Dan Heyman had this to say about the Toyota GR Corolla on Auto123.com:
“The real question is this: How well does this performance Corolla stack up against the likes of the Honda Civic Type R, or even the Volkswagen Golf R. Having only driven the latter, I can tell you that the Corolla is more on-the-nose, its every response laying claim to being a performance model. It’s more of an assault on the senses, but it’s no smoke and mirrors. This is a proper performance car, and one of the more thrilling compacts we’ve seen in Canada in some time, if not ever.
And it’s a Toyota Corolla. The world we live in.”