The Toyota Yaris GRMN hot hatch produces a peak of 209bhp at 6800rpm, the brand's performance arm Gazoo Racing has confirmed in Frankfurt.
Powered by a 1.8-litre supercharged engine, the Yaris outpunches rivals such as the 197bhp Ford Fiesta ST200 and 205bhp Peugeot 208 GTi.
The car's highly strung four-pot also makes a peak of 184lb ft, enabling it to accelerate from 0-62mph in a claimed 6.3sec and reach an electronically limited 143mph top speed.
Toyota says its car weighs 1135kg, making it one of the lightest models in the segment. It sits on 17in BBS alloy wheels and Sachs performance shock absorbers.
Toyota Yaris GRMN prototype driven
Despite other cars in the class turning to five-door only bodystyles and the regular Yaris coming in both three and five-door forms, the hot Yaris will be offered as a three-door only.
Just 400 examples of the Yaris GRMN are destined for Europe. Buyers can pre-order now, with prices starting from £26,295.
Toyota's hot hatch takes the GRMN name of Toyota's Gazoo rallying outfit's special edition Toyota road cars. Previous GRMN models, including the GT86, 2013-spec Yaris (Vitz) and the iQ, were sold exclusively in Japan.
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XLR8
Well, at least it will make a change...
On a serious note, is this car an answer to a question nobody asked?
5wheels
Got their wires crossed
what's life without imagination
coolboy
always a better way
Now lets just hope this one only gets the CVT with stepping software for Japan.
gavsmit
Great!
Good to see it's a proper hot hatch too and not a cynical warmed up "all show and no go" car.
The only disappointment is that it appears to be based on a mild restyle of the current model, so might carry over some of the current car's dated flaws - and I'm not keen on spending a lot of money on a car that might be replaced by an all-new model shortly afterwards.
To all those that associate the Toyota brand with 'old farts' I suggest you look at some of their past motoring heritage. Winston Wolfe drives a Toyota too - albeit with a fake engine roar :-D
Everyone has a right to an opinion - don't confuse that with insulting your mother :-)
DdWorks
Woah...
de_design2 l Exclusively Bespoke®
cowichan
@gavsmit: No fear.
Andy1960
Does anyone else....
....see GRIM instead of GRMN? I bet that's how it'll be referred to.
What do you drive then?
Me, oh, I drive a Toyota Grim
I thought all Toyots'a were grim
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