The GR Yaris, the Toyota homologation sensation with four-wheel drive and 257 horsepower, was designed for rallies and winding back roads. It is very good in the latter, as we discovered in our first drive analysis. But curves are not the only thing GR Yaris can do well.
EKanoo Racing, the Bahrain-based tuner responsible for building extremely fast Nissans, McLarens and Porsches, recently got its hands on a GR Yaris for some development testing. Before making any changes, the company took the car to the trail for some basic numbers. It turns out that the car leaves the factory very quickly.
Thanks to the four-wheel drive configuration, limited slip differentials and low-cost torque of the car, he was able to reach a quarter mile of 12.76 seconds at 108 mph on the Bahrain GP drag track recently. We are betting that the prepared sticky surface of the strip helped a little with the launch, but still, it is very fast for a hot hatch with three cylinders.
We are curious to see how much EKanoo Racing can make GR Yaris faster when it starts making modifications. Considering the speed with which they were undertaken in the past, we are sure that we will see some crazy moments in the near future.
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