Toyota took a humble hatchback, dragged it to the most punishing racetrack on Earth, stripped out the back seats, and handed us a street-legal rally car.

If you like driving—and I mean actually driving, not just commuting with adaptive cruise control on—you need to look at the 2026 GRMN Corolla. Toyota is pitching this as the absolute peak of the GR lineup. Translated from corporate-speak: it goes fast, it handles like it’s on rails, and it’s built purely for driver joy.