We stepped out of the 2023 Toyota GR Corolla after our first lap of the Utah Motorsports Campus, grinning from ear to ear. That smile grew bigger driving the Circuit Edition, a more well-equipped, sportier version. Then we hopped in the Morizo Edition, a limited edition lightweight special. By that third stint, our hands were trembling. Yeah, it's that good.
For anyone wondering why we are mentioning a Toyota Corolla and a race track in the same sentence, let us familiarize you with Gazoo Racing and its latest creation.
Gazoo is Toyota's motorsports arm, responsible for race cars like GR010, which competes in Le Mans, and road cars like the GR Yaris, which has received worldwide acclaim, and this: the GR Corolla. Toyota took the same racing-inspired G16E-GTS engine out of the Yaris and stuck it in the larger Corolla so Americans would consider buying it. Then the engineers jacked up the power of the 1.6-liter three-cylinder engine - the one that's smaller in displacement than a regular Corolla's.
But don't let the displacement fool you because this little mill produces 300 horsepower going out to a trick all-wheel-drive system.
The GR Corolla is gunning after the new Honda Civic Type R and the Volkswagen Golf R, and based on our experience with the car, Toyota came to win.
A Rally Car Exterior
The GR Corolla is based on the Corolla Hatchback, but even non-car people won't struggle to tell it apart from the base version. Flared fenders give the Corolla a wide stance, with those arches filled by 18-inch wheels shod in 235/40R18 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires on the Core and Circuit Editions, while the Morizo gets wider, stickier 245/40R18 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber.
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Author: JARED ROSENHOLTZ
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