Toyota Yaris GR Sport - BETTER THAN VW UP GTi? (Review) UK 4K 

The Yaris GR Sport improves the driving experience so much with the PWR Mode activate.

The GR sport here in the Netherlands has almost all of the options a standard, Thats why you pay around 35000 euros for it if bought new. So its weird to me that the UK cars are so low option. I have the Executive Model and it has wireless charger, heated leather sport seats, Blindspot in mirrors, HUD, Heated steering wheel, JBL speakers, Glass roof, Keyless entry(is standard)

First time of watching your YTC Tish and I'm impressed. Came here as I'm looking at the Yaris GR Sport as my 1st ever Motability car. Factors that drove me to the Yaris were my mistrust of full e-cars as yet. Thus targeting hybrid motors as in Motability terms they are very low cost options. This for example is ONLY £495 user contribution. So now to the actual reason & purpose of your comparison video. Like pretty most other Commentors I too feel Up and Yaris are Apple and Pear by comparison. That's both in vehicle as they are, market they're targeting and hence actual final vehicle they've become. Yaris is good [not awesome] quality and value "sporty" highest end of base hybrid Yaris platform. Up is great [more specialist] sporty offering of the city'esque "hot hatch". The later giving you, as you confirmed, manual turbo'd quicker offering that sacrifices economy as a result. So like you I would conclude in a perfect world where budget allowed such an option it would be Yaris from 5am Mon to 3pm Fri. That leaves Up to take over the weekend "Fun Zone" from 3pm Fri to 1am Mon [on those occasions when you were having a truly cracking 2-day break] Returning to reality with a limited budget meaning a choice had to be made then the answer for me is down to individual personal preference. Even not taking into account my own Motability situ my standalone choice would be Yaris. That's because I occupy the "Northern Value Seeker" demographic. Thus cost, reliability and sensibility would always triumph over fun, frivolity and sportiness. Well put together video though Tish which has earned you my Subscription, commented reaction and very definite "Thumbs Up". Like the positive healthy growth of women's football I encourage and applaud the greater and growing proportion of young female content presenters & creators like this from your good self. Awesome job, keep it coming and just continue to push and drive yourself and your content going forward. 👍🏻

I enjoyed watching the Video Review. I particularly like the New Yaris GR Sport 😊

great review tish yaris looks good great video plus nice red and black shoes you got

Another great video Tish although as you mention it might not be fair to compare the UP directly with the Yaris. These are two different target markets after all. The UP will be more fun but the Yaris is probably the better every day car to live with. I noticed your outfit was matching the Yaris that was a nice touch for the video and editing has improved a lot since the early days of the channel. As much as I could live with the Yaris day to day my heart would yearn the UP GTi so in summary you bought the car that was for you. You're only young once so enjoy the fun. Many thanks for sharing.

Comparing a VW to a Toyota 😂😂😂 Absolutely no comparison! Japanese, every time!!!

Both cars has their + and -, but they aren’t direct comparison because the Yaris it’s bigger. Toyota hybrids are super cool cars and can be also very fun to drive . Again you can not compare manual turbo to hsd car. There are 3 things that Yaris beats anything else, efficiency, drivability, reliability. Up it’s ok , but honestly it’s a hot small hatch from yesterday, Yaris it’s from today and Honda E it’s from tomorrow.

if you stop suddenly then items placed on the dash storage area will not travel backward as you have show. It is sudden the acceleration that will make them do that and which you don't have to worry about in a 120 bhp hybrid.

Great video me amd taz said we would both choose the vw up gti or fiesta st over the yaris it just didn't tick our boxes stay safe take care

Great video Tish, nice car. its more like the Polo R line though

I did! Nice review and you're looking great too. Toyota have now got some great cars. Yaris is better looking. But that price takes the shine off it

I have to disagree with you about the way it drives I think this is a great car to drive with lovely handling also it does come with keyless entry as well as keyless start as standard. Great review all in all tho. I love ur videos xx

By the way, the GR does have Keykess entry and, my wife can get 74.8 mpg. Impressive. Fiesta’s can only dream of that.

Everyone is forgetting the Premier Edition, which is more classy and the same engine and bhp😮

Looking fantastic 👌

The yaris gr sports i have one I think it do have keyless entry the sports gr as a 1.6 engine not a 2,0 engine

I think this Yaris is how the Yaris should have looked from the start as even the base model.

Great looking car looks very funky

I see most Yaris GR Sports have a hybrid system, but in some other European countries, there’s a non-hybrid 1.5-litre engine with around 120hp and a 6MT. Interestingly, you can get that powertrain in Ireland, but not in the UK. Such a shame we don’t get that powertrain here in the UK.

I got extra trim added to my GS which is a UK available add on but the larger jbl monitor and speaker system unavailable.

Hello Tish, you made the right choice for the UP GTI. If you can, please drive the Polo GTI. Thanks a lot

Not comparable really. One is a GTI and is designed to be a drivers car. A warm hatch certainly but light and agile. The Yaris GR Sport is a Yaris with sporty trim. What Toyota should of done is dropped a different engine in it or at least tuned and lightened. Like they did with the supercharged Yaris they charged too much for and released in stupidity low numbers to compete with the Fiesta ST and Corsa VXR

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i take reliability over fun any time day. I purchase a car based on how it stands the test of time. I m not going to be bombing it down the motorway, just for fun. Having owned VW and Toyota cars in the past. Toyota wins it for me

Depends what you want it for I would go for the Yaris myself.

I have an UP! GTI…and I wouldn’t trade it for anything, fantastic little car….it’s a shame VW have discontinued The UP GTI…Now you can only get stock

Just put a deposit on a used 22 model. It looks great, incredible economy and just a bit different from my wife Yaris Excel. Trading in my 2021 Corolla GR Sport for this car.

8.36 - Things will only jump off the shelves when your braking if you're going backwards at the time. ;)

No mention of that electric handbrake.

Only quarter of a tank in a week?? How many miles did you do??

I’m sorry to say your information on the keyless entry is incorrect. I have just taken delivery of a GR sport and mine has keyless entry.

Yes the Yaris is much better in every way

Did you consider the Hyundai i10 N

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The Yaris looks now, the VW looks a decade old and probably has the gas mileage to match. The Yaris is fun to drive especially in power/sport mode 🏁

You can’t really compare the up gti to the Yaris gr sport you comparing a top spec vw up against a second class Yaris and has far as tec you get with the Yaris as standard there honestly no comparison yes granting the Yaris is more expensive I believe it’s like comparing the golf r to the Corolla gr sport and not the actual gr but great video maybe a better comparison to the up r line

Styling the Toyota definitely looks more interesting. But the GTI is overall imo just better.

For speed and overall performance, VW. For looks, affordability and reliability, the GR Yaris. Please get your hands on an Aston Martin DBX 707.

Great review Tish, I think both are great cars but hit the nail on the head about what you’d use them for. I have a 2023 Yaris GR-Sport and it’s genuinely brilliant as an all round daily that’s comfy, refined yet also great handling and is fun to drive…with a caveat in that it simply isn’t a Hot Hatch at heart it’s an Eco runabout. The GTi may be more a warmed up hatch than hot hatch but it’s still more focussed as a drivers car than the Yaris. 🙂

Yaris is new with all up to date things. I can why you like the solid UP, and I am not a VW fan

Tish, there's no 2 litre GR Yaris, the hot one is a 1.6

Quite an unusual comparison here to be honest, the gr Yaris is a hybrid whereas the UP GTI is a petrol and it’s a GTI lol? Comparing a hybrid to a GTI petrol is the first mistake. 2nd of all why are you driving it in B mode? That’s for downhill braking, and it also looks like you’ve not put it in PWR mode where it is more faster.

Yaris makes the up seem rather past its sell buy date

Good review. Yaris seems a missed opportunity, needed a bit more sporty feel to go with the looks, something between the standard and the actual GR version.

Up gti all day. Wouldn’t even look at the Yaris. Up looks much better from all angles. Properly engineered for fun, within limits. Lighter, great grip and mid range torque. Bundles and bundles of character. The Yaris is so meh. An actual gr? Yes. But it’s a Yaris in name only. And that price of the gr sport - what? Stick with the up. There’s nothing else in its size class that even comes close. Depreciation? What depreciation? A wee future classic imo.

Tish… are we comparing a brand new Up! or a second hand one, like the one you got? If new, then the Yaris wins, albeit the standard trims, not the GR Sport, which I think is overpriced. I still think the Polo GTI is the right car for you.

Isn’t a fun car? Don’t drive it in “B” then. Rookie mistake. Put it in Drive “D”. “B” is for downhill braking recharges the battery. Better yet, take it out of eco mode and put it in Power. It takes more than 10 minutes to “understand” it. It does have keyless entry and keyless start so you’re wrong there anyway.

Yaris GR Sport, no thanks as the UK version misses out on desirable equipment the European versions either get as standard or can add as a factory fit option.

To be honest the Toyota wins hands down on looks but the VW like you say is cheaper and more fun , perhaps have both the Toyota for week days and the VW for weekends😂🚘

I drove a Corolla GR last month got a little to much power for a 3 cylinder

I think I would have bought the UP! given the choice between the two

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Gr is a 1.6L :]]

I’d have the up gti every time way more fun and personality and that interior on the Yaris looks so dull, dated and cheap

Foro u the up and for me the Yaris. Everybody happy

£25K for a Yaris that tells everyone you couldn't afford the real thing? No thanks, i'll take the Up GTi everytime and enjoy the smiles per mile.

Without turbo its a sheep in wolf's clothing. Buy Swift Sport, get same reliability but with engine that performs.

"However "......🤭

Absolutely Toyota vs VAG group VW, that’s not a game.. mostly Japan cars win of every country car engines that makes on the world … but I like Japan cars also as taste, and taste I never can fill in for someone else.. I love Alfa Romeo as taste, the looks 100% but that engine and electric is one of the most shit car there is ever made (beautiful Italian crap) ….

Yaris = boring - Up! = Fun 😌

Bizarre comparison. I drive a GR4 GR Yaris in the uk. I actually went for the more useful/daily standard set up, but with the Convenience pack/luxury in Europe. It's a one car does all, daily that won't be used on a track, where the circuit pack is preferable. The UP GTI is a drivers car, like the GR Yaris. The normal yaris is arguably a reasonable car in its field, the GR Sport spec, as is now available in many toyota models, is simply a marketing ploy badging term. Initially started, I believe, by audi with the S line. It's become a line or design and now Sport worded add on which simply adds a few changes to suspension, wheels and PRICE! Whilst owning my previous i30N performance pack I saw the N-Line in the showroom. Was priced on par with a fiesta st, not the line model. I know which one I'd have chosen! If I had issues of insecurity, it would be disastrous, 😮‍💨😉. However, I'm not a brand snob and therefore don't care 🙂