Toyota wants to make sure its improvements and upgrades are not only known but felt. Enter the 2026 GR Corolla, which has had incremental updates since its introduction in 2023. And after three years of refinement, the 4WD hot hatch is seriously impressive.⁠ ⁠ Toyota invited us up to Napa Valley, California to test drive not only the 2026 GR Corolla, but also the 2026 GR Supra MKV Final Edition and the 2026 GR 86 Yuzu Edition. Key developers and engineers were there as well to walk us through all of the evolutionary upgrades and improvements throughout the generations.

For the 2026 model year, the GR Corolla saw minor updates mainly in its body-in-white – the structural chassis on which the GR Corolla is built. Chief Engineer Naoyuki Sakamoto walked us through that key improvement: 45.6"

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