Good morning from the GR Corolla launch

Hi.

I am honestly excited for details on this car. 

Mmmmm...GRolla.

The GR Corolla has 349 additional welds and nine additional feet (20 ft on morizo) of structural adhesive to increase chassis stiffness. 

DjGreggieP said:

I am honestly excited for details on this car. 

They've already released most of them. 

"All workmanship and material defects will be covered under their appropriate warranty. Neglect or misuse is not covered. Driving your car responsibly on track is not considered misuse or neglect."

Would it be bad form to ask them why that policy doesn't seem to extend to the GR86? 

Are we getting the Morizo in the US? Thought that was Japan only?

calteg said:

Are we getting the Morizo in the US? Thought that was Japan only?

We are getting it. 

Will Toyota be doing anything to keep dealers from trying to sell these for double the MSRP?

JG make sure take notes. There is a written test before you get to drive it...

This is one of the very few new, attainable for me, cars that I am excited about.

The last "launch event" was a letdown. Are they actually going to give a price this time? 

This car would work for my needs. Maybe a bit overkill but it would work.

HopmanJones said:

The last "launch event" was a letdown. Are they actually going to give a price this time? 

There is an article from another car magazine that says estimated MSRP is $32k for Core up to $45k for Morizo. Said article isn't dated, which is infruriating, but I would suspect pricing to be slightly higher before markups get added on. 

In reply to buzzboy :

That's the best sort of thing.

Does the oil pan use black, red or grey RTV? 

HopmanJones said:

The last "launch event" was a letdown. Are they actually going to give a price this time? 

Two weeks. Or today if you torture me

I can't tell you prices,  but I can tell you they seem market appropriate 

I long for the days when a car like this came out and I wondered how much less than MSRP it would cost to buy it.  Now you wonder how many bags of money on top of MSRP it would cost to even have a shot.

In reply to z31maniac :

$32000 seems downright reasonable. Now try and find one without markups...

calteg said:

In reply to z31maniac :

$32000 seems downright reasonable. Now try and find one without markups...

I would walk into a dealership with $32k cash tomorrow if I could drive one out.

Depending on actual price out the door and release date this might be a replacement for my K swapped FRS.

My local dealer just told me to forget it for the first year because they are all going to marked up to the moon or snatched up be dealership employees. "Maybe next year", he said.

Between the "we'll produce one too few" statement and the nightmare of an allocation systems for the GR86 (among all other Toyotas) it's soured me a little on all these. That said, I'd still buy one if it was a reasonable price and actually available.