Toyota has launched sales of its new compact sports car in Japan with a base version Toyota GR Corolla RZ, as well as a special Morizo Edition series, with more radical styling and only two seats on board.
However, the coronavirus crisis led to a shortage of semiconductors, which undermined the production capacity of the Japanese manufacturer. A phenomenon that affects many manufacturers worldwide, whether mainstream or high-end.
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Toyota GR Corolla: lottery system
Faced with high demand for the new Toyota GR Corolla, the Japanese firm has created lottery system choose between the first customers who wish to place an order. To be able to order the GR Corolla, customers are encouraged to register on the brand’s website.
Thus, it is only 500 copies of the GR Corolla model, which will be sold as such after its launch, is supplemented only 70 copies from the special GR Corolla Morizo Edition. The online lottery closes on December 18 (for Morizo Edition) and December 19, 2022 (for GR Corolla RZ), and lucky winners will be notified by January 2023.
Toyota GR Corolla: Back to normal in 2023
It is enough to warm up the rarity of the model, as well as the desire of interested customers! Toyota announces that the first models will be delivered to spring of 2023and that production should finally resume normal at this time.
To accompany the introduction of this lottery system to identify potential GR Corolla customers, Toyota released a video online featuring GR Corolla Chief Engineer Naoyuki Sakamoto and GR Corolla Development Driver Hiroaki Ishiura. . This video can be viewed above.
Toyota GR Corolla: sports compact
Toyota GR Corolla is the sportiest version of the Japanese compact range: it is equipped with a three-cylinder turbocharged engine with a volume of 1.6 liters, the power of which is 304 horsepower and 370 Nm of torque, which is transmitted to the all-wheel drive of the GR Four system through a six-speed manual transmission. In the more extreme version Morizo,, the torque reaches 400 Nm in the Morizo Edition.
The Toyota GR Corolla is priced at ¥5.25 million (approx. €37,100), while the Morizo specialâu UPUPUPUPUPUPBU touchy bank low777s 7.15 million Toyota Edition Corolla is ¥5.25 million yen (approx. €50,500). On the other hand, marketing in Europe is not on the agenda.
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