2021 Toyota Yaris GR Puts the Hot Back in Hot Hatch

Toyota builds a rally-inspired pocket rocket for enthusiasts and then doesn’t import it to the United States.

The noble, dirty sport of rally racing has been responsible for many roadgoing performance heroes. Cars such as the Audi Quattro, Lancia Delta Integrale, Ford Sierra RS and Escort RS, Toyota Celica GT4, and the Subaru WRX were all born of manufacturers having to build streetgoing version of their racers. But when the homologation requirement for a winning World Rally Championship car to be based on a purchasable vehicle ended in 1997, the link was broken.

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