The Toyota GR Yaris WRC that Never Competed

[@andrereiu2820]

Dirtfish is doing the job what WRC promoter should be doing to promote rallying! Quite embarrasing for WRC, but well done Dirtfish! RESPECT Dirtfish should take over the promoter job! wink wink

[@szellroland8084]

🤝

[@AmbientMike]

Totally agree, the lack of special content like this is appaling but all the better for Dirtfish providing thos content

[@HJK242]

This could be the fastest rally car ever made, love it

[@TheNismo777]

In the tests it surely was :)

[@showtaito1075]

But then Rally1 Hybrids have 500+hp combined 🤔

[@abenas40]

​@@showtaito1075 they're slower in corners due to weight and simpler aero

[@bett431]

I wish they d run it for rally legend or something like that. Amazing looking rally car, and if it beats the Yaris WRC in speed then its a god among monsters.

[@addiewaterrr]

Yes please, we need this at Rally Legend!

[@IkeVMAX4]

What "people close to the Team" have leaked out about this vehicle is that it was considerably faster than the 2017 one. Better aero, suspenaion etc. Faster in corners and changing trajectory after coners etc.

[@somename7381]

Colin Clark you are the man! There's so much freshness and angles to the journalism you bring to WRC, that no-one has shown us or maybe even considered putting on the editing table. You are like every viewer's personal gumshoe always delivering the most interesting content. Cheers, many thanks and all the best for you guys holidays!

[@Barry.ONeill]

Best of the last great eras of rallying. They handled so much better with a center diff and the Aero.

[@Jt7166]

Crazy they developed and built this car knowing it was only going to run for 1 season. Maybe some of that work carried over to the Rally1 car, but still that’s a serious investment

[@PimSchouten]

Typical Toyota isn’t it?

[@TheNismo777]

Love Toyota's passion! Doesnt wanna tell how much faster the 2021 car was but it was suprisingly alot :)

[@markos8400]

This car was the only reason I bought a road going GRY. Damn, if only it hit the stages in 2021....

[@amr1t_]

This car was the reason I was pissed they didn’t release one in the US,.. at least we get a GR Corolla 😅

[@AbrahamArthemius]

Hey, at the very least we got the Rally2 version now which if we're being honest is a far cooler thing since that car still uses a lot of components from the road car itself (i.e. the engine, turbo, and chassis of course). It's like seeing what is possible for the road version can actually go.

[@Adrianperformancequattro]

Next episode polo WRC 2017 please 🤪

[@hayhud97]

Wow I had no idea this car existed, it is really amazing to see the innovation from Toyota in this car. Maybe he was right that it was better that the regulations changed because I’m not certain the other teams could have competed with this car. Hopefully though this kind of innovation will inspire the other 2 teams and also push the design of all rally cars forward.

[@donswier]

Dirtfish always bringing it! Merry Christmas to all from 🇺🇸

[@G.Wee_Rallying]

TAKE IT TO PIKES PEAK! TAKE IT TO GOODWOOD!

[@BrandonRauser]

What an incredible vehicle. Its a real shame we never got to see it. Maybe someday someone will custom make a bodykit for the consumer version of the GR Yaris that replicates that aero.

[@lambrosstamos4494]

Some people pay, rightfully, millions for hypercars. They are missing this, though. See, they and I, finally, have something in common. It's the most beautiful car I have ever seen.

[@shamaranthony1816]

Wow it’s a beast🥺💪🏻💪🏻Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@westafoni]

This looks WILDDDDDD 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bondy284]

WOW !!!!! Great video👍. So glad I own a GR Yaris. By the way stay the way you are Colin. Greetings from 🇦🇺.

[@rzero21]

Who knew... a unicorn within WRC!

[@WekelijksHDFull]

wow I knew that this car was being developed but never knew it was actually built!!!

[@TheNismo777]

Finland is where the magic happends, they developing insane WRC cars now here :)

[@Unamatrix01]

I read the rumours about this cars' existence, quite disappointing that it never raced.

[@WekelijksHDFull]

love it what they made using the homologation production gr😁

[@AMCL5]

I WANT ONE!

[@owain7629]

Why have we lost all the aero in the Rally1 cars? This 2017 spec machine looks like an absolute monster I understand that cost savings were a big goal of the new regs but surely it doesn’t cost too much to add a diffuser and the odd dive plane?

[@ciello___8307]

They still do have a smaller diffuser, but they cut down on the aero due to increased speeds and safety, and to make them closer to road cars instead of say, a GT car on steroids

[@eska4935]

@@ciello___8307 it’s pretty dumb honestly, basically they’re saying “we want to make our sport less exciting”

[@josephsmith8275]

@@ciello___8307 closer to road cars yet they allow scaling and use of tubular frame which is completely different from road cars. WRC cars at least used body shell from the road cars. Rally 1 cars use purpose built racing chassis which makes them safer and allows scaling which is why M sport was able to use Puma as a rally1 car.

[@AlexFreeRide]

The real unicorn is the 2017 wide body VW Polo that never raced!

[@Ruttunen]

Possibly the fastest WRC car ever built?

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Monte - can't wait! 🤍❄️🌪️🌫️🌁

[@rev3rsekanga114]

I hope this car finds its way into the upcoming Codemasters rally game. p.s. Colin may be under the spell of a vampire

[@blakegriplingph]

*EA Sports

[@Dashyyya]

Marty kid is looking it!!😂

[@Youtubax]

I can’t help to guess their new GR Rally2 is going to be pretty much based in this thing which is scary!

[@joshb2386]

Spec sheet says 4 cylinders? 🤔

[@Poshpanda-09]

what do they have in Jyväskylä then??

[@TheNismo777]

Magic.. thats what we have there :) Both Toyota and Hyundai develope their cars here.

[@richmeli6269]

Some information must have been leaked, `cause this car is in the WRC9 Game as a special car :)

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

The new GR Yaris, modified, say about another 100 microchipped in it innit. ZOOM! 😎👍🐑🚜

[@Lobstersarefabulouz]

This is one sexy rally car

[@FeddeVega]

Que vuelvan los WRC. Eliminen los rally 1.

[@onlycomantevideox]

250000 lakkha rupay ki jarurat hai

[@siviunative5241]

This could seriously be the fastest WRCcar. There's no hybrid crap on it

[@Pete68T]

It Was a Shame the Road Going GR Yaris Had to Have a 3 Cylinder Engine if that WRC One there Had a 4 Cylinder in it ? I Still Do Not Understand How Toyota Thought it Was a Good idea to make the GR Yaris So Silent,When i Went to a Stage of WRC In Wales They had the GRMN there and i Ordered One and it Was a Lot Louder than The GR is ? Also Had a Centre Exit Exhaust Like the WRC Cars Yet the Car that Was Made to Take Part in WRC Made No Sound and Had 2 Exhausts and Looked No Better at the Back than a Suzuki Swift GTI ? Toyota Seem to Have Some Good Ideas And Then Loose interest in Finishing It How a True Rally Car Thinking Company Would of Done ,Like Subaru Did With There Road Cars in the Day.

[@ciello___8307]

they had to follow the WRC engine rules, its not all their fault

[@AbrahamArthemius]

Maybe try to understand the regulations first? Every manufacturer that enters the top class in WRC has to abide by the regulations, and by regulations it means they are limited to only using 1.6L 4-cyl Turbo bespoke engines. You think the Puma Rally1 is using the same engine as the road car? Hell no. You wonder why Toyota built that 3cyl turbo? It's because it is designed for the Rally2 (previously called R5) class, which has more lax regulation in terms of how many cylinders you can have for your engine and you can have customers for your cars. (The Skoda Fabia is a famous example of it). The recently announced GR Yaris Rally2 practically uses the same engine you can find in the road car and it also kept most of the road car parts as well, so there's the bit that you complained about.. The Rally1 version can get the advantage of GR Yaris' silhouette being more aerodynamically efficient (compared to previous Gen), while the Rally2 version proved that all their work on the road going version (engine, body, etc) is proven to be rally ready.

[@coredaqqer6197]

@Abraham Arthemius even then it's as simple as money and emissions.

[@henrikkoukku2896]

🤔

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

FIRST, i wos. 😎👍

[@marfrandema1884]

A million times better than the AWFUL Rally1 with DUMBO ears.

[@bett431]

Well, they will be gone next season.

[@MrRay168]

i love them. they remind me of group b monstrosity like the integrale and the t16

[@dhkg01]

I really hate Colin Clark's exaggerated tone ! SORRY !

[@bernardoberner4]

I don't

[@GeorgeX.]

Don't watch then.Been watching mr Colin since my early teens and was fortunate enough to meet him at a tavern at 2021 Acropolis rally.Great gentleman he was absolutely tired cause it was late but still had a small chat and bought him and his colleague a beer.His Voice tone is the trademark.

[@colinclarkrally4445]

I count myself lucky David in that I still get excited by this sport after 20yrs of covering it. Nothing exaggerated, that’s just me! 🙏

[@Rallymemories]

I don't either,lighten up a bit it is Christmas after all🎄🎄🎅🎅

[@cookie6443]

@Colin Clark Rally just discovered your kitchen table talks thanks to this comment. Keep up the awesome work you and dirt fish are doing! 👏

[@Zerofightervi]

Want another unicorn? Google 'Proton Putra WRC Car'. Developed by Prodrive but never rallied. Effectively a Mitsubishi Evo coupe built to WRC rules but before even Mitsubishi were building to WRC rules as they were still running the Lancer Evos under old Grp A regs. Probably why it never turned a wheel in anger. Couldn't have the lesser platform sharing Proton up staging Mitsubishi.