GR Corolla Becomes A Toyota Car With The Best-Selling Manual Transmission In The US

GR Corolla. (Doc. Global Toyota)

Toyota has sold more than 230 thousand vehicles in the United States (US) throughout 2023. Meanwhile, GR Corolla managed to sell 5,567 units in Uncle Sam's country out of a total of 232,370 vehicles.

From this sales data, the hot hatch became a manual transmission model with the most sales beating GR86 totaling 5,317 units, then Tacoma 3,287 units, and Supra with 1,140 vehicles.

Reporting from Motor1, Wednesday, January 17, Toyota also detailed the sale of the Glolla GR with the initial Core variant being the best-selling 3,123 units, then Circuit with 1,583 units, Premium with 677 units, and Morizo as the highest with 184 units of vehicles.

Premium, which is a variant over Core and under Circuit, is not as much of a sale as expected because it is the latest type introduced in 2023. Meanwhile, Morizo is a variant whose unit is provided on a limited basis.

Toyota initially said it would produce 6,500 units of the Corolla GR for the US market for the 2023 model, but the plan failed as Toyota confirmed that it had sold 5,739 units for the 2023 and 2024 models.

This decline is not because this model is less in demand, but related to prolonged delays or waiting periods due to problems with supply chains.

It is known, Toyota GR Corolla is a high-performance hot hatch developed by the Gazoo Racing (GR) division based on the Corolla E210. The car was introduced globally in 2022 and was originally produced to meet demand from North America that did not get the GR Yaris unit.

This high-performance car is powered by a 3-cylinder gasoline engine with a 1.6 liter track with the same turbocharged G16E-GTS as the one used in GR Yaris. With this engine, GR Corolla is capable of generating up to 300 dk of power and 360 Nm of torque.