing. Toughness, reliability and dependability immediately spring to mind. Fun? Not so much.Apart from a few epic Corollas, like the 20-valve models at the turn of the previous century, your quasi racing driving cousin’s go-to car to impress girls would generally not be a Toyota badge.
Instead of appreciating it for what it is, the GR Supra was generally brushed off as a rebadged BMW Z4, the car it is based on as a result of a joint-venture between the Japanese and Germans. And in reality, apart from hardcore petrolheads, not too many average daily commuters associate with a Supra.Enter the Toyota GR Yaris, the perfect showcase for re-establishing the fun element in the carmarker’s repertoire. It’s a car both everyday motorists and petrolheads can relate to.
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