They paid around 130,000 euros for a Toyota GRMN Yaris. Does it make sense?

The Toyota GRMN Yaris is limited to 500 copies and is sold only in Japan. This unit is the most expensive ever.

Almost everything has already been said about Toyota GR Yaris. It is a special homologation that we thought was no longer possible to do and is one of the hot hatch most desired today.

And if we look at the stronger and smaller version GRMN Yaris (short for Gazoo Racing, prepared by the Meister of the Nürburgring), the demand seems to be even greater, so much so that someone has just paid almost 140,000 dollars, about 128,574 euros – at auction – for one copy.

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The GRMN Yaris is exclusive to the Japanese market, it was presented to the world almost a year ago and is limited to only 500 copies. buyer, according to runhe wanted to remain anonymous, but there is one name he cannot escape: he bought GR Yaris most expensive ever.

From the factory, the Toyota GRMN Yaris can take two different configurations, the Circuit Package or the Rally Package.

This unit, with only 41 miles (66 km). will be the first to be done by Circuit Pack and the new cost «only» 60,000 euros in the market.

Toyota GRMN Yaris: what changes to the GR?

Equipped with the Circuit package, this GRMN Yaris features a new destroy the lipsfront r, more visible side skirts and a large rear wing in carbon fiber, elements that give it a more aggressive appearance.

It also gets BBS signature 18” (forged) custom wheels, an upgraded braking system and new Bilstein shock absorbers, as well as being 10mm wider and having 10mm less ground clearance.

A new set of adjustable dampers and springs.

In addition, the work of the body has been strengthened by an additional 546 welding points and an additional 12 m of structural adhesives: stiffness will not be an issue. Even because the rear seats were removed to make room for the bar that joins the rear towers.

Removing the rear seats, as well as adding a carbon fiber roof and bonnet, has also saved some weight: in this configuration it is 20 kg less than the GR Yaris.

Hood, roof and rear wing in carbon fiber.

And the engine?

As for the engine, it remained unchanged. The same is to say that the 1.6 l in-line-cylinder block continues to announce the same 272 hp that it already had in the Japanese version of the GR Yaris, but here it saw the torque increase by 20 Nm and land at 390. Nm .

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On the other hand, the transmission has changed a little more: the six-speed manual gearbox has been kept, but the first four ratios are now shorter, as well as the final transmission ratio, to better adapt to the best type of use. engine.

The clutch was also strengthened and the differential – front and rear – Torsen that we found on the GR Yaris gave way to new mechanical differences in this GRMN Yaris.

Source: Drive

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