Is the Toyota GR Yaris reliable?

The Toyota GR Yaris scores 90/100 on Forecourt's MOT-based reliability measure, ahead of 95% of the cars we track. That is computed from 12,850 real DVSA MOT test results.

How much does a used Toyota GR Yaris cost?

A 2023 Toyota GR Yaris with around 14,301 miles is worth roughly £31,250 today (typical range £28,200–£34,250). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.

How quickly does the Toyota GR Yaris depreciate?

A new Toyota GR Yaris typically loses about 36% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.

What insurance group is the Toyota GR Yaris?

The Toyota GR Yaris sits in insurance group 30 of 50 — the middle of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.

What goes wrong on a used Toyota GR Yaris?

The most common age-related issues we track for the Toyota GR Yaris are: tyres & wheels (typically around 60k-100k miles, £80-£500 to put right); identification & other (typically around 60k-100k miles, £20-£150 to put right); emissions (typically around 30k-60k miles, £150-£800 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.

What does the Toyota GR Yaris cost to run?

Expect around 32 mpg combined on the 1.6 280 Circuit Pack, £200 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.

Is the Toyota GR Yaris ULEZ compliant?

Most petrol Toyota GR Yariss from 2006 and diesels from September 2015 meet the Euro standards for London ULEZ and other UK clean-air zones, so they are generally exempt from the daily charge. Pure-electric versions are always exempt.

Ranked #212 car in the UK · Hot hatch · 670 units sold last year

Toyota GR Yaris

The Toyota GR Yaris (2020 on) is the homologation-special hot hatch that became an instant icon - a bespoke three-door, wide-arched, all-wheel-drive rally car for the road, with a punchy turbo three-cylinder. Far more special than a regular Yaris, it's a genuine driver's car with real motorsport pedigree. Firm, focused and increasingly sought-after, it's a future classic that already commands strong money.

How these figures are sourced — the valuation is anchored to a researched used-market price for this model (AutoTrader median, 2023 at 30k miles). Reliability, mileage and variant data are real DVSA MOT records. Dimensions, tyre sizes and costs, servicing figures and the insurance group are segment-level estimates rather than sourced per car, and are being replaced model by model.

Body: Hot hatch
Years: 2020–2026
Fuel: Petrol
Economy: 32 mpg
Insurance: Group 30

The short version

The Toyota GR Yaris is dearer to run than most. Its MOT-based reliability is excellent — an MOT score of 90/100, ahead of 95% of the cars we track.

Pick your version

Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.

Fuel

Petrol · 1618cc

Power

280 ps

Drivetrain

AWD

Cam drive

Chain

Quoted MPG

32 mpg

Post-2024 facelift GR Yaris. 1.6L 3-cyl turbo (G16E-GTS, smallest 3-cyl turbo ever raced), 280 PS, 6-speed manual, GR-Four AWD with electronically-controlled coupling. 5.2s 0-62. Circuit Pack — Torsen LSDs, BBS wheels. The cult hot hatch.

Tell us about the one you're looking at

Year of registration2023

20202026

Mileage on the clock14,301 mi

0Expected: 14,301180k

Conditiongood

PoorFairGoodExcellent

Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.

Region

Remembered as you browse other cars.

Know the registration?

Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.

Estimated market value

£31,250

Range £26,600 – £36,250

medium confidence

When new (2023)circa £48,000Age-based value£30,400Mileage adjustment+£0Condition & region-£23Market calibration+£2,623Forecourt price£33,000Private sale£29,450Part-exchange£25,950

Holdthis 3-year-old

Fair value — depreciation is moderating.

At 14,301 miles it’s about the ~14,050 typical for a 3-year-old.

Seen one for sale?

A data-led guide from the depreciation curve, UK parc trend and reliability — not financial advice.

The depreciation curve

How a 2023-registration Toyota GR Yaris loses value over time.

Marker = your selection
Dashed = mileage either side

What it costs to own

Over

Based on the 2023 car with 14,301 miles you entered above — worth about £31,250 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 4,767 miles a year.

5-year total

£14,492

Per year

£2,898

All-in per mile

£0.61

Fuel per mile

22.7p

If a company carAround £678/mo Benefit-in-Kind tax at the 40% rate (£339/mo at 20%) — 37% band

Depreciation£1,963

Fuel / energy£5,414

Servicing£1,765

Road tax£1,000

Insurance£4,350

If you're a company-car driver

At 37% BIK, a 40% taxpayer would pay about £678/month in company-car tax (£339/month at 20%) — on top of the running costs above. Full BIK table below for context.

Best age to buy — around 6 years

A 6-year-old example loses roughly £1,900 a year — 71% less than the £6,650 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.

Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.

How it compares

Where this car ranks against the 285 vehicles in our index — higher is better.

Reliabilitybetter than 90%

Fuel economybetter than 11%

Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.

Petrol, diesel, hybrid or EV?

How the available versions compare on price, running cost, and the headaches each tends to develop.

GR Yaris

Cult hot hatch homologated for WRC. Bespoke 3-cyl turbo, 4WD with adjustable diff. Cross-shop Honda Civic Type R, Hyundai i30 N, VW Golf R. The GR Yaris is the hot hatch most likely to appreciate in value — strongest residuals in segment.

New price: circa £45,000
Annual fuel / energy: £1,900
3-yr depreciation: 30%

Watch for

·Some early Circuit Pack examples had brake fluid leaks (campaign-fixed)
·Tyres wear quick (Michelin Pilot Sport 4S)
·Boot tiny (3-door body)
·Holds value extremely well — depreciation ~30%

Fuel/energy costs based on this week’s UK averages (w/c 03/08/2026) · Petrol 159.9p/L, Diesel 179.2p/L, Electricity 27.0p/kWh · DESNZ

Estimated insurance

Group 30 of 50 (upper-mid — pricier to insure) · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB

Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.

No-claims bonus3 years

0 yearsBaseline: 3 years15+

Risk profile:

Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39

£870/ year

Roughly £73 per month

Typical

Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.

Age band	Lower risk	Typical	Higher risk
Age 17-25	£1,984	£2,480	£3,223
Age 26-32	£1,035	£1,218	£1,486
Age 33-39Selected	£766	£870	£1,027
Age 40-49	£650	£722	£838
Age 50+	£579	£644	£760

How we estimate this

Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.

Expected annual costs

Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).

Annual mileage4,767 mi/yr

2,000UK avg for this model: 4,76730,000

Routine service

£185

Annual main-dealer service

Major service

£210

Every 2 years, annualised

Road tax

£200

Standard rate, post year-one

Fuel

£1,083

32 mpg, £1.60/L

Insurance

£870

Age 33-39, group 30

Clean-air zones

✓ ULEZ compliant

All petrol variants meet Euro 4 standards and are ULEZ compliant.

Based on London ULEZ standards — Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and other UK clean-air zones generally follow the same rules.

Total expected£2,548 / year

Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).

Unexpected costs

What out-of-warranty repairs typically run, by mileage band. Your selected mileage is highlighted.

0-30k miles

£80

per year · low risk

30-60k miles

£240

per year · low risk

60-100k miles

£520

per year · medium risk

100k+ miles

£900

per year · high risk

Tyres

225/40 R18 · 235/35 R19

What a full set of four will cost you (including fit and balance), and which brand each tier of buyer should pick. A typical set lasts about 24,000 miles.

Budget

£300

set of 4, fitted · £60 per tyre

Mid-range

£440

set of 4, fitted · £95 per tyre

Premium

£620

set of 4, fitted · £140 per tyre

What to fit

Optional extras worth paying for

Factory options ranked by how much of their original cost they recover at resale. Anything above 70% return tends to make money back; below 40% is paying for your own enjoyment.

Option	New cost	Added used value	Return
Tow bar (factory-fit) Niche, but the buyers who want one will pay for it.	£650	£450	69%
Parking sensors & reversing camera Near-expected now — its absence costs more than its presence returns.	£500	£300	60%
Heated seats / cold-weather pack	£450	£200	44%
Metallic or premium paint Almost universal — an unusual colour is the bigger resale risk.	£600	£200	33%
Panoramic / opening roof	£1,100	£350	32%
Larger alloy wheels	£700	£200	29%

Parts most likely to fail

Drawn from owner reports and warranty data. Filtered for relevance to 14,301 miles.

Watch now

Failure typically happens around your current mileage.

Upcoming

A known weak point — but you haven't reached its usual mileage yet.

Already due

Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.

Tyres & wheelsUpcoming

Typical at 60k-100k milesCost £80-£500low severityParts high

Recorded in 5.8% of MOT tests 60k-100k miles — from 11,474 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Identification & otherUpcoming

Typical at 60k-100k milesCost £20-£150low severityParts high

Recorded in 1.9% of MOT tests 60k-100k miles — from 11,474 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

EmissionsUpcoming

Typical at 30k-60k milesCost £150-£800medium severityParts high

Recorded in 1.6% of MOT tests 30k-60k miles — from 11,474 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

BrakesUpcoming

Typical at 30k-60k milesCost £150-£500medium severityParts high

Recorded in 0.9% of MOT tests 30k-60k miles — from 11,474 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Driver's viewUpcoming

Typical at 30k-60k milesCost £60-£300low severityParts high

Recorded in 0.6% of MOT tests 30k-60k miles — from 11,474 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Lighting & signallingUpcoming

Typical at 30k-60k milesCost £15-£120low severityParts high

Recorded in 0.3% of MOT tests 30k-60k miles — from 11,474 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.

MOT outlook

How this model fares at its MOT as it ages — from 12,850 real DVSA test records.

MOT pass rate by age

93.6% at 3yr → 90.8% at 6yr

A 3-year-old GR Yaris passes its MOT 93.6% of the time; by 6 years that has slipped to 90.8%. The y-axis is zoomed to this model’s range so the trend is readable.

Longevity

Not enough older examples yet to gauge longevity.

What fails at the first MOT

The defect categories a GR Yaris registered 2020–2023 fails on at its first MOT, from 4,966 first tests. Every car here is the same age and the same generation, so these are the faults that show up first - not the wear a high-mileage older example collects.

Tyres & wheels3.5%
Emissions0.8%
Identification & other0.5%
Brakes0.4%
Lighting & signalling0.3%
Driver's view0.2%

Share of first MOT tests recording at least one defect in that category. DVSA test-item categories, not parts: “Driver’s view” covers mirrors, wipers and glass.

Typical mileage by age

The average odometer reading for a GR Yaris at MOT, by age — measured from the same DVSA records, not assumed. A useful yardstick for whether a given car has done more or fewer miles than its age suggests.

3 yr14,050
4 yr18,300
5 yr22,770
6 yr23,022

Mean recorded mileage at MOT by vehicle age, from DVSA test records. Ages below three are not shown: the first MOT is due at three years, so the few cars tested earlier are a self-selected minority rather than a representative sample. Ages with at least 10 tests shown.

Reliability

90/ 100

Excellent

First-MOT pass rate and defect rate for cars registered 2020 onward (4,966 first tests), with cohort survival — high confidence.

MOT outlook · age 5 years

92%first-time pass rate

95th percentile — Among the best in the catalogue

Based on 1,624 MOT tests · ranked against 248 catalogue models with comparable data

Where this car sits in the catalogue

Pass-rate distribution across 248 catalogue models

Things owners say

01The bespoke GR-Four all-wheel-drive system and wide body make it a proper performance car, not a warm Yaris.
02Strong residuals and cult status - good examples hold value unusually well; check for hard or track use.
03Firm and focused rather than comfortable - bought for the drive, with a snug rear and small boot.

Safety recalls

Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the Toyota GR Yaris, or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.

Check on GOV.UK

Opens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.

Theft risk

A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.

Whole-car theft

Higher

Higher-value cars like this are relay-theft targets — keyless entry can be exploited from the driveway in under a minute.

Parts theft

Around average

Parts-theft risk is around average — catalytic-converter theft is the main thing to be aware of on any petrol or diesel car.

Worth doing

Keep keys in a Faraday pouch and away from the front door to block relay attacks.
A visible steering lock is a cheap, strong deterrent on a frequently-targeted car.

Clean-air zones

Whether driving a Toyota GR Yaris into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.

Charging zones for cars

City	Area	Daily charge	Likely outcome
London	All of Greater London (within the M25)	£12.50	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.
Birmingham	Inside the A4540 Middleway	£8.00	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.
Bristol	City centre and part of the Portway	£9.00	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.
Glasgow	City centre	—	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.
Edinburgh	City centre	—	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.
Aberdeen	City centre	—	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.
Dundee	City centre	—	Likely exempt Petrol from 2006 meets Euro 4.

Zones that don't charge private cars

Bath — City centre (Private cars and motorbikes are not charged).
Bradford — Outer ring road and the Aire Valley (Private cars are not charged).
Sheffield — Inside the A61 inner ring road (Private cars are not charged).
Newcastle & Gateshead — City centres and the Tyne, Swing, High Level and Redheugh bridges (Private cars are not charged).
Portsmouth — Part of the city centre (Applies to taxis, PHVs, buses, coaches and HGVs only).

Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.

Company car tax

What HMRC's Benefit-in-Kind charge looks like if you ran this Toyota GR Yaris as a company car, by tax year and income-tax band. Calculated from a CO₂ of 202 g/km, using £55,000 as the P11D value.

Tax year	BIK %	Tax @ 20%	Tax @ 40%	Monthly @ 20%	Monthly @ 40%
2025-26	37%	£4,070	£8,140	£339	£678
2026-27	37%	£4,070	£8,140	£339	£678
2027-28	38%	£4,180	£8,360	£348	£697
2028-29	39%	£4,290	£8,580	£358	£715
2029-30	39%	£4,290	£8,580	£358	£715

P11D value is approximated from the latest new price; the exact figure on your tax code will depend on options fitted. The 4% diesel surcharge applies only to non-RDE2 (pre-2021) diesels — we assume RDE2 compliance for current models. Bands and rates from HMRC's Autumn Budget 2024 confirmation through 2029/30.

Servicing & the dealer network

How well-supported Toyota is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.

Franchised UK dealers

~180

Large network

Mass-market

Network size relative to the UK's largest (Toyota is 4% of all franchised outlets)

Servicing, parts and warranty work are easy to find UK-wide, and most independent garages know the brand well — which keeps maintenance competitive.

For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.

Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.

Dimensions & weight

These are segment estimates, not manufacturer figures. 296 of 325 catalogued cars share one of 14 identical dimension sets, so they describe a class rather than this particular car. Sourced figures replace them model by model.

Length

4,350 mm

Width

1,820 mm

Height

1,450 mm

Kerb weight

1,450 kg

Boot

370–1,200 L

Fuel tank

48 L

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Common questions

Toyota GR Yaris, answered from the data

Is the Toyota GR Yaris reliable?: The Toyota GR Yaris scores 90/100 on Forecourt's MOT-based reliability measure, ahead of 95% of the cars we track. That is computed from 12,850 real DVSA MOT test results.
How much does a used Toyota GR Yaris cost?: A 2023 Toyota GR Yaris with around 14,301 miles is worth roughly £31,250 today (typical range £28,200–£34,250). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.
How quickly does the Toyota GR Yaris depreciate?: A new Toyota GR Yaris typically loses about 36% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.
What insurance group is the Toyota GR Yaris?: The Toyota GR Yaris sits in insurance group 30 of 50 — the middle of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.
What goes wrong on a used Toyota GR Yaris?: The most common age-related issues we track for the Toyota GR Yaris are: tyres & wheels (typically around 60k-100k miles, £80-£500 to put right); identification & other (typically around 60k-100k miles, £20-£150 to put right); emissions (typically around 30k-60k miles, £150-£800 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.
What does the Toyota GR Yaris cost to run?: Expect around 32 mpg combined on the 1.6 280 Circuit Pack, £200 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.
Is the Toyota GR Yaris ULEZ compliant?: Most petrol Toyota GR Yariss from 2006 and diesels from September 2015 meet the Euro standards for London ULEZ and other UK clean-air zones, so they are generally exempt from the daily charge. Pure-electric versions are always exempt.

Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.