Go Toyota!
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IT WAS UPLIFTING TO READ OF THE TOYOTA GR YARIS’S stellar performance in eCoty (evo 282). Here, finally, is a mainstream car maker that didn’t just look at but seemingly swallowed the evo Blueprint: manual gearbox, punchy engine, non-granite suspension, lightweight and balanced, small enough to chuck about on back roads, yet also affordable(ish) and just about practical enough to justify.
Indeed, it strikes me that eCoty would benefit from an Honourable Mention award for the contender delivering the most ‘Thrill of Driving’ for the money. The Yaris appears to have walked away with it for 2020 – especially in the eyes of those who actually have eyes, and therefore simply couldn’t bear a Civic Type R.
The same issue’s Ignition section contained some other heartening news, meanwhile: that the forthcoming GR86 – now without the GT86’s anaemic motor, but keeping the core formula of rear-wheel drive and a manual ’box – is still expected to come to the UK in 2021. Then there’s the recent Supra, which despite its foibles remains an undeniably attractive grand tourer. I also understand that a
