2023 Toyota GR Corolla Review: Get Your Rally On

•    Auto123 reviews the new 2023 Toyota GR Corolla.

People may not realize it but for all its work as a taxicab, people mover and driver’s ed car, the Toyota Corolla actually has a storied past in the world of motorsport. Most notably, the World Rally Championship in which Carlos Sainz Sr. piloted one to the WRC Constructor’s Championship in 1999.

It's that pedigree Toyota’s trying to tap into today with the release of the GR (“Gazoo Racing”) Corolla. Like Sainz Sr’s car, it gets a punchy turbocharged motor (though a 3-cylinder and not a 4-cylinder), and like Sainz Sr’s car it comes with AWD as standard.

Unlike Sainz Sr’s car, however, it comes equipped only with a 6-speed manual transmission across all three of its trims. Those would be:

• GR Corolla Core ($45,490)
• GR Corolla Circuit ($53,990)
• GR Corolla Morizo ($59,990) (very limited edition)

Unlike Sainz Sr’s car, the GR Corolla isn’t going rallying. Although, its smaller Yaris sibling has been rallying – and winning – and it also uses a 1.3L turbo engine.

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