Everyone gets a vented hood?? Aw man. The feeling of Premium Plus Superiority is withering more and more with each new model year. LOL

 

Morizo and 24 Circuit BBS wheels superiority checking in!

 

Can't wait to pick up a vented hood in black 😩

 

317 MPG? My normal tank is only 260. I'm not even heavy footed. What am I doing wrong?

 

My guess is that it's with mostly highway driving. My driving is mostly city and I average about 257 miles per tank, IF I behave. 😅

 

317 with no traffic and living+working across the street from the freeway i guess. >_>

 

Smooth hood gang unite!

 

I prefer the look of my smoothie, but I’d take the extra cooling of the vented one if I could have it for free.

 

I was already thinking there would likely not be another model year after MY26 on this same platform, especially with the GRMN, but I think the reduction in trims and relative lack of updates on the 26 really confirmed it for me.

 

People were saying at launch that it would only be 3 model years because the standard Corolla would get a redesign at that time... and here we are 4 model years and 1 refresh in. Some schedule that was leaked last year showed MY27 or CY27 being an "improvement" or something of that nature, so I fully expect that the model will keep moving forward largely divorced from the standard Corolla. A heavier refresh (headlights/taillights, interior) would probably go with the Corolla but the hard parts of the car (metal and powertrain) would stay the same.

 

I like this quote:

“It’s built for the enthusiast who values character and connection above comfort and refinement—and in that role, the GR Corolla continues to shine.”

 

All turbo MR2's and GT4's came with vented trunks/hoods. Why do the Zenki/Kouki core GRC's get lucked out 😭

 

Blue stitch interior only available one year checking in

 

Smooth hood fog light color available in every year 2023 base model gang checking in.

 

• SMOOTH HOOD W/ INSULATOR
• FOG LIGHTS
• RENTAL FABRIC INTERIOR

 

Smoothie

No insulator

No fog lights

1990s Corolla interior

Checking in. 🫡

 

-CF hood

-No fog lights

-Sparco seats

-1985 Corolla GTS

 

I prefer the look of my smoothie, but I’d take the extra cooling of the vented one if I could have it for free.

Smooth hood fog light color available in every year 2023 base model gang checking in.

• SMOOTH HOOD W/ INSULATOR
• FOG LIGHTS
• RENTAL FABRIC INTERIOR

Smoothie

No insulator

No fog lights

1990s Corolla interior

Checking in. 🫡

I think it’s time to start a “smoothie” thread boys

 

Smoothie gang checking in

 

The normie hood thread; regular E210 owners are allowed to be in there too. Such an exclusive club

 

Ya people were saying three years only because yes the Tinga platform is getting redone and was expected to happen in 26 but for several reasons Toyota pushed it to 27 and Yes it is happening in 27 . You can wish all you want crack is real and dreaming comes with it.
Do not expect the model to carry over on the revised platform and Toyota has other GR cars in the planning so it would make sense for them to move on from this one. Look at their past to see how many times they have done a platform in a 3-4 year run and then not immediately if ever returned to it. The odds do not fall in favor of your presumptions.

Yeah, I dunno where folks got the idea that Toyota would keep the E210 GRC going while a new platform comes out. Not to say that's impossible, plenty of companies have done that for a short period of time, but if the GRC continues long term, then it will either be on that new platform or it will cease to exist.

 

The E210 Corolla isn't getting a "new platform" when it gets a generation change. TNGA-C will be the next gen Corolla because Toyota typically runs platforms for 2-3 generations. The MC/new MC Corollas ran from 2000 - 2018. The K platform Camry ran from 2001 - 2017 before it changed to the TNGA-K. The Camry on TNGA-K is on its 2nd generation. The new, sexy Prius is on a carryover TNGA-C platform from the ugly '15-'21 model.

 

I’m guessing the GRC will go away to make room for a new Celica with AWD and a turbo-4. The GRC is super-niche, whereas the Celica nameplate is widely known.