The GRMN conversion would not be shared with anyone else

Toyota’s GR Yaris RS is a casual FF, NA and CVT-only model. One RS has been upgraded and customized with parts from the top-of-the-range ‘GRMN’ model. It has even been fully wrapped and its presence can be said to be on a par with the GRMN.

Purchased a GR Yaris RS because she has an AT-only license

On 13 April 2024, the “GR Yaris owner’s meeting in Tenryukyo” was held in Nagano Prefecture. This time, we spoke to the owner of the customized RS with genuine GRMN parts.

Ms. “NATSUKI” bought her GR Yaris because she fell in love at first sight with a cute compact GR Yaris she saw on Instagram. The GR Yaris was developed as a motorsport vehicle, but as Ms. NATSUKI has an AT-only license, she bought an RS with an NA engine and CVT, which was developed for casual enjoyment.

Initially, she drove the car in stock form as her everyday footwear, but she was inspired to customize it by a car she saw at a GR Yaris meeting. Just using an RS as a base, changing the wheels, and lowering the car wasn’t cool enough. So, NATSUKI came up with the idea of customizing a flagship model ‘RZ High Performance’ specification based on the RS, as a customization that would not be shared by others. The sporty form was created using RZ High-Performance parts in every detail, from the exterior to the interior.

However, a model even higher than the RZ Performance was later introduced. The GRMN Yaris. Then, there was no choice but to do it. The GRMN Yaris specification was the result of renewal.

Fully wrapped and styled with a GR parts spoiler!

The GRMN Yaris is a fully tuned model targeted at motorsports. Only owners can purchase genuine parts. However, NATSUKI’s husband was actually the owner of a GRMN Yaris. With her husband’s help, she could customize the wheels, steering wheel, rear wing, seats, floor mats, and other parts inside and outside the body using genuine GRMN Yaris parts.

The body was then fully wrapped in matt steel brown and a TRD spoiler and RZ High-Performance brake calipers brake rotors (front) were added to give it an aggressive style to match the GRMN Yaris. Also noteworthy is that although the transmission is AT, the shift knob from the GRMN Yaris has been transplanted and customized to look like a manual transmission.

Two areas just can’t be GRMN-ised

The GRMN Yaris specification has a high degree of perfection, but there are two points where it differs from the real thing’s appearance. One is the lack of an intercooler visible through the ducts in the front bumper. Well, it can’t be helped because the engine is NA. A dummy intercooler could be fitted if you wanted to. …… Another thing is that the rear brake is a stock single-piston one-pot. This cannot be changed because the side brake is an electric parking brake.

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