Toyota Is Officially Making A Hot Yaris To Give The Fiesta ST A Good Kicking
Despite the addition of a Lexus-inspired ‘Predator face’ during its last facelift, the Toyota Yaris is probably the least exciting small hatchback you can buy. The Ford Fiesta is the fun one da yoof will happily buy, whereas the Yaris is something you’d expect to see on your grandparents’ driveway.
However, the Yaris range is about to get a lot more exciting, thanks to a new Fiesta ST-rivaling hot hatchback which the Japanese company has just announced, teased with the sketch above. Now you’re talking, Toyota!
Although Toyota doesn’t really do much in the way of sporty cars - GT86 and F cars from luxury subsidiary Lexus aside - this isn’t as much of a surprise as you might think. In 2017 Toyota will enter the World Rally Championship using the spectacularly angry Yaris you can see above, which packs a 375bhp 1.6-litre turbocharged four-pot. In other words, fast and noisy things are firmly on the agenda. Toyota plans to distill this WRC lunacy into a road-going Yaris via motorsport team Gazoo, resulting in quite a potent little package.
Other than that, Toyota hasn’t revealed any substantial details. But, we can expect a similarly sized turbo four-pot under the bonnet, putting out somewhere in the region of 200bhp.
Would you have a hot Yaris over a hot Fiesta?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I was waiting on this
Need. More. Wings!
Ok, now its oficial
We need more Vtec!
What do you have against VVT-i?
Wait…..a ( somewhat ) sporty toyoya in 2017?! WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!
There are already hot street-legal Yarises tuned by TRD, GRMN, G’s and Gazoo. Not sure about the engine’s output, though. But they look badass!
The bulk of them might do something like an aftermarket intake, but that is about it. No one wants to touch the drivetrain with how Yota locks the ECUs. Believe me, it takes a lot of $$$ to build one.
Fast and Reliable…
I own the grandmother !
It’s all about that yaris life <3
fancy seeing your car on here !
Loved my Echo and the only thing keeping g me from getting a newer Yaris was the lack of a proper RS version. This would be awesome, I actually gasped and got excited at the headline of this article.