2021 Toyota GR Yaris

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As car enthusiasts, we should really thank the World Rally Championship for its homologation requirements. Forcing manufacturers to make road car variants of the cars they want to race has resulted in more than a handful of great driver's cars over the last 40 years. The Toyota GR Yaris is one of the most recent additions to this list and also stands as one of the most exciting. Developed in concert with Toyota and its Gazoo Racing division, the GR Yaris is in many ways the modern answer to many of the famed Group A homologation cars of the 1990s and 2000s like the Lancia Delta Integrale, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and Subaru WRX, and was the pet project of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda who advocated for its production. As soon as the GR Yaris went into production in September 2020, it began receiving accolades for its driving dynamics and ability to stay ahead of nearly any supercar on an undulating back road. This 2021 GR Yaris is finished in Tarmac Black and was sold new in Germany before being imported to Italy early in its life. Under the care of just one owner from new, this GR shows just over 26,000 km and has received some light modifications that make the car look great and enhance its performance. The body on the 2-door GR Yaris features a lot of the classic hallmarks of a rally homologation car: bulging fender flares paired with a spoiler hanging off the rear and a deep front bumper with enough space for both a radiator and intercooler. On this Tarmac Black car, a new set of lightweight Bola Flow Formed 5-spoke wheels have been added, which are paired with a set of wheel spacers, pushing them right to the fender line at all 4 corners. The legendary Italian tuning shop and race team Romeo Ferraris, based in Lombardia, IT, completed all of the modifications carried out on this car. The interior of the GR Yaris is pleasantly simple, with a pair of well-bolstered bucket seats up front and micro-suede centers made to keep you planted even during the most aggress