Toyota GR Corolla Teased By….Toyota

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Toyota’s Instagram page posted a pic of what looks like a normal Corolla, but some Easter eggs suggest it is actually the GR version.

One Easter egg is the time on the dash, G16, which stands for the engine used in the GR Yaris.

One of the navigation routes says GR Four Rd., a possible reference to all-wheel drive. The climate control says 2 68, which could be a reference to 268 horsepower, which is what the GR Yaris makes.

Also, a GR Corolla is in the background of the shot.

This means we might have a good idea of what the inside of the GR Corolla looks like.

Perhaps someday we’ll finally see the whole thing.

[Image: Toyota via Instagram]

Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Dal20402 Dal20402 on Nov 24, 2021

    Where's the tach? Even Toyota hybrids usually have a tach if they are marketed as "sporty."

  • Superdessucke Superdessucke on Nov 24, 2021

    Sweet. Very much looking forward to this one! The Yaris GR looks awesome from what I've seen of it on YouTube. The Corolla version will be a tinge heavier than the Yaris (which I wish we'd have gotten) but I'm not complaining. Hopefully we get it next fall as a '23. Doubt we'll see it before that.

    • Matt Posky Matt Posky on Nov 24, 2021

      If this thing ends up being anywhere near as good as everyone claims the GR Yaris is, there's a chance I'm going to be an idiot and try to get one from the first model year.

  • Lightspeed Lightspeed on Nov 24, 2021

    If in 1982 Ford released a new Mustang with 268HP we'd have all lost our minds. Now it's 'meh.' C'mon people, 268HP in a Corolla is pretty darn good.

  • PotLizard PotLizard on Dec 01, 2021

    Why not just call this the Corolla TRD? Almost nobody in North America knows what Gazoo Racing is. TRD at least has some brand equity. And for the love of God, make this sub-model available for the hatchback and not just the sedan.

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