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01-16-2022 04:15 AM |
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Originally Posted by HKz
(Post 3495750)
I want to pull the trigger when a nice special edition comes out which I hope will be soon especially since the 10th Anniversary, RS1 & Monogram (if you consider that a special edition) variants all came out relatively quickly after the FRS was released.
Are there any news or rumors on a potential special edition GR86? Surely a GRMN86 will be offered outside Japan one day?
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I asked Toyota UK about this and their view was customers think simplistic. Japan is RHD and so is UK , so we can get the GRMN yaris. They mentioned that each region has its own homologation / local emissions / safety and other rules. In order to meet them and get the type approval , it costs millions and they need a large volume of cars to be sold to meet that number. Hence there are so many Japan only limited editions. Remember the impreza 22B. Another WRC special limited car. Similar story..
US is not really a hot hatch market which is why GR yaris came to UK and EU not the USA.
Even Ford could not make the Focus ST and Fiesta ST work in the US while they sell like hot cakes here.
On the silver lining to the cloud, you are likely to have an exclusive corolla GR, so go folks buy loads of it and tempt Toyota to sell GR Yaris there. It's all numbers.
PS: I also hope there is a limited edition GR86 with the PP brembos and the Aero spoiler/ wing.
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