Toyota GR Corolla Wagon Masterfully Rendered, Sadly Isn't Feasible

Be that as it may, pixel meister Theottle used his editing skills to imagine a family-sized GR Corolla. It sure ticks all the right boxes, especially those brawny wheel arches in combination. However, the largest automaker of Japan's Big Three hasn't considered a wagon-bodied GR Corolla yet.

Chances are it will not happen for this generation of the Corolla, primarily because station wagons aren't nearly as popular as crossover utility vehicles are in the United States, Europe, and back home in Japan. Speaking of crossovers, Toyota has already reacted to rising demand for this vehicle with the Corolla Cross, Yaris Cross, and the Aygo X.

Produced in Czechia exclusively, the A-segment crossover features TNGA-B underpinnings, meaning that it's related to the Yaris Cross. The bigger sibling offers four-cylinder lumps across the board, including flex fuel and hybrid setups, while Aygo X makes do with a naturally aspirated I3.

As opposed to the GR-specific engine, said I3 is a free-breathing affair with merely 72 horsepower and 69 pound-feet (93 Nm) of torque on tap, resulting in a zero to 100 kph (62 mph) acceleration time of 14.9 seconds. A far cry from the 300 ponies and 295 pound-feet (400 Nm) of the GR Yaris for model year 2024, which can be optioned with a Gazoo Racing-developed automatic transmission.

The new box isn't available for the GR Corolla in the US market, which is both good news and somewhat bad news. On the one hand, manual enthusiasts are often against dual-clutch and torque-converter automatic transmissions in vehicles designed from the outset for driving enjoyment. On the other, Gazoo's new tranny is certain to be quicker on a racetrack than the iMT stick shift with auto rev-matching technology.

Toyota has no plans of discontinuing said manual transmission anytime soon, partly because Volkswagen has already discontinued the manuals in the front-drive Golf GTI and the all-paw-drive Golf R. Still, there is no place for a GR Corolla Touring in the lineup, be it the US or the EU.

Although Toyota does not split Corolla sales into hatchback and wagon sales, we do know that wagons play second fiddle to hatchbacks in this regard. The automaker's partnership with Suzuki for the Swace is a good example in this regard, with Suzuki allowed to sell the rebranded model as long as it's a wagon.

Not available in Europe, the GR Corolla hatchback carries a sticker price of $36,500 in the United States of America for the Core trim level. The GR Corolla features a single well-equipped grade in Japan, where prices kick off at 5,250,000 yen or something like $32,920 at current exchange rates.