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The all-new 2022 Toyota GR Corolla is available in a two flavors: Entry-level Core, and the winged, vented-or, at least, more-winged, more-vented-Circuit Edition. That’s the dark gray car you see in the photos here, which will sit atop the GR Corolla family.
If you’re into the look, which includes a bigger rear wing, forged carbon-fiber roof panel, Brin Naub sueded sport seats, and an “exclusive Morizo-signed shift knob,” allow us to clarify some of the language Toyota used when introducing the variant. It’s one-year-only.
No, not the GR Corolla overall-only the Circuit Edition, which in Toyota’s press materials is described as “a limited-run model available in 2023.” That vagueness prompted us to ask Toyota what it meant for the Circuit Edition, to which the automaker responded that it’d be available in the GR Corolla’s launch year and that’s it, though availability will trail that of the entry-level GR Corolla Core trim. (The Core will go on sale this year, while deliveries of Circuit Editions won’t start until 2023.) So, it’s now or never if you want one.
The news is something of a bummer, though it’d be less upsetting if it turns out Toyota will offer some of the Circuit Edition’s goodies as accessories or options on future GR Corolla Core models. We’d especially love to see the forged carbon roof panel (pictured below) survive the 2023 model year; even though its weight savings appear minimal compared to the Core’s standard roof, the bare carbon material resembles the forged carbon Lamborghini has been playing with the past few years.
Author: Alexander Stoklosa
Source: MotorTrend.com
