WITH SUPERB TIMING, THE GR YARIS ARRIVED JUST after we’d accepted Toyota’s invitation to drive a prototype of the second-generation car at Jarama, Spain. It was also just after our massive test of hot hatches, in which the Yaris finished second. The model supplied for that test (evo 318) was the ‘Convenience’ version, which wasn’t what we’d have chosen, having declared a strong preference for the Circuit Pack from our previous interactions, including six months with a long-termer thus equipped in 2021.
Our new long-termer isn’t a Circuit Pack model either. The giveaway is
