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Jeremy Clarkson praised the car in a special category set up for the Top Gear frontman to give his verdict. The Toyota GR Yaris also picked up the News UK awards for Hot Hatch of the Year, completing a star-studded year for the new model.
Earlier this year, the GR Yaris was named the 2021 Car of the Year and was listed as AutoCar’s Best Affordable Driver’s Car.
Top Gear Magazine rated the model as the Hot Hatch of the Year while AutoExpress called it the Performance Car of the Year.
Parkers said the model was the Best Car for Thrill Seekers at the new Car Awards 2022.
Meanwhile, the vehicle has previously picked up awards for the Northern Car of the Year by the Northern Group of Motoring Writers.
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According to Toyota, the GR Yaris can reach 0-62mph in just 5.5 seconds.
One of the standout features is the car’s new MacPherson strut and double-wishbone suspension system.
Toyota claims this helps “deliver outstanding traction and control” on some of the “most demanding surfaces”.
They said the suspension was tuned by the Toyota GAZOO Racing World Rally Team for extra performance.
Last year, Toyota said 25,000 road-going GR Yaris models would be produced despite the WRC programme never getting off the line.
This summer, Toyota confirmed the model was completely sold out in the UK until at least 2033.
A new waiting list was launched but demand for the model is still expected to be high despite its £33,000 price tag.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, former Fifth Gear host Jonny Smith previously said the model would go down as an “instant classic”.
He said: “The GR Yaris – which is obviously new and you can still buy it – that’s a homologation car.
“I think that’s why it instantly has cult appeal. Manufacturers haven’t just looked at the books and the accountancy side and gone ‘we probably won’t make much money on these’.
“Instead of that, they’ve gone ‘we want to go and win some races’.
“They probably want to remind people that Toyota doesn’t just build boring sensible cars. They can build some wild stuff and that is what the GR Yaris is.
“That’s almost an instant classic in a way as it’s probably the end of an era of building a piston car to a rulebook.”
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