GR Yaris is a real little bomb! This (very) special 2020 version of the Japanese city car has some serious cavalry under the hood! Get out of the hybrid, hello The 3-cylinder turbo engine develops 261 hp. and 360 Nm of torque! Enough to make him the most powerful 3-legged man in the world, sorry. In addition, it transmits its power to the 4 wheels via a manual transmission and a special differential specially created for the occasion. As a result, its performance is at the highest level!
A real little bomb!
With all the technology packed into this little slice of Japanese car, in GR Yaris accelerates to 100 km/h in just 5.5 seconds, and its 3-cylinder engine continues to howl up to 230 km/h! All-wheel drive, the most powerful three-cylinder in the world, a good old manual gearbox and a mechanical handbrake! With such attributes, it is not surprising that he gets into the rally!
On the roof…
Rally, moreover, is specially for this discipline GR Yaris was developed. But you still have to know how to handle it… As we can see in the video below, the pilot of this specially prepared for this event got a little carried away. Indeed, he pulled the handbrake too soon in the hairpin. Result, Driving over a slightly raised top, the car slowly overturned and ended up on its roof! Fortunately, despite the speed of the crash, neither of the two passengers were injured in the crash, which you can see below:
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Source: Auto Plus
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