The Yaris WRC debuted at the 2017 Monte Carlo Rally and marked Toyota's return to the World Rally Championship. Four-time world champion Tommi Makinen oversaw its development and operation, and the cars ran under the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT banner. It used a 1.6-litre turbocharged inline-four (GI4A) with all-wheel drive, a six-speed transmission, a 2,511 mm wheelbase and a weight of 1,190 kg. The team won the manufacturers' title in 2018. Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja won the drivers' and co-drivers' titles in 2019. Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won them in 2020 and again in 2021, when Toyota also took the manufacturers' title. Across its career it took part in 58 races, with 26 wins and 59 podiums. A car based on the GR Yaris had been planned for 2021 but was dropped, and the GR Yaris Rally1 replaced the Yaris WRC from 2022.
The Yaris WRC is Toyota's World Rally Championship car that returned the company to the series in 2017. It has a 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder, a six-speed sequential gearbox and all-wheel drive, and it won the manufacturers' title in 2018 and 2021.
9years
1trims
375hp
The Story
Why the Yaris WRC mattersTrims
1 trim · 2017–20211.6 L turbo, 6-speed sequential, AWD with active centre differential, 1,190 kg.
★ Only trim
Yaris WRC 1.6 turbo GI4A
Hatchback · 2017–2021
Power
375 hp
Body
Hatchback
Debut
2017
Production
2017–2021
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