 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one if you are new to the channel, I am Gulf Pony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the brand new 2024 Toyota Corolla GR courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So today we're in this one today because this is the fun Corolla known as the GR Corolla which stands for Gazoo Racing. So GR to Toyota is kind of like the Type R is to Honda, it's kind of like AMG is to Mercedes and so on. So ultimately in this video we'll be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to handling, steering feel, ride quality, all that fun stuff. So having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always, let's start with bracing. As you can imagine there are a few different trim levels for the 2024 GR Corolla. One being the Corolla starting at $36,500, premium for $40,320 and the circuit edition going for $45,140 but regardless of trim level that you go with the power plant on this one is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a 1.6 liter turbocharged three cylinder putting out 300 horsepower at 6,500 RPM, 273 pound feet of torque coming in at 3,000 RPM. That power being sent to all four wheels, yes this is all wheel drive only which is good because it's snowy today, through a six speed manual with rev matching, you gotta love that. Zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 4.9 seconds, top speed 142 miles per hour with MPG numbers coming in at 21 in the city, 28 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel. But so now before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the GR Corolla I wanted to mention to you guys the drive mids and so there's a little toggle switch located just in front of the shifter, drive mids will include Eco, Normal, Sport and Customs, essentially adjusting things like the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. So now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway, let's put the acceleration here to the test. I will say my GoPro literally just died before starting filming this video so I'm going to have to buy a new one tomorrow so forgive me, you're going to see more of my ugly face in this video than normal but again having said that let's go ahead and give this a shot and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 GR Corolla here up to speed. Alright in three, two, one, here we go. Nice. That's fun. There's nothing wrong with that whatsoever. The cool thing is there was no slipping of course because power isn't being sent to the front wheels like some of the competition. Power is sent to all four wheels so even in the snow like we have here in Hagerstown, Maryland today you still got perfect traction so I would think there's a little bit of snow back there. I want to take it back there and a little bit later maybe in this video I want to show you guys that this thing can handle perfectly fine in the snow so I love that. Acceleration is plenty fine. I don't think you're going to get 4.9 seconds on the street but maybe on the track but still that's a really good acceleration for what this vehicle is without a doubt and there's shifts are plenty fine as well. Sometimes you do get a little bit notchier shifts like in a Subaru but with the GR Corolla it's actually pretty nice. Not quite as nice as like an Integra Type S. I love driving that car but it's pretty darn good. I will say that. If you go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important so up front you will find 14 inch ventilated front discs and the back 11.7 inch ventilated rear discs. I did want to also mention though if you go with the premium or circuit edition trim levels you're also going to get red painted front cowpers with the GR logo of course and a center handbrake come standard for all trim levels across the board. Why is that you might ask because you can actually allow up to 70% of the power just to be sent to the rear wheels alone so you can actually do a little bit of drifting. After we're going to do that in this car today because it's not my car it belongs to a dealership but it's possible and that's why the handbrake is there so that's pretty cool tail. But anyways as far as braking feel goes definitely instantly bites brings you to an immediate stop so absolutely no issues when it comes to that. Then touching on suspension and handling up front you're going to get a McPherson Struct front suspension in the back double wish moon type multi-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars but you also get a rear strut brace and a sport tune suspension by Gazoo Racing of course. So as far as steering feel goes let's do that. Wow I love the steering feel of this thing. It instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. I've only driven straight in this thing so far so I haven't really got a chance to test it out but I love the steering feel. It's such a heavy weight to it. It instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. That is a brilliant steering feel incredible handling in this thing so well done Toyot. I absolutely love that. As far as ride quality goes I don't know if you do tend to feel a little bit more through but it's nothing that would bother me let's say. I personally don't have any issues with it. As far as cabin noise goes you do get a good bit of that engine noise which is a good thing if you're buying this car so I absolutely love that. We will be doing an exhaust clip a little bit later in the video so stay tuned for that for sure but yeah I absolutely love the engine sound that I'm hearing in the cabin here so anyway is it touching on rear visibility I can see 100% perfectly fine out the back so you are definitely not going to have any issues with that whatsoever either but there pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Toyota GR Corolla alright so here she is you guys the new 2024 Toyota GR Corolla finished in ice cap case you were curious of our exact exterior color name that we had on this one here today but let me go ahead to start with there is a new color for the 2024 model year it is called blue flame and it is available only in the circuit edition trim level so blue flame that sounds like a color that Hank Hill would absolutely love I think you got like the blue flame of valor award for his propane sales one year I don't know anyways let's go ahead and start with where this one is made taking a look at the Vin first character is the letter J indicating that the GR Corolla is built and assembled in Japan as it should be but let's go ahead to start up front on this one GR badging found in that front grill and GR badging is going to be found all over this thing actually you will find a matte black front grill for the core trend but then it's going to be switched up to a gloss black front grill if you were to go with the premium or the circuit edition front air curtains to the sides there helping direct air around the wheel entire combination of course LED headlights to the sides with LED daytime running lights you do get the automatic feature but you also get automatic high beams I love that feature personally so if you have your high beams on a night in the sense of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone it's going to automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there so that is pretty stinking cool you do get LED fog lights down below for all trim levels across the board as well so that pretty much rounds out the front end I love the look definitely bumped out defenders for this GR Corolla so anyways let's now go ahead and make our way to the side right so now since we are around to the side of this one first I want to start by mentioning there is a carbon fiber roof for the circuit edition trim level only obviously that's why we don't have it with us here today gloss black power adjustable side mirrors though do come standard for all trims you will get led integrated third signals yet again for all trim levels across the board you do have some functional front fender vents and let me actually get up a little bit closer so I can show you guys that they are indeed functional actually I don't know if you're going to be able to see that or not but I don't know just take my word for it they're functional you got the GR logo once again out of those front fenders just behind that but rear fender flares you guys can see that that is pretty cool yet again another really cool feature that well it's not really a feature but little accent pieces you do get the GR4 badging found in the side skirts here so four meeting all wheel drive of course gazi racing so I love that I think that's a pretty cool little touch there take a look down at the wheel setup 18 by 8.5 inch gloss black 15 spoke alloys for the core and premium but then you get 18 by 8.5 inch gloss black 10 spoke forged alloys for this circuit edition but that pretty much rounds out the side profile let's now go ahead and make our way to the back find someone else to see around to the back of this snow covered GR corolla body colored rear spoiler for the core and premium trims gloss black rear spoiler for this circuit edition you will find led tail lights they do come standard for all trim levels across the board got the rear window wiper back there as well more gr badging of course but just below it all you will find either a matte black or gloss black rear diffuser yet again dependent upon the trim level but then a triple exhaust with brush stainless steel tips that just sounds cool and it looks cool too so anyways having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here as always here is that exhaust clip all right so now since we are around to the back of this one when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a manual tailgate of course so just simply lift up underneath of the Toyota logo there but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 17.8 cubic feet if that was not enough space of course is a 6040 split meaning the rear seats do fall down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it there were some grocery bag hooks back there I was kind of surprised to see that so I'm definitely a big fan of that led cargo lighting was kind of expecting to see halogen so nice seeing that as well then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you are going to find the fix the flat kit with a good bit of in-floor storage but still would have preferred the spare tire you guys know me but anyways then making our way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 29.9 inches right around the same as my old four Mustang GT actually for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I had back there rear center armrest with cupholders though does come standard and the rear passengers look forward a little bit they will find a usb charging port and a 12 o' power outlet as well I just looked so that's there for them too no rear ventilation you really don't need it in this size of a car anyways but then make our way up to the front seats fabric seats are going to come standard on the core you got the cool gr logo in the headrest though in the kind of a one-piece seat they actually look really good synthetic leather seating for the premium and circuit edition trims heated front seats again for those two the premium and circuit edition overall seat comfort was definitely pretty nice seats definitely hold you in place really nice as well I'm not anything crazy like Nismo seats but yeah they definitely get the job done for sure anyways let's take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping you got the gr logo found in the bottom portion of it it is leather wrapped for all trim levels and it will be heated for the premium and circuit edition trim levels anyways now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup you got your gr logo on the one side when you flip it over Toyota logo lock and lock pretty basic key overall but it is all keyless entry with a push button start so all I'm going to do here is put my foot in the parking clutch and press that gr engine start button located just by the driver's right knee and so once started up you get a full 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster so that is pretty stinking cool when you change the drive modes it actually does adjust the look of that gauge cluster as well so if I put it in sport driving mode it looks like an old Honda s2k kind of to me then normal is pretty normal and horrible description there but then eco is just going to show up as eco it doesn't change anything so a little bit of a difference there depending upon the drive mode but overall it has pretty much everything you possibly want up there you got boost pressure to the left there outside temperature as well how many miles you have left until you hit empty so uh gr logo of course yet again so nothing wrong with the gauges there but now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality aluminum foot pedals come standard on all trim levels across the board I like those gray stitch interior accents for the core and premium trim levels that's through the seats basically but then you're going to get blue stitched interior accents for that circuit edition trim automatic climate control does come standard on all trim levels so you just set the temperature it's going to automatically hit it of course wireless phone charger coming on the premium and circuit edition so we don't have that today just in front of the shifter here you do get a little bit of storage there you got the usb charging port to hook up uh or to charge your phone really just behind the shifter is that circular dial and button which kind of sets you up in different modes like if you turn it to the right you can send a 75 percent of the power or the torque to the rear wheels if you turn it to the left you can send the majority of the power to the front wheels a 6040 split there and if you push it in you're going to get the track mode so that's pretty cool too I like that that's there I'm going to go ahead and leave it in the 6040 split there because uh I don't think we want to put it in rear wheel drive in the snow just a hunch but unless you're rally racing anyways now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen here eight inch color touchscreen display does come standard on all trim levels bluetooth and audio streaming wireless android auto apple car play you got to love that you can check out your driving statistics out there if you wanted to along with your radio information and so when it comes to the sound systems there are two of them it's dependent upon the trim level so you're going to find six speakers for the core that we have today and then an eight speaker jbl sound system for the premium and circuit edition trim level so having said that let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out our six speaker sound system that we have with us here today actually not that bad for a six speaker sound system if i'm being honest there's a decent amount of bass there obviously it's not going to be as good as the jbl I love jbl that was a I had an external subwoofer in my rsx back in the day it was a jbl subwoofer then I had an alpine amp as well but anyways jbl is an amazing company that's been around for decades so that's definitely a good sound system I'm sure as well but anyways last thing I want to mention to you guys on that infotainment screen at least it's when you do put the gr coral in reverse you will find a review camera coming standard across the board letting you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so to start front side side current airbags do come standard you're going to get a driver's knee airbag up front along with a passenger seat cushion airbag in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors the tether should children for the rear car seats rear child door locks top pressure monitoring system but also coming standard this is pretty good toyota safety sense 3.0 that gives you a ton pre-collision system with pedestrian detection dynamic radar cruise control lane departure alert with steering assist lane tracing assist road sign assist and a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert even for our courtroom level that's pretty cool but then if you were to go with the premium or surrogate edition you're also going to get front and rear parking sensors so it's going to beep a lot at you if you get too close to something so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here it's it's plenty quick i love that i love that it has all-wheel drive though that's the big thing for me because the integra type s the civic type r they don't get all-wheel drive and i live in western maryland slash southern pa where we get a good bit of snow like we got today so all-wheel drive is definitely something i would need if i were to daily drive this thing i'm just saying great handling in this thing as well absolutely love that i love the way the manual was set up as well sometimes like i said with other shifters it could be a little bit notchy like suberu in particular uh even some chevys but um typically what i found is honda slash acura of course does an amazing job at their shifters and toyota it's usually hit and miss like i i don't necessarily care for the the 86 but i really like the shifter here and the way it wrote through the gears here in the gr corolla i'm just saying but overall yeah this thing was fun let me know what you guys think of the gr corolla in the comment section below that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching for free to follow me on social media if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to youtube i put a bunch of spy shots of this thing before it got to the youtube channel be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're new car reviews that is what we do here in this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know i will see you guys all in the next video stay gold