Toyota, a Japanese car manufacturing company, has revealed a new limited-production version of the GR Yaris at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. People expected the company to show up with a new MR2, but it turned out not to be.
The new car is called the GR Yaris. Morizo RR was the idea of Akio Toyoda, who is the chairman, and his alter ego is Morizo. That’s where the Morizo name comes from in this new Yaris. His work was inspired by the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, as he participated in the 2025 season; with the experience, it inspired the special edition.
It hosts exclusive features from the Endurance race, for example, every car painted in Gravel Khaki and matte bronze wheels that sit in front of yellow-painted brake calipers. On the front, the hood is carbon fiber, and the windshield has the neat touch of the Morizo sign. The rear has a prominent carbon fiber wing, which was developed based on the race car.
Stepping inside the Morizo GR Yaris gets a smaller diameter steering wheel that’s covered in racy ultra-fine polyester fibers (microsuede). Also, a unique set of paddle shifters is added, and they have done some modifications in the steering controls to keep it ready for motorsport action.
A fully digital gauge cluster that displays the bespoke Morizo drive mode is added by Toyota, and the mode replaces the normal gravel setting found via rotary knobs, and it controls the all-wheel drive system.
Under its hood, you will find a 257-horsepower 1.6-liter turbo three, which in the GR Yaris Morizo RR is paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission. Adding to performance, its suspension features dampers that have been retuned based on learning from lapping the Nürburgring, and the power steering gets the same treatment.
The new Morizo RR won’t be sold in America, but it will go to car markets in Japan and Europe, even though only 100 copies will be manufactured for each market, according to Toyota.
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