Toyota will Present Yaris High Performance

Brussels, KompasOtomotif - Toyota Yaris already introduced a racing version that will be struggling in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2017. Today, Japan's biggest car brand began teasing the public with a new sketch, suspected variant of "high-performance" of its flagship hatchback which would be sold in bulk.
The model is inspired by the Yaris WRC, is so that consumers can feel the experience is not much different with the racing version. This is also the realization of speech Johan van Zyl, President and CEO of Toyota Europe last October 2016, when Toyota first announced his return to the WRC.
"There's no point foray into motorsport, if it can not reflect them in your product. Our Toyota Europe, wanted to give something to the market (new products), which will reflect our participation in WRC, "said Zyl quote AutoExpress, Tuesday (13/212/2016).

"I am also a person who loves cars, so I would like to see that people like me are enthusiastic about motorsport, can truly experience the same experience. Just like people who like to wear Nike shoes are the same as the athletes, even though they can not run fast , "said Zyl.
Yaris high-performance, is likely to be based on the Yaris facelift coming next year, and slide in the Tokyo Motor Show 2017. Speculation, turbocharged engine option is a 1.5-liter with the same features as in the C-HR, can emit power up to 180bhp. This will put the Yaris as a rival Polo GTi and the Fiesta ST.
From these sketches, shows the new profile of the Yaris, with aggressive body kit styled three-door. Version of "racing" is likely to adopt the name of Gazoo Racing, which will be a new sub-brand for high-performance model of Toyota's future.