The Toyota GR, or Gazoo Racing, represents Toyota's high-performance sports brands, equivalent to the likes of the BMW M and Mercedes-Benz AMG. It is said that when Toyota toured the GR Yaris in China last year, Japanese car fans were screaming and felt that they were close to owning the first GR in their lives. However, the first Toyota GR for young Chinese people is not so far away, because FAW Toyota launched the Corolla GR SPORT, which is equivalent to the GR sports kit version of the Corolla, with a price of only 136,800 yuan.
The Corolla GR SPORT of this real shooting is still obviously different from the ordinary Corolla, and it can be said that it can be distinguished at a glance.
First of all, FAW Toyota reworked the front face of the Corolla GR SPORT, although it only did a "facelift" on the grille and lower bumper, but it did look more sporty.
The corolla GR SPORT's central grille adds black highlight V-strips, while the original design is of the same color, which gives the new car a bit of a Camry feel.
More critically, the lower grille has been replaced by a more sporty honeycomb mesh design, a wider trapezoidal design, and a more flanked fangs design, with the fierceness that a sport model should have. In addition, the vertical side air intakes commonly found on performance cars are also designed on both sides, but here is only decoration and has no practical effect.
In fact, carefully considering the front face of the Corolla GR SPORT, basically replacing the design of the front bumper on the front face of the original Corolla, but the entire new design has indeed undergone significant changes, especially the addition of a large number of bright black trims, which makes the Corolla glow with youthful brilliance. In addition, the design such as the side air intake actually follows the C-shaped design on both sides of the original Corolla.
Paired with the sporty front face, there are also matte black wheels upgraded to 16 inches, with blackened rearview mirrors, which are the sports styles that young people love. The side skirt of the vehicle is also that aerodynamic design, but on this car it is mainly for visual effect.
Since this real-time model has GR-style body stickers, the white body also looks good, so it is strongly recommended that young buyers buy this car and paste such a GR-style pattern. Another detail is that the window frames are all black, while the upper part of the regular version is chrome trim.
Moving to the rear of the vehicle, the Corolla GR SPORT rear uses blackened taillights, while the through-the-tail trim also adopts two styles, rough and reflective, which increases the details of the vehicle. Corolla's tail tag has its own black and red GR SPORT logo on top of it, enhancing the sense of exclusivity. In addition, the rear bumper is also redone, more sporty temperament.
Inside the car, one of the most notable changes to the Corolla GR SPORT is the use of a double seat color scheme of crimson and black, the whole design is more wrapped in a sporty model, and the GR logo is also on the headrest. This double-panel color scheme makes the originally black dull interior a little different, although the tone is still very dark.
At the same time, the front IP table of the Corolla GR SPORT is made of better material than the Corolla, the top surface is also soft and molded, and the suture of the façade is the same color as the seat.
In terms of details, the sporty model also adds a leather steering wheel and more paddle shifters to operate the simulated 10-speed CVT gearbox, while the start button is also GR-style, which is ingenious.
The rest of the configuration level, The Corolla GR SPORT and the ordinary version are not much different, mainly compared to the previous top version of the automatic air conditioner changed to manual air conditioning, can not be controlled by the voice system.
In terms of space, the Corolla GR SPORT rear space still has about two fists of knee space, but the rear seats also do not have a central armrest, so the riding comfort in the middle of the rear row is not bad, but the convenience is not so good.
Unfortunately, the Corolla GR SPORT is only a version of the added appearance kit after all, and it is still a combination of a 1.5L three-cylinder engine and CVT in the powertrain. The maximum power of this 1.5L engine is 89kW and the maximum torque is 148N·m, which can only be regarded as enough, and the 1.5L Langyi is similar, but it is obviously not worthy of the name of GR. If FAW Toyota can introduce the 2.0L version, perhaps this Corolla GR SPORT will be more worthy of the name.
However, it is said that FAW Toyota has also made a sporty adjustment to the suspension of this car, which will slightly alleviate the pressure of attaching the GR logo.
summary:
Overall, the launch of the Corolla GR SPORT version is more like an attempt by FAW Toyota to win over young consumers, injecting a more sporty and younger temperament into the previously relatively moderate and traditional Corolla. In fact, according to Toyota's consistent practice, since it is called GR SPORT, this car needs to charge an additional fee to the joint venture car company, so this cost also makes the Corolla GR SPORT 4,000 yuan more expensive than the previous top elite CARE edition. This is equivalent to young people not having to change their appearance by themselves, and then upgrade a set of wheels, which is also good.
So as a young person, are you willing to take home your first GR?
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