Spiritual successor (not a BMW!)..

[Bitsilly]

I am currently crossing my fingers that I get a chance to snap up my first ever brand new car at list price, no discount!
It is not expensive for what it is and how it goes. It is very small for a modern car.
In theory it can have two small people in the back, and it has a relatively tiny engine!
Two doors and a boot.
And I am seriously hoping it could be considered a (foreign) successor to a mini due to go-kart handling.
It may even be a modern classic and it is powered by petrol only!

It has been out (and sold out) a couple of years now but I am hoping to buy a cancelled order.

Couldn’t possibly say what it is as it isn’t exactly British!

I would love to see what folk think it is!!

[AndyPen]

First thought from the description - might be a smart one?

[Bitsilly]

Nope!
Think freaking boring crap made insane!

[trevorhp]

Yaris but not the boring one

[AndyPen]

Yaris but not the boring one

I am hoping you are right, there were two of these in our road last year and both sold on for a profit

[Bitsilly]

Well done!
Yep! I may soon have a Yaris!!
My son has dreamed of having one and started a job at Toyota in sales last month.
He heard about the cancellation and has a gentleman’s agreement that they will sell it to me.
At list!
Still I will believe it when I sign for it!

[trevorhp]

What a result I believe that you will be delighted.
Fingers crossed

[mk1]

Cracking little cars!

[InnoCooperExport]

Wow! I don't think we ever got the GR Yaris here on the continent, a great shame because I think it's the only Yaris I'd ever want. Hope it all works out

[De-hira5729]

I have driven the GR Yaris several times.
Small body with moderate displacement, but powerful engine is really the best!
There are quite a few cars on the streets in Japan, but I definitely want people in the UK to ride one.
If it had been released two years earlier, I might have purchased the GR Yaris instead of the Mini.

[timmy201]

The strange thing I’ve noticed here in Australia is that since the latest generation Yaris was released there’s been more GR models driving around than the base models

The GR is a bargain for a small performance hatch
The base models are about 50% more expensive than the old ones and haven’t really taken off yet

[finchy533]

Good luck, that would be some deal.

I enquired about the possibility of getting one whilst getting the family bus serviced a few months back - and they said they might have a cancelled order. Before I could get my wallet out, they explained they would be buying it themselves and selling it on…

And the previous one they did that with they sold for 41k!

[Bitsilly]

I think I should say that if I am lucky enough to get the car it was never supposed to be for speculation, just to make a small dream come true, thrash the nuts off a poor small car as it demands and get as many miles as possible before the petrol runs out!
I had and disliked a lotus exige simply because it was too wide to throw around the lanes nearby, every time a car came towards you you’d have to breathe in and pray!

[Bitsilly]

And the previous one they did that with they sold for 41k!
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Jees, makes my deal sound a bit pie in the sky! I didn't know they were going for that much!

[Bitsilly]

Well finally got it and it is quite a thing.
First move is to swop the alloys off as they are £1600 each!!
Put on a set of oz rally’s in white, a set of four for less than one original.
But sad to say it is no mini, it’s just too big! And the springs aren’t lumps of rubber!