In the past two years, China's auto market has been swept by new energy vehicles, so horsepower and acceleration are no longer what they used to be, and 200,000 yuan can give you a four-wheel drive car with an acceleration of 4 seconds. But for those who like to play with cars, although the power is there and the acceleration is faster, it still feels like something is still missing, maybe it's the roar of the engine, maybe it's the fun of manual transmission.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that in the past two years, many foreign brands have introduced fuel vehicles with driving pleasure into the domestic market, such as Honda Civic Type-R, Hyundai Elantra N, and Toyota's GR86, Supra, etc., the introduction of these cars has ignited the passion of consumers who like to control fun, so now young people are often seen on the street roaring away with GR86, which is the breath of youth.
When it comes to the Toyota brand, everyone's first impression may still be a family car, because cars like Corolla, Camry, Highlander, and Crown are all designed to meet family use, focusing on fuel economy and comfort. However, the Toyota brand, in fact, is still restless in its bones, because Toyota's president, who is also Toyota's chief test driver, Akio Toyoda, is a head who loves racing very much, so he never hesitates to express his love and belief for sports cars and automobile events.
The tonality of a car brand must be closely related to the personality of the owner, so you will see that in addition to making those well-known family cars, Toyota also has a special sports brand - GR (Gazoo Racing), which has participated in many racing cars, such as the World Endurance Championship WRC, World Rally Championship WRC, Dakar Rally and other world-class races.
Fortunately for fans, Toyota's GR has also launched a lot of production models, so that everyone can buy and drive, such as the SPRA Bull Demon King that can now be bought in the domestic market, ** is not low, but this car carries too many feelings for JDM fans, so do you find that although this car has the same platform and the same engine as BMW Z4, it is actually stronger than Z4, which is incredible. Perhaps this is the charm of the Toyota GR, because this car is one of the models that best represents JDM culture at present.
There is also GR86, then there are many car owners, and there are several 86 car owners around me. I still remember when I first entered the industry ten years ago, the first event I participated in was the launch of the Toyota 86, and when I saw that car drifting on the field, I was very excited, and I really seemed to own an 86. For young people who are not financially wealthy, 86 is the most fun sports car that can be bought by two or three hundred thousand, and there is no one. Toyota is also willing to play with young people. Even in the past few years, the emission regulations have become more stringent, Toyota is trying its best to introduce some fun models as much as possible, and some cars that are fun to drive have been rejected because of domestic emission regulations, but now the GR86 fully meets the emission of China 6B.
In the Shaoxing Circuit a few days ago, I also experienced the Supra and GR86 respectively, if you have good driving skills, then this kind of rear-wheel drive car is really fun to drive on the track, there will be a little tail flick, but it is very easy to control, both cars are very easy to use, the accelerator, brakes, steering are easy to control, even if you have never driven them.
Compared to the Supra launched in 20 and the GR86 launched last year, in fact, I am more looking forward to Toyota's GR Yaris, this little car is really exciting, a 3The car of about 8 meters is actually four-wheel drive, manual, 1The 6T engine is also known as the strongest three-cylinder engine on the surface, and these parameters are exciting to think about, and the ** and owners who have driven the GR Yaris all over the world before are full of praise for it. Originally, I thought I could drive this time, but unfortunately not, the scene is still a right-hand drive car, but soon it will come to the Chinese market, it is said to be the second half of 24 years, in fact, now you can imagine, when this car comes in, how hot it will be, because when the 86 and supra entered the domestic market, they have excited fans for a long time.
Maybe Supra and BMW Z4 can be replaced or selected, 86 also has Subaru BRZ to choose, but GR Yaris is definitely unique, because this car was originally developed by Toyota in order to participate in the WRC, just because there are regulations in the event, the car participating in the competition must be a production car, and the sales volume must exceed 2500 units. That's why Toyota redesigned the Yaris race car for mass production, which means that the GR Yaris is based on the reverse development of the Yaris WRC, which is a bit similar to Alfa Romeo, where the four-leaf clover version was developed first, and then the regular version was developed.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about all the aerodynamic design, power, chassis and driving-related hardware on the GR Yaris. Today in 2023, when electrification swept the entire automobile market, when everyone thought that fuel vehicles would be slowly eliminated, Toyota did not take the usual path and successively introduced various models with handling and driving pleasure into the domestic market, which is a happy thing for us who like to drive.
In the end, I still hope that the introduction of GR Yaris into the country will not be too high, because I have already started to save money.