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Toyota GR Yaris – MPG and running costs

Short gearing, a big turbo and the tiny fuel tank will make trips to the bowsers a common game

Evo rating
  • Huge cross-country pace belies figures on paper; sense of purpose; gutsy engine
  • Expensive; difficult to get hold of; not especially playful

A side effect of having so much performance and short gearing to access it is that despite its economy car cylinder count, each uses a quite astonishing amount of fuel. Official figures suggest as much as 34.3mpg is possible, but over the life of our long-termer we averaged a stunning 25.6mpg over six months of admittedly, erm, full use. We can’t imagine things have improved with more power and the addition of a tight-ratioed eighth-speed automatic option.

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The performance to consumption ratio doesn’t feel out of whack, mind, because as mentioned above, the GR is insatiably quick across the ground.

What reinforces a feeling of thirst is the tiny fuel tank; concentrate hard and you can almost see the needle drop under acceleration. Other than fuel use, though, Toyota’s usual reliability factors ring true, with our six months coming with not a single unforeseen cost – it even held on to its rubber despite multiple track days over some 5000 miles.

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