The Toyota GR Corolla seems to be a success. In its first full 12 months of US gross sales, Toyota moved 5,567 items of the all-wheel drive scorching hatch. In fact, that is only a fraction of the Corolla’s 232,370 gross sales final 12 months, however the GR Corolla handily outsold its nearest rival, the Volkswagen Golf R by over 2,000 items. It additionally outsold each different handbook Toyota on sale proper now.
Toyota offered a breakdown of GR Corolla gross sales in calendar-year 2023 by trim.
| Mannequin | Gross sales |
| Core | 3,123 |
| Premium | 677 |
| Circuit | 1,583 |
| Morizo | 184 |
Observe that the Premium is a brand new variant for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, and that the Morizo was a limited-edition for the 2023 mannequin 12 months. Toyota initially stated it deliberate to construct 6,500 US-market GR Corollas for the 2023 mannequin 12 months, however it appears to have fallen a bit brief, with the automaker confirming it is offered 5,739 for each model-year 2023 and 2024. Maybe a results of lingering supply-chain points, fairly than low demand.
Per figures Toyota offered to Motor1, GR Corolla was the preferred handbook Toyota mannequin within the US, simply pipping the GR86’s 5,317 handbook gross sales. Moreover, Toyota offered 3,287 handbook Tacomas and 1,140 handbook Supras.
What’s fascinating is how well-liked the Premium is proving to be in only a few months on sale. For its $41,415, the Premium will get all of the packages that have been non-obligatory on the bottom Core mannequin, plus suede inside trim. The Circuit additionally did properly, contemplating it was solely imagined to be a run of 1,500 vehicles for your entire 2023 mannequin 12 months, however was then prolonged into 2024.
Whereas on paper the Golf R, being an all-wheel drive hatchback with round 300 hp, is the closest rival for the GR Corolla, the Toyota is often in comparison with the Honda Civic Sort R. We have reached out to Honda for Civic Sort R gross sales figures and can replace this submit when and if we get them.
Once more, 5,567 vehicles is not an enormous determine by Toyota requirements, however hopefully it is sufficient to justify holding the GR Corolla round for the foreseeable future. It is one of many coolest scorching hatchbacks on the market.
