>>28522808
Just due to the way the cards were dealt for Toyota, North America didn't get the hero homologation car (GR Yaris). Toyota's NA marketing department ran with it and overhyped the living shit out of the GR Corolla because "it's OUR turn" mentality, even though the reality is GRC is available in Japan, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, etc but of course Americans only believe the marketing.
The car is good, almost everyone reviewed it positively, maybe except Savagegeese because he is heavily biased towards Honda but even he came around and recognized that GR Corolla shines better in the winter/mixed weather. The general tldr consensus says it feels like a modern Evo 8. Not uncommon for Corvette and Porsche owners to have this in their stable. GR Corolla is NOT "a race car". It is as much of a rally car as a STI is - it's a rally derived car.
What you have been seeing is basically an overcorrection from Toyota's well oiled marketing machine. It's a good car, but not immune to typical track fires like the lack of track prep or cooldown laps or switching to proper oil. What you have been seeing in journoslop outlets is them looking for clicks because they know anything mentioning GR Corolla will ride the ripple. Those 2 initial GR Corolla warranty denials that sparked the 85mph meme? Some karen who works warranty for Toyota NA allegedly copy and pasted the denial letter to both owners and reached for the most bullshit reason of denial, which is going faster than 85mph despite the fact the factory PS4 tires are rated for more than that, and Americans get a free NASA track day with purchase.
