I don’t know if I would personally call this affordable. Maybe my perception of car pricing isn’t aligned with the current reality but at least in Canada this car is not cheap.
In Canada the Core starts at 50k CAD and the Circuit Edition starts at 59k CAD. Assuming no dealership markup which is actually very hard to come by around major cities (especially around Toronto/GTA), it’s 56k for the Core and 67k CAD for the Circuit Edition OTD. An Elantra N 6MT for a quick albeit not direct comparison is about 46k CAD OTD.
My previous two cars are very different from the GR Corolla, but my 2016 mid trim WRX was 37k CAD OTD and my fully loaded 2023 BRZ was 40k CAD OTD. Neither are as fast or capable, but we’re talking about a 16-19k difference brand new here.
I know in the current market there isn’t really another hot hatch that’s like the GR Corolla, but I’m not sure that can excuse it from not even having heated steering and having this kind of interior/features for 56k CAD. I just don’t think this car is as affordable as people are saying, especially when most are either going to be paying markup or waiting years for an allocation at MSRP.
I don’t know if I would personally call this affordable. Maybe my perception of car pricing isn’t aligned with the current reality but at least in Canada this car is not cheap.
In Canada the Core starts at 50k CAD and the Circuit Edition starts at 59k CAD. Assuming no dealership markup which is actually very hard to come by around major cities (especially around Toronto/GTA), it’s 56k for the Core and 67k CAD for the Circuit Edition OTD. An Elantra N 6MT for a quick albeit not direct comparison is about 46k CAD OTD.
My previous two cars are very different from the GR Corolla, but my 2016 mid trim WRX was 37k CAD OTD and my fully loaded 2023 BRZ was 40k CAD OTD. Neither are as fast or capable, but we’re talking about a 16-19k difference brand new here.
I know in the current market there isn’t really another hot hatch that’s like the GR Corolla, but I’m not sure that can excuse it from not even having heated steering and having this kind of interior/features for 56k CAD. I just don’t think this car is as affordable as people are saying, especially when most are either going to be paying markup or waiting years for an allocation at MSRP.