Chris Harris vs the rally-bred Toyota GR Yaris | Top Gear Series 30
Yes, the brand new series of Top Gear returns on 14th November to BBC One. So, to celebrate, here's a snippet of one of our favourite films from the last series. It's Chris Harris. It's the Toyota GR Yaris. It's some of the greatest homologation specials of all time. And naturally, it's sideways...
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That scene with the GR going in-between the legends has got to be one of the coolest scenes I've ever seen!
You should get out more !!!!!
@@MOSSFEEN the only way you can top that is the grand canyon honestly
Shame they couldn't rope the WRC team to lend them the real Yaris WRC car for the full set.
Yeah 🔥
Yes that was a special moment indeed!
The only homologation car with a 10 year warranty. I've had mine for 6 months and it's totally fabulous even at low town speeds. Every drive to work is a special stage.
“Every drive to work is a special stage” Toyota should have hired you for marketing.
@@BrendanEvan lol it's true! Roundabouts are now my favourite thing.
@@zenskain can’t say I’m not jealous
@@zenskain likewise! I went around the outside of an M2C recently with mine on a roundabout and then just slingshot up the carriageway with a huge grin on my face.
Yikes I would not commute in that special thing if you do 5 days a week. I want as many as possible to survive in good condition.
03:33 Here's a fun tidbit. Chris mentions the EVO that Tommi Mäkinen "dominated the sport in". Same Tommi Mäkinen was the chief of the Toyota rally team during 2017 to 2020 before moving on to being a motorsports advisor for Toyota. He led the Toyota rally team to victory in 2018. He actively participated in developing the Yaris GR. I feel like that cements its place in that line up even more.
Wow, that’s an interesting fact! Thanks 🙏
Tommi and his team develop Yaris WRC. And with him was Lasse Lampi who was test driver for Mitsubishi when Mäkinen won Championships.
there was an interview about him during the toyota rally team. the reporter is asking about what happen at the end of the 1999 rally gb when the corolla of carlos sainz blew the engine out just a few short meters to the finish line and if he is not gonna let the same thing happen again....
And Mitsubishi build the carbon roof.
In sweden when you buy a new car you get a license plate whit 3 letters follow by 2 numbers and then 1 letter at the end. When i pickt up my GR Yaris i got the best plate possible. TME as the 3 letters.
This is not a review. This is emotions. That shot of Yaris entering the league of legends is frikin fantastic. Only Chris could have driven and justified the Yaris to be in that league of legends.
Its a really good review, with hindsight as our guide here.... i own this car and the kudos it gets is very large to say the least. On the road, there is very little can keep up until you get to over twice the price, and thats the reality. What you have here, is a bargain basement lunatic. That looks after you.
So emosh, mayn
This review spurred me on to buy one :)
It’s incredible how much access to these cars top gear has. Got some historic icons just for a 30 seconds shoot!
If these cars are in private ownership, it's probably just a matter of knowing who the owners are. Said owners probably don't take much convincing. "Would you like your homologation special to be on Top Gear, next to its rally counterpart, and with Chris Harris touting its significance? It couldn't hurt the resale value, you know..."
@@MathsYknow totally. Im just so happy they do!! Its awesome to see this! May be the only time i get to see those cars next to each other
I bet those homologation special private owners already have or ordered GR Yaris as well.
Plus after this rain-shot they all need a special hand wash XD
MONEY.
Chris Harris, the only reason why I still watch KZhead Top Gear.
I've become a fan of Jason Camissa on the Hagerty KZhead channel. I don't mind Top Gear but I'd get rid of the other two and team Camissa up with Harris. Both honest funny guys who know a sack load about cars and driving.
@242turbo not impressed with the presentator part, perfect presented but his car choices are predictable, I like the old top gear style much more, it’s crap but we would still buy it. The Delta is obviously the real car nut car
Yeah get rid of the other 2 and bring Rory back.
@@lazgrillo6982 they could bring the guys from throttle house over here
@@lazgrillo6982 I second that, watched the Hagerty video with the CTS, M5 and plaid earlier, what a production for KZhead.
Chris has that special ability that Jeremy had, he can put you in a rollercoaster of emotions through his car reviews.
@@alicunte5624 Wrong. Well. Not entirely. He is a showpony, a good driver, but real-world good. Not on Chris‘ level. But he is the biggest name in motoring journalism because of his quality of pulling people in and making you feel this character every car has. Chris can do that as well, it just so happens he has the driving skill to back it up even more. Both are unapologetic in their opinions and will give you the good and the bad of a car in a brutally honest way. But one, that shows the emotions in either category. So, overall, that is a very stupid thing to say. Have a nice day regardless.
Yeah. You mean the writers… Clarkson is huge,y entertaining. Harris is just a good driver, but not as good a presenter imo.
@@AndorRadnaia bit biased as a Jeremy hater and not a real car guy clearly, stfu😂😂who watches Top Gear with the sole intention of a proper car review? Nobody, it’s entertainment, and Clarkson done his job very well, and despite what you think, is actually an extremely talented driver, not quite as talented as Chris but still very capable behind the wheel. Wheres your profession that allows you to judge driving ability?
Thank Kiichiro Toyoda's grandson Akio Toyoda for this corporate direction 👏. The Gazoo racing thing almost never happened but he convinced the other exec's. And now we have a classic in our generation.
its about time we get some proper legendary cars made with the same passion as the previous decades. its been cars getting facelifts for what feels like about 15 years. except the focus RS. now we get toyota making hot hatches, and the new Z coming out, a flat plan 670hp mid engine vette, some fantastic cars the last year
"One of the best cars i've driven in years." Wow, that's a statement
Yes! But what's happened with the Supra?
@@tomtom72 it’s a bmw with bmw issues. Hope Toyota ditch that engine and tweak better the chasis … how about 3 more piston on the GR Yaris engine for the Supra 🙌🏻😉✌🏻
@@swiftsportcolombia that bmw engine smokes the jz tho
Yes.
Drove the gr previously owned 5 toyotas through I wud give it a chance stick to my 2 ltr audi 8x...still yet to test hyundai i20 but I think 3 cylinders not for me..
Top gear's ability to just have a whole lot of classics from the 80's out for filming is astonishing
Was thinking this, they must have a contact list the size of the uk
Money
Murphy D perks of being on state-run tv i suppose
What's so astonishing about it? Topgear is the biggest car show on the planet, so surely owners would want their cars featured?
@@Orcawhale1 there’s always one 🙄
This is the most beautifully made car review video i've ever seen. Especially when they compare the price with that of other cars.
Clearly you don't frequent KZhead much
@@tristan8140 the experiened one, point me in the direction of one "Car Review" better than this
@@ranjan_v I like this one - kzhead.info/sun/aLVpg9qum6Sukn0/bejne.html
@@Gsmiler : It's beautiful, thanks for sharing
Uhh, they should be comparing it to the WRX and focus RS. It's more expensive than a Civic type r or fiesta st which would probably be better road cars. These are what it should be compared to.
Toyotas styling has also been on point over the past few years. The GR Yaris has an awesome stance/presence.
Lexus always was. Media has alwYs hated Japanese
Toyota's...
@@THUMBSUPBITCHifyLexus grille had not always been my taste but they have the best rear end design.
what GR Yaris really deserved, a Chris Harris treatment. Thank you Top Gear
He forgot to mention they're hand made, a bit like the AMG cars.
the production quality of this is absolutely insaanne. that ending clip with the cars was orgasmic. awesome car that deserves and awesome review.
It’s a tv show. It should be that good.
I'm honestly wondering how much it cost them to set up that shot.
yes the car the footage the story makes perfect. ive never seen such production like this for many years maybe, except the hollywood movies.. this is enjoyable
"The production quality of this is absolutely insaanne" it's top gear from the BBC have you been living under a rock?
One of my favorite videos this year. Chris never disappoints. I just made an Audi Legends videoshoot with the Sport Quattro S1 E2 and I can't think of any car that is more fun to drive and gives better sounds than that. Bucketlist! Cheers
The GR going in between the legends is just goosebump inducing!
With this GR Yaris, a Toyota proved that it didn't produce "just" boring cars. I'm enjoying these models with more emotion and soul, like the Gr Yaris, the GR 86 and the Supra.
The 6 cylinder supra is a bmw
GT86*
@@raghavsundar8253 they're producing a GR 86... The supra is a Z3 with a Toyota sticker on it
@@alexander1485 It can't "just" be a BMW because there are specific badge-engineering laws that would prevent Toyota to actually rebadge their car. Also if you really think that Toyota would take their most legendary nameplate and just "rebadge" a BMW then you're being really foolish. Toyota did much more work and had way more say than what bandwagon haters like to say. Do some research. It would help.
@@nf1369 but it is though. Same chassis, same engine and gearbox, same electronics. Go check how much the design of the Supra had to be changed from the concept to the actual finished product because of restrictions that were imposed on Toyota by using BMW's platform. Also consider the fact that the Supra is built on a platform designed to be without a structural roof. So yeah, only the styling and the badging on the Supra is from Toyota
Who ever wrote this episode did an absolutely fantastic job and Chris makes everything he drives look so enjoyable!
That ending almost had me tearing up, always imagined the GR Yaris as a modern reincarnation of the Evo; a barely lovable saloon / hatch brimmed with motorsport tech to make supercars look feeble.
Hats off to Toyota! They still have it in them. 250BHP from a 3cyl 3 pot… remarkable! And likely bulletproof.
“That your Nan drives” if my Nan was still with us, she’d be in the GR Yaris, quite possibly sideways and trying to reach the bag of Werthers that just shot off the dashboard.
I'm probably a bit older than you, for me my mum would love these things, I've had mine almost a year now & my 26yo nephew can't stay away from it, Rj in Oz
Been waiting for Chris to get his hands on one of these, had mine almost a year can't get out of it, Rj in Oz
Oh, I'm tremendously jealous. Enjoy that little beauty!
Jelly too, stuck at KZhead vids for another 1.5y before mine arrives. Have fun and take care of it!
@@markos8400 Same here..!
Did you try unlocking the doors?
I would instantly trade in my bmw 235 for this... If it came to America / Canada
The production value of this video is insane. The drone shots. The colors. The light. The angles. I bow to the team that put this together! Love you too, Chris.
Toyota got Tommi Mäkinen in to develop the GR - I think he knows a fair bit about what makes a "proper rally" car
Legendary. 😍 When Toyota sets out to do something great, they deliver.
...someone else's product.
@@WTFNoNamesLeft2 You're making ZERO sense right now.
Lol when.....
They really do hey!!
@@WTFNoNamesLeft2 just stop already. No one cares.
best buy ever, Walther Röhrl did test it 6 month ago, his statement - "a dream for real drivers", it would normally cost 600.000 🙂
One of the best choreographed car videos I have seen in a long time. Chris's enthusiasm is contagious 😀
the lil yaris between those legends legit put a tear to my face.
If anyone wants to have feelings for a Yaris...this video WILL do it. When Chris feels joy, we all feel joy. (One heck of a day at the office 😍)
How a car video can put tears in my eyes?! Absolutely outstanding review, story, editing and lineup
After watching endless car 'reviews' and back yard 'reviewers' i have to say when you want to see something professional and presented on another level, Chris Harris can do it in a t-shirt and shorts with his phone camera and its always epic. Thats the difference between a motoring journalist and youtube amateur host. Great to watch.
As a former Yaris owner I couldn’t contain my excitement and emotion about this car, truly a great engineering achievement by Toyota and Sensei Morizo. Gotta love Chris Harris’s hooliganism though…
I’ve never fallen in love with a car as much as I have with the Yaris.
Same man, reminds of cars they don't make any more, small, fast and fun.
@@zGJungle Yep. I feel like with the advent of EVs, the concept of a small light and fun car will fade into obscurity.
I agree. I have a 07 yaris hatchback with a turbo kit making 220hp, wider tires and coilovers/suspension work and even being fwd and 2800 something ponds I fucking love throwing it around corners and wet services
@@Porsche4life Sound like a riot man !
this car finally got its well-deserved own introduction :')
to the Legends Company
Excellent video! To see the Yaris GR so appropriately among those other icons was beautiful. The saddest part for me is I live on the other side of the pond and will never be able to appreciate owning such a beautiful piece of automotive history. This video deserves many awards….truly great job.
Seriously I get goose bumps knowing I have one of these coming next year. Great video. Used to watch the Group B back in the day. Love it, love it, love it
I’ve had my Pearl white one 11 months and done 12000 miles, I use it as a daily like a van and chuck everything in it, what a fab car, it’s incredible when it’s damp or rainy. The grip is unbelievable. I never get bored it’s bonkers. 0% and 10 year warranty lol. I’ve now done 16000 miles had the major service it’s still bonkers, now done 31000 miles still brilliant
It looks awesome I’ve only got Icon plus Yaris I do want to upgrade to GR Yaris at some point. What’s the acceleration like mid range etc? 0-60 in 5 seconds in a Yaris is insane 😁😁
@@ZAK19857 Hi it’s much faster on the a to b road than the figures suggest as it doesn’t waste any Power, trust me it’s fast .faster than my sons golf R 7.5
@Zeheer Khan 60-90 for example, its pace is aggressively quick and eager.
I’ve now done 24,000 miles, needs another service and safety check, it’s certainly got much quicker and smoother, I only use super E5, E10 fuel is awful. highest average fuel economy has been 54mpg on the M25 Surrey to Kent with 50mph limits in places, my average overall for the year is 39 mpg, I’ve had it nearly 2 years and still love driving it. It’s a very fast road car simply because of the grip and weight, other hugely powerful cars always back off at any bend or roundabout but this car attacks. I’ve just driven my sons brand new 70k vorsprung RS3 which is rapid and is so much more luxurious but it doesn’t have the driving experience of a homolgation GR especially the steering suspension and road feel and he agrees, the RS3 is lovely, numb but with a great engine. GR has not had one single issue totally reliable, How the hell do you replace a GR for the money?
@@robertarthur3711 Love this! I’ve had mine a month and I’m in love with it. Knowing how good it still is with miles is reassuring too.
You have one of the best editor in the world Top Gear.
One of the best.....in the world *Clarkson voice*
They've always had one. Ever since the early Clarkson, Hammond and May days.
Check hargety
It's definitely epic to have all these real rally car with the road legal version at the same time, excellent job TopGear!!!
Here because Toyota Is unveiling the GR Corrola tonight and I haven't been this excited for a car ever. Lamborghini and Ferraris are cool and all, but as a 24 year old who will most likely never be able to afford one, these are the types of cars that get me excited. Can't wait!
7:07 This scene really got me , Finally The GR Yaris is getting the love it deserve 😍
Apart from the car it self, this video's photography, editing and script are magical! Great pros at work! Congrats!
Been following the gr yaris for some time and till now no other anchor did justice to this modern classic ( in india we will never ever in a zillion year will get to even see these special releases ) . The emotion , the feel , the mannerism almost made me cry . Kudos to the top gear team. CLearly on of the Best content for a while .
Useless motor vehicles rules🥲
This is the best car view ever. What a lineup of cars, and the GR Yaris with Mr. Harris behind the wheel is no less than fantastic!
Dang! It’s been a while since I’ve experienced goosebumps watching something this solid on BBC 😂 that end runway shot with the classics … good job!
Amazing piece of production! The lighting , weather, camera work, driving and actually having the legendary rally cars! Well done.
this was absolutely beautiful work. seeing all those cars together brings me all the joy.
Need a wallpaper for the Yaris going through the other legendary machines 😁
Had mine 6 months and loving it - gives me a massive smile every time I take it out for a drive.
The GR Yaris is a gaurenteed future classic!
The joy I feel when I hear and see Chris having such fun in a car, especially this one!!!
The best video quality I've seen. This warms my heart
Fantastic cinematography, especially the scene as the first three cars enter the path of the Yaris for their comparison. That last scene is pretty special too.
Yet, another "Icon," not sold in the US. 😭 This video's content was much more than I initially expected. Outstanding!
It's sad Toyota would rather sell us a BMW product rather than give us one of their own creations developed inhouse. I'd rather much have the GR Yaris over the Supra and I owned a 21 Supra too. I don't really have high hopes for the longer wheel base GR Corolla .
There are a bunch of Toyota icons that America do not get this Yaris is just one of the many. Toyota aristo / Toyota Chaser etc
Americans would rather drive dull CUVs.
There sold in Mexico arnt they ? Just import it !
@@mrjjthor I don't either, however trying to be optimistic.
This video was put together perfectly well done to everyone involved 👌🏾
Driven 4 units of these babies since 3mths ago, and its an absolutely brilliant performer. So comfortable and quiet on regular roads, its also a superbly unstressing daily driver.
Toyota really work hard to bring the best they could out there , I remember Chris review of the GT86 and how he was amazed by the engineering that goes behind it .. great review btw .
What an epic video... wow. Somehow i got goosebums when all these legends appeared
As a toyota loyalist that scene with the Yaris coming up the middle of legends make me cry with pride.
I met a bloke at the gym that has one of these, and took me for a drive. It's so much fun and engaging. He has a Ford Focus RS Limited, as well.
Chris Harris => me watching the video. Beautifully edited!
2:11 "allow me to explain" and then cuts to the audi flying was pretty epic
The ending scene is great obviously but i also love how they shot the Fiesta ST, etc from 1:21. so well thought out and executed!
This car, much like the original M2, is one of those instant classics. They are simple, easy to understand, unbelievably exciting… they have been built with a level of love and understanding that seeps through every molecule of bodywork. Not bland numbers, no customer base derived selling points… they are made to be brilliant and invented to be characterful. They are the kind of brilliance we love about all our dream cars, our bedroom wall posters, our heroes. They are - simply put - era defining drivers cars.
dayyum, that is an impressive fleet
The best part of this video was Chris Harris saying this car belong with the company of those legends. Well said sir and you have my respect. (:
Biggest Thanks to Akio Toyoda and Tommi Mäkinen to make that kind of Wonderful car to the Road,track and for the rally competition❤️❤️❤️
Those who want a WRC car and not an Anonymous BMW..
This was a treat for my eyes The direction was insane
Yow that last part with all the rally legend cars hits different, it gives me goosebumps or something😂, it’s like a happy ending of a movie 🍿
This is the best Top Gear and one of the best car reviews I've seen since the old TG, the GR Yaris is a brilliant car, I had to watch this 3 times to squeeze all the goodness out of it. Epic👌👌👍
This is the best video by far of Chris Harris in Top Gear. It doesn't feel like they're trying to mimic the old trio anymore, it feels like they have now restored the original flavor of Top Gear left by the old trio.
Chris Harris is one of the most fun-to-watch drivers i've ever seen. He makes it look so easy.
And best ever presenter
And the Aussies are already getting 400hp out of it.. just insane.
Think it was 320kW at wheels and almost fully stock engine, only valve springs changed I think, and big turbo ofc. Engine seems durable.
@@markos8400 Yeah, granted Toyota must have been wanted to take the 3cyl engine to competition as well (at WRC2/WRC3 at least), so it's definitely gonna have to be more durable to take all those abuse. There's even an AP4 GR Yaris at Australia made by Neil Bates Motorsport and they're keeping the 3cyl engine. (AP4 is equivalent to R5 Rally cars). If we're talking about tuning then i remember HKS & G-Force also tune their car to reach around 360-400hp and it made the car lapping faster than a Nismo GTR around Tsukuba, all of it with stock internals. HKS did say they wanted to see how far the 3cyl can go before it pop or needing stronger internals.
@@markos8400 yes, you're right, although they brought it back to 280kw until they can upgrade the fuel pump. It ran an easy 10sec quarter mile! Quite amazing, really on an unopened engine, so to speak.
Update... 475 hp ATW
What a review. Harris knows his stuff and sure can drive. Even more reason to ask ,where was the Celica ST185 GT4, the car that knocked the Lancia Integrale off its perch? I owned the Carlos Sainz road version (what a car) and eventually sold it to someone who wanted it to replace his Integrale. And I know it was banned from WRC but the ST205 Celica was the stuff of legend. Where was it?
What a video! Just by showing the old ones and there rally part amazing
One of the best videos I have ever seen 😍. Along side with the brilliant, enthusiastic Chris this video is to be saved 👌. Good job .
"... and it is a Toyota!" Conveniently forgetting there was a Celica GT4 missing from the homologation heroes line up.
No Subaru either
Exactly my thoughts he’s also forgetting the Toyota made the LFA supra MK four MR two turbo in about 20 other fun vehicles I do not understand why people like to forget and act like Toyota don’t know what they’re doing. Toyota is very conservative most of the time but when they are ready to dominate they dominate
How they forget the celica GT4 is a CRIME
The only proper way to review a GR Yaris. Love this episode, epic. Well done Chris
I got chills when the line of the Homologation Cars & Race Cars apeared. This special car deserved this show case.
What an amazing machine that Yaris GR is, and an even more so lineup of legendary rally weapons to showcase it! But as a NZ 90s rally fan, IMHO we need the McRae/Sainz/Burns/Vatanen era dark navy and gold Impreza. Call it the sentimental favourite... :)
Chris is brilliant, any video on hot hatches is always good
Imagine the FOMO of everyone who didnt buy one from new - you snooze, you lose. A modern day icon for 33k was an absolute steal!
Watched over 20 times just because of the last scene, magnificent! Well done TG!
Stunning video! One of your best. Well done
The best car of the last 20 years imo. Love it
I think its a bit dull tbh. I feel like im driving an suv.
@@Skirk84 lol what kind of suv feels like the Gr Yaris. No suv is as connected to the road and has even similar handling as the Yaris
@@Skirk84 simply put a lower sit
There are certainly 2 cars missing in the line up from the rally legends and thats the Toyota Celica where they did rallying with and the Subaru Impreza. But still a great line up and great review!
I bet the folks at Toyota that designed and built this thing are proud as hell to see it in that company
This video brought me to tears…Well done!!!
I love how Top Gear really transmits the pasion for special cars, and also, The GR Yaris and 86 show that when Toyota wants to make a sports car they are among the best automakers out there 🤯
Chris is the perfect replacement for Jeremy Clarkson. If only Top Gear could find perfect replacement for the other two blokes.
i think that's unfair. they work well together, as much as hamster and slow in terms of chemistry. paddy binning the diablo was the lowest point in top gear history but fred bungie jumping a car off a dam was legendary. right up there with the fiesta review.
I agree - McGuiness and Flintoff are awful. Chris Harris could do the show on his own and do a far better job than that pair of plums.
I’d watch the show if it was just with Chris, the other 2 sidekicks ruin the show.
Im glad we have Chris Harris. This video in particular gave similar goosebumps i used to have with the old top gear.
What an incredibly well put together video
I've got one and I still fanboy over it and watch every video xD
Chris, this was the best Top Gear video in ages. This literally gave me goosebumps and tears. Well done!
Who would have thought a gr Yaris video could be this good!!! Wow just wow!
Great review, *fantastic* overview of some killer homologation specials, and…yep, Harris is The Man, keeping Top Gear on…well, on top.
thats high praise from Chris Harris. These things are selling like hot cakes in Australia. All sold out!!
Funny! Here in germany, the Type R (without any options) costs exactly the same like a GR Yaris incl. circuitpack, the A35 (without any options) costs 11 grand more and the Fiesta St with a hybrid that has only half the horses and is 17 grand cheaper (naked)...btw I love my GR YARIS!
a fiesta st with a 'hybrid' puts out like 300-350hp
never sell it. you have a future classic
New GR yaris's are selling on autotrader now for £42000 new... I'm sorry but it would have to be gold plated for £42000 imo. That's just way too much for a yaris regardless how much fun is it.
@@JPTHRICE not in the ford configurator..I was only able to find 155 hp for 20 grand
@@blitzpixgarage3319 mk6 ST? mk7 has185/200 hp stock, with a hybrid turbo/stg 3 they have over 300 similar with the mk8 i guess
This video managed to make me smile and cry at the same time! Insanely good video for a very special car.
amazing. would have loved it even more if a glimpse of wrc yaris was also included.