REVIEW: We weren't the biggest fans of the last Toyota Yaris GR Sport - let's see if the latest generation of the firm's sporty hybrid brings any improvement
's popular hatchback, but in its sportiest, range-topping GR Sport specification. Starting from £25,070, it’s powered by a 1.5-litre hybrid petrol engine, producing 114bhp and 88lb ft. No Torsen differentials here.
It also looks rather sharp - the visual differentiation from other Yaris models include an updated mesh front grille, black trim and black door mirrors - but underneath is where the key changes have been made, as Toyota attempts to add a bit of sporting flavour sampled from the firm’s GR performance division.
It’s fair to say we weren’t the biggest fans of the previous Yaris GR Sport, launched in 2018. We thought its ride was too firm and unsettled, even on the smoothest of roads. There was a hope that things might improve with the current Yaris’ shift to Toyota’s TNGA-B platform, but, alas, an overly firm ride is something that has been carried forward into this latest car, too.
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