Toyota proclaims vendor match GR Yaris improve

Higher late than by no means and all that. After 4 years of the aftermarket desperately attempting to sate buyer demand for wilder Yaris GRs, from huge turbos to sequential gearboxes, Toyota is to supply Gen1 GR clients a dealer-fit, absolutely warrantied software program improve. It isn’t one for these after large good points, however seems like a pleasant concession for many who had been unable to get a Gen2 (or couldn’t justify the value hike). 

It’s been emailed to clients (thanks ecsrobin for the heads up), pitched as a ‘software program replace to not be ignored.’ For £995, the while-you-wait replace brings one other 14lb of torque – from 266lb ft to 280lb ft – bringing the unique a lot nearer to the 288lb ft Gen2 by way of pulling energy. It additionally gives up extra configurability from the remainder of the bundle, with Gentle and Heavy steering modes supplied in addition to Authentic, Fast and Management throttle ‘personalised throttle settings’. Presumably quite a bit has been immediately translated from the Japanese launch, a market that has had this improve accessible for some time. 

It appears like there are much more prospects with the GR-FOUR all-wheel drive launched additionally, with 55:45 and 45:55 talked about alongside the default 60:40, Monitor that break up it equally and 30:70 in Sport. ‘Born immediately from our participation in motorsports’, reads the e-mail, which has lengthy been the promise of Gazoo Racing street vehicles, ‘the improve delivers extra engine torque for enhanced driveability and extra personalised driver settings, letting you tailor your automobile’s dealing with and controls to your driving model.’ Whether or not you’ll have the ability to inform the distinction between a 60:40 torque break up and a 55:45 one stays to be seen, after all, however vendor match, producer backed efficiency upgrades sound like nice information to us. It’s virtually like the nice previous days of Mountune quick Fords. 

The GR Yaris guarantee is unaffected, and CO2 is unchanged as properly. In accordance with our discussion board intel, the bundle goes to be supplied at 10 GR centres from subsequent week. We’ll do some digging to seek out out precisely what’s what – and hopefully drive an upgraded automobile too, after all. This information absolutely makes these £25k early vehicles look all of the extra alluring…