A breath of fresh air is the least we can say for the small, but exciting and gritty Toyota GR Yaris . Without a doubt, one of the most exciting machines to have emerged in this troubled year of 2020.
It reminds us of times gone by, when several brands had authentic homologation specials in their catalogues, when it seemed that we needed nothing more than a few stickers with numbers on the doors to be able to compete in any rally — the GR Yaris is that type of car. The expectation around you is high and the first signs are very promising.
But does the little GR Yaris deliver everything it promises?
After all, we're talking about a 1618cc, turbocharged in-line three-cylinder engine that advertises 261hp and 360Nm — isn't that a bit over the top for the engine is it?
There's nothing better than taking the little bomb to a power bank. This is what we can see in the video on the NM2255 Car HD Videos channel, where a new Toyota GR Yaris is (well) attached and rested on some rollers to prove that the 261 hp is all there and recommended.
According to the video's author, this unit was new and completely standard, with the additional observation that the gasoline the tricylinder was currently consuming was 98 octane.
After all, how many horses does this GR Yaris have?
At the end of the test and after a disappointing escape note — blame the anti-noise regulations — we get healthy ones 278.1 hp and 367 Nm , 17 hp and 7 Nm more than official values.
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It is important to note that these values are for the crankshaft and not the wheel as we normally see on power banks. The references “CEngHp” and “CEngTq” (power and torque, respectively) that accompany the values confirm this. In other words, it is the power bank itself that automatically converts the power measured by the wheel — lower, due to transmission losses — to that which the engine delivers to the crankshaft.
Anyway, the little tri-cylinder seems to have the health to give and sell and we look forward to the day when we can get our hands on the Yaris GR and explore its full potential…