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2025 Toyota GR Corolla Dad Review: More Hot Than Hatch
The GR Corolla might be shaped like a dad car, but its AWD hardware eats into cargo space that would normally be used for hauling kid gear. The post 2025 Toyota GR Corolla Dad Review: More Hot Than Hatch appeared first on The Drive.
Relatively speaking, the $40,000 2025 Toyota GR Corolla is an accessible performance car that probably didn’t need further democratizing, but Toyota did it anyway by introducing an automatic version. Even with an automatic, the rowdy hot hatch is still a rowdy hot hatch. It’s fast, sharp, and raucous. Its tiny turbocharged three-cylinder engine’s boost builds like an ‘80s rally car’s, its steering is meaty and accurate, and its suspension is firm. It’s a car that likes to be wrestled around and gets better and better the faster and harder you drive it.
But it’s still a hatchback. So it needs to be practical, sensible, and usable every day. We were curious as to how this People’s Performance car fares with the littlest people among us: children. So, as a dad to two young boys, I put its practicality to the test for a week to see how Toyota’s hot hatch handles dad duty.
Back Seat Blues
Car Seat Installation: 
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