ZERO TO HERO

Wouldn’t blame you if it took a while to turn the page just then. That front three-quarter angle on the new Toyota GR Yaris, now finally erased of tedious camouflage wrap, is sensational. Almost as naughty as the rear three-quarter. That guilty giddiness you’re experiencing is something you’ve never felt before – the desire to own a Yaris.

Thing is, there’s something more fundamental to this car than just being a new hot hatch, or the most aggressively planted stance-a-licious supermini of 2020. It says something optimistic about the car industry in general, and Toyota in particular.

There’s still potential for us all to get blindsided by a blank-cheque project. There’s still a value – and a future – for pukka motorsport homologation specials. And, just maybe, there’s more to the next generation of fast cars than