Toyota Corolla G6R The Hottest Hatch You Never Heard Of 

Amazing, congrats on a lovely 20v build. The C160 is a lovely ratio gearbox. I put one into my E11 vvti years ago. Your 20v build is how this car should have come from the showroom. 158hp is perfect for a hatchback like this. Are you based in the UK?

@@HobTecCars Im from Greece. Here we got back in the day approximately 100 g6rs, both colours.

@@jimlappas9305 Cool, the Greeks have always been huge E11 fans, I saw the first ever 1zz-fe swapped E11 Corolla on a Greek Forum 🇬🇷

Man can you imagine how high the Tax and Insurance in Ireland would have been on a 3SGTE Corolla 😀 2zz is a great engine powerful yet economical, and the 1.8 size makes it decent for Irish car tax

@@HobTecCars Irish tax system for cars is a joke always has been

That's cool, thanks for sharing! The car culture is very much a regional thing here.

Thanks a lot, appreciate it

I love these..in fact it was my plan for a future video. 7AFE turbos made in Japan. Do you own one?

I had a 2001 SR with G6R skirts and full interior. I still dream about owning an E11 again

@@HobTecCars definitely. Would love one again.

My first car was a 98 G6 1.3 in black , moved onto a Dc2 jdm integra 98 spec and now have a fk2 civic type r. Still miss my corolla 😢

@@g6kid1 At least you still have the name forever :)

@HobTecCars well that's true fella, my corolla is actually still going, I fully wrc kitted it , twin flow exhausts, mr2 leather seats, I'd love to buy it back someday. Irish btw

I wonder how much it would cost to export a car from Ireland to Jamica? In Ireland we can transport cars from Japan to Ireland for about €2000. To transport across the Atlantic must be the same cost?

@@HobTecCars I know it's very expensive here like maybe the same cost has the car, plus there is a age limit on car importation

I definitely could do a history on the E11 Corolla, I know all that knowledge in my head. The differences between EU, UK, Ireland, US, and Asia would be messy, but I like a challenge!

@@HobTecCars sounds great! Looking forward to it)

I remember when these cars were new. Everyone was so excited about the 6 speed gearbox. I had a 1.4vvti with a 6 speed gearbox. The ratios were: 1st: 2.929 2nd: 2.176 3rd: 1.700 4th: 1.364 5th: 1.167 6th: 0.916 Final: 4.550 Very fuel efficient. Essentially I never used 3rd 😂

They are very similar cars from the front end alright. Over here we call them "bugeye" models.

It's hard to keep everyone happy. There are so many E11 variations across the Europe. In the UK the 1.3 G6 didn't come with with the enhanced lip. Only this small one. i.redd.it/munprrk4mks61.jpg But you are right that some 1.6 G6 came with what we call a "G6R lip". But in the interests of not boring everyone to death I trimmed the details. 😂 You are correct about the honeycomb grill. It's just the G6R badge, again didn't want to bore the poor audience to death. There is ambiguity about the TTE springs. Some blogs and brochures claim them. Others say they are a 15mm and 20mm Spring from an AE111 Levin. I'd love to see the part numbers to understand the FULL truth.

Please tell me how many G6 S by TTE were made?

​@SashaEremit The Corolla G6S by TTE was tuned by Toyota Team Europe. It was only available in Germany, and featured a TTE bumper, roof spoiler, exhaust, rims, and badge. The only source I saw online was that only 250 Corolla G6S by TTE were ever made. That makes it a very rare and special car.

@@HobTecCars I know that 250 was G6 TTE-Edition (for the Swiss market). White body color, TTE bumper, TTE spoiler, ARTEC R15 wheels. Maybe there were 2000 G6R's and 250 TTE-Edition + 250 S by TTE? :)

The Golf GTI 3 that he mentioned in the video was non turbo too. And cost £2000 more than the G6R. In those days non turbo hot hatches were common

if its fun to drive its fun to drive. if power is a cars only thing bringing you inside of it you will get board after you get used to it.

I was thinking the same thing. I had the 1.8l version of that engine and it was gutless.

The 20V 4age blacktop would have been a brilliant engine for these. 158hp twincam

4AGE 20v blacktop is different from a regular 4age. See here: www.jdmdistro.com/shop/engines/toyota/toyota-corolla-levin-ae111-4age-20v-engine-2/ Standard 4age is about 112hp. Standard 4afe is about 109hp. Blacktop 20v 4age is 158hp

@@HobTecCars The original 4AGE (16v) is tuneable though. 100 BHP per litre is possible without any bottom end work. The 4AFE is stuck at 104BHP forever. With such an underwhelming engine I don't think the G6R deserves the title "hot hatch".

​​@@theoriginaldylangreeneAgreed. I have a whole section in the video discussing better engine alternatives and mention the car is a "warm" hatch