Toyota GR Corolla Looks Right At Home Drifting Through The Snow | Carscoops carscoops
GR Corolla has been in the hands of the public for quite some time, we keep finding out more and more about what it’s capable of. The latest instance comes from the legendary Team O’Neill Rally School, who put the hot hatch through its paces in the snow.cousin might be a bit more suited for the job, as it was created expressly as a homologation special, but the GR Corolla’s roots still lie in rally . One definitive advantage the Corolla has over the Yaris is power.
With 300 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque on tap, it makes an extra 32 hp over the Yaris with the same 1.6L turbocharged three-cylinder engine.Onto initial driving impressions, the car was said to hold a drift very easily, and that has to do with its special all-wheel drive system. Aside from the fact that it even has AWD compared to the normal Corolla’s FWD, the system is able to bias itself up to 70 percent rearward, allowing it to kick out the rear end and maintain slides a lot easier.
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