The Toyota GR Corolla seems to be a success. In its first full yr of US gross sales, Toyota moved 5,567 items of the all-wheel drive scorching hatch. Of course, that is only a fraction of the Corolla’s 232,370 gross sales final yr, 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 supplied a breakdown of GR Corolla gross sales in calendar-year 2023 by trim.
| Model | Sales |
| Core | 3,123 |
| Premium | 677 |
| Circuit | 1,583 |
| Morizo | 184 |
Note that the Premium is a new variant for the 2024 model year, and that the Morizo was a limited-edition for the 2023 model year. Toyota initially mentioned it deliberate to construct 6,500 US-market GR Corollas for the 2023 mannequin yr, however it appears to have fallen a bit brief, with the automaker confirming it is bought 5,739 for each model-year 2023 and 2024. Perhaps a results of lingering supply-chain points, somewhat than low demand.
Per figures Toyota supplied to Motor1, GR Corolla was the preferred handbook Toyota mannequin within the US, simply pipping the GR86’s 5,317 handbook gross sales. Additionally, Toyota bought 3,287 handbook Tacomas and 1,140 handbook Supras.
What’s attention-grabbing is how in style 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 had been non-obligatory on the bottom Core mannequin, plus suede inside trim. The Circuit additionally did nicely, contemplating it was solely purported to be a run of 1,500 automobiles for your entire 2023 mannequin yr, however was then prolonged into 2024.
While 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 regularly in comparison with the Honda Civic Type R. We’ve reached out to Honda for Civic Type R gross sales figures and can replace this submit when and if we get them.
Again, 5,567 automobiles is not an enormous determine by Toyota requirements, however hopefully it is sufficient to justify preserving the GR Corolla round for the foreseeable future. It’s one of many coolest scorching hatchbacks on the market.