{"id":155975,"date":"2025-01-14T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paultan.org\/?p=1872396"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:31:00","slug":"toyota-gr-yaris-m-concept-with-midship-mounted-2-0t-engine-revealed-development-mule-for-mr2-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/toyota-gr-yaris-m-concept-with-midship-mounted-2-0t-engine-revealed-development-mule-for-mr2-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota GR Yaris M Concept with midship-mounted 2.0T engine revealed \u2013 development mule for MR2 revival?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the Toyota GR Yaris M Concept, and the first thing you need to know about it is it will compete in the Super Taikyu endurance racing series. The second thing is that unlike a regular GR Yaris<\/a>, the M Concept doesn\u2019t have an engine under its front bonnet. <\/p>\n

Opening the tailgate, you\u2019ll find the engine now sits behind the rear seats to create a midship layout as opposed to a front-engine one, but it isn\u2019t the G16E-GTS 1.6 litre turbocharged inline-three petrol unit found in the standard car. <\/p>\n

Instead, this is a new 2.0 litre turbocharged inline-four petrol engine that Toyota is currently developing but isn\u2019t providing much in the way of technical details. The only thing we\u2019re being told is that through the highly demanding world of endurance racing, engineers will repeatedly \u201cbreak and fix\u201d the car (and its engine) as part of the development process. <\/p>\n

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Toyota says this is part of its \u201cdriver-first\u201d approach to car making that takes into account feedback from Morizo (that\u2019s Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda\u2019s racing pseudonym), professional drivers and gentleman drivers. <\/p>\n

Long-time Toyota fans will find the idea of the GR Yaris M Concept to be a familiar one, as the company did something similar back in 2008 when it unveiled the Aygo Crazy. Nicknamed the \u201cshopping supercar,\u201d the one-off concept was based on the Aygo city car and had its small-displacement engine ripped out and replaced with a larger 1.8 litre VVT-i unit.<\/p>\n

A turbo kit was added to boost power and the engine was rear-mounted, with drive going to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transmission. In its stock form, the 1ZZ-FE engine (minus the turbo) powered the final generation of the Celica and MR2. <\/p>\n

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On the mention of the MR2, it has been heavily rumoured for some time<\/a> that Toyota plans to revive the iconic nameplate<\/a>. In fact, the company even hinted last year at the MR2\u2019s return to the line-up in its promotional anime series<\/a>, although there has been no official word just yet. <\/p>\n

While the reveal of the M Concept may be looked at as Toyota\u2019s attempt at creating a \u201cCrazy\u201d version of the GR Yaris, it could very well be a test mule for the MR2 revival. It was previously reported that the fourth-generation MR2 would get an all-new 2.0 litre turbocharged engine<\/a> developed in partnership with Subaru and Mazda<\/a>, with a target of 400 PS (395 hp or 294 kW) and 550 Nm of torque. <\/p>\n

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The post Toyota GR Yaris M Concept with midship-mounted 2.0T engine revealed \u2013 development mule for MR2 revival?<\/a> appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the Toyota GR Yaris M Concept, and the first thing you need to know about it is it will compete in the Super Taikyu endurance racing series. The second thing is that unlike [\u2026]<\/p>\n

The post Toyota GR Yaris M Concept with midship-mounted 2.0T engine revealed \u2013 development mule for MR2 revival?<\/a> appeared first on Paul Tan’s Automotive 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