Toyota’s acclaimed GR Yaris was never meant to reach U.S. shores, but earlier this year the Japanese automaker confirmed that American buyers would be getting their own GR hot hatch some time down the line. Now, they’ve fanned the flames of that announcement even more with a photo that could be teasing an upcoming GR Corolla.
The photo comes courtesy of Toyota USA’s Instagram account, which appears to be just a normal Corolla’s interior with the caption “Keep them guessing…”. However, if that caption wasn’t already enough to indicate that something was up, upon closer inspection there are actually multiple Easter eggs all throughout the Corolla’s interior.
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As noticed by the GR Corolla Forum, one of these Easter eggs is the clock in the gauge cluster, which reads “G:16”. If that doesn’t sound familiar, G16 (more specifically, G16E-GTS) is the internal designation for the turbocharged three-cylinder found in the GR Yaris. Adding to that, the navigation reads “GR-Four”, a reference to Toyota’s performance all-wheel drive system, and the climate control displays the numbers 2 and 68 from left to right, a nod to the GR Yaris’ top-spec 268 hp figure.
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In the background is a blurred picture of a car which could be the rumored GR Corolla. It’s covered from head to foot in the same tri-pattern multicolor camouflage Toyota used for the GR Yaris or Supra.
We could be seeing a manual-equipped, all-wheel-drive Corolla hatchback that has a turbocharged, three-cylinder engine. If all of the rumors are true and the teaser is taken seriously, it’s possible to see the GR Yaris with as much or more power. If that’s the case, then customers in the United States could be in for a treat in the not-so-distant future.
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