Toyota's hot hatch is a timely reminder that Toyota can build fun cars when it wants.
If you merely wanted power, you could just buy a Camry. But the GR Corolla adds wild styling and suspension tuning designed to handle the rigors of performance driving. Managing the wheel movement is still a MacPherson strut suspension in the front and a double-wishbone setup at the rear, but Toyota revamped the springs and dampers to make the Corolla more track friendly.
That’s where we put the Corolla to the test, hot-lapping a fleet of GR Corollas on half of the Utah Motorsports Campus. The Core edition presents a basic and highly functional Corolla hatchback’s interior with a six-speed shifter stuffed in the center console and bolstered seats. On track, you feel the boost and the power build as the turbocharger spools up, but you don’t feel any outrageous torque steer or oddities while laying on the power.
The all-wheel-drive system biases the torque split to the front wheels in Normal mode but bounces an even 50/50 split when you hit the Track button. For slightly more fun, you can throw 70% of the available power toward the rear wheels. With some coercion, the tail will slide out, but it’s most happy just attacking corners with a small hint of understeer.
While the GR Corolla is certainly a fun car, the top-tier Morizo Edition is something truly special—much more than a hot or hyper hatch. The rear seat is deleted, speakers are gone, and this is looking like a track-rat special. The Morizo Edition also sees revised gearing inside the transmission, a different clutch, and an upgrade to wider Michelin Pilot Cup 2 rubber. The heavier clutch gives even more control over the friction zone than the standard GR Corolla’s hardware.
That comes with a price. While the base Core Grade GR Corolla is a somehow reasonable $36,995 with destination and delivery, the price climbs quickly. The mid-level Circuit trim jumps to $43,995, and the limited GR Corolla Morizo Edition ascends to $50,995. Yes, $51k for a Toyota Corolla. Now, it might be hard to evena GR Corolla Morizo Edition for that price with its 200-car production run—expect some, uhh, dealer adjustments when these go on sale later this year.
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