I would expect Oppo to buy many of these.

"Saracen" (manualdoucheelitist) 01/30/2020 at 20:56 • Filed to: GR Yaris

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RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 20:59

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would love a hot Corolla hatchback but y’know, I apparently don’t matter

interstate366, now In The Industry > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:08

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If it comes over here I’ll trade my TL in on it. 

f86sabre > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:10

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This Evo owner approves. Bring back the crazy cars. 

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:14

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This would get my new car money. I’m almost there Toyota. I should write them 

Captain of the Enterprise > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:19

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It’s too small for me but a Hot  Corolla would be interesting and right up my alley.

dogisbadob > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:32

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Toyota needs to bring over the real Yaris in general, including the GR version and also the regular Yaris

FUCK the stupid rebadged lame-ass rust-prone inferior Mazda 2. It is not as good as a real Toyota, and they gave it an uglier front end, but Mazda sells the original bumper in PR.

Mazda needs to start selling the 2 under its own name again, and Toyota needs to sell the real Yaris over here again

Future Heap Owner > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:35

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I don’t think we would. But in five to ten years, we absolutely would. Second - or third-hand, that is.

sony1492 > Future Heap Owner 01/30/2020 at 21:36

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5th hand salvage titles only

Wobbles the Mind > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:40

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DasWauto > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 21:45

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Probably the one Toyota I’d trade my WRX for. If it’s priced between a WRX and STI, I’d be very  tempted.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > interstate366, now In The Industry 01/30/2020 at 21:46

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So you will trade your TL for in all likelihood a $40k Yaris?

jimz > dogisbadob 01/30/2020 at 21:58

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why? so you can not buy one?  just like nobody else will buy one? 

jimz > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire 01/30/2020 at 21:59

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If “would love” doesn’t equal “ will buy” then no, you really don’t matter.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > sony1492 01/30/2020 at 22:01

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I like the cut of your jib.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > DasWauto 01/30/2020 at 22:02

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It s European price equates to $40k US.

Dusty Ventures > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 22:02

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Oppo car of the year 2021

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 22:03

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With a European price equivalent to $40k I’ll keep my Corolla.

dogisbadob > jimz 01/30/2020 at 22:04

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Maybe the GR won’t sell much, but still, the regular Yaris needs to be sold here.

jimz > dogisbadob 01/30/2020 at 22:16

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why, so nobody will buy it?

car companies don’t exist for the purpose of making unprofitable shit just so you can talk about it on the internet. The Fiesta is dead. The Sonic is dead. The Fit dies next year. Scion is dead.

Small cars have never made anyone any money in North America, and with the market shrinking as much as it has, they all just incinerate money.  The Yaris does not “need” to be sold here because Toyota would lose money on every goddamned one. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Saracen 01/30/2020 at 22:23

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Yeah? Not likely... especially given it’s likely to cost as much as 5 0 grand i n Oz. There’s a lot of other ( bigger) driver oriented cars at that price point...

Variance > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/30/2020 at 22:31

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Without VAT and various other taxes/fees, it would probably be around $35k in the US.

Dusty Ventures > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/30/2020 at 22:31

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I don’t think it’d be that much. I know they announced it as being around 30,000£ which converts to 40 grand , but the price of a car in the UK tends to be higher than in the States after conversion . Typical rule of thumb is that the USD price for a car is pretty close to linear to its cost in GBP. For example, the Toyota 86 starts at £29,500, which converts to $38,600, but actual US base price is around $27k . Kia Stinger starts at £32,000 ($41,900) there but is $33k here. Civic £19,700 ($25,800) vs $19,850, £20k for a Fiesta ST there but $22k for it here, etc etc. So if the GR came to the states I’d expect it in the $29-34k range.

Funktheduck > jimz 01/30/2020 at 22:41

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The Fit is leaving? Didn’t know that. I always like the concept of them and they’re perfect size for me 90% of the time. But, I think the EPA mileage was worse than my Mazda  3 when I was shopping and it covers the 10% that the Fit doesn’t. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dusty Ventures 01/30/2020 at 22:42

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Remember that not even the real Yaris is here in the US , so they would have to do federal testing for one trim of limited cars. I expect it to be as expensive here, if not more.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Variance 01/30/2020 at 23:01

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But we don’t even get the actual Yaris in the US, we get a rebadged Mazda2. So Toyota would have the federalize a limited trim of one car to sell it here. I’d imagine there will be a premium for that. 

interstate366, now In The Industry > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/30/2020 at 23:19

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Yep

interstate366, now In The Industry > Dusty Ventures 01/30/2020 at 23:30

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Agreed. I also think it’d be like the Civic Type R, where we get the next one.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire 01/31/2020 at 00:01

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I just want them to bring over the wagon, I don’t care if it’s hot or not. Because it’s HAWT

LastFirstMI is my name > Saracen 01/31/2020 at 00:16

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If Toyota sells these, we’ll all sit around waiting for cheap used ones, and when nobody buys them new they’ll be canceled after 2 years. Sad. It’s why we can’t have nice (brown manual wagon) things.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Saracen 01/31/2020 at 09:26

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2,822 pounds

Hell yes.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 01/31/2020 at 09:27

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Too many moneys, methinks, to be OppoCotY.

But looks like a helluvalotta fun.

DasWauto > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/31/2020 at 12:20

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I don’t think they’d bring it here without bringing the regular Yaris as well. The cost to federalize the car only for the GR would be prohibitive, I think. 

Dusty Ventures > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/31/2020 at 12:21

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See my reply to Jordan in the thread started by interstate366, I think it’d be priced slightly higher than a t oyobaru or gti, so I’d say it’s got a chance

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 01/31/2020 at 12:30

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That’d be great!

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2020 at 14:35

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if they brought over a hot wagon, I wouldn't know that to do with myself

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > DasWauto 01/31/2020 at 15:47

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Which is why I think it won’t happen, or it will be prohibitively expensive. 

DasWauto > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/31/2020 at 17:26

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It’s either not going to happen or they’ll bring the GR  with the regular Yaris and it’ll be priced appropriately, I hope.