2025 Toyota GR Corolla gets automatic transmission, other updates
2025 Toyota GR Corolla gets automatic transmission, other updates

Not long ago When people complained that Toyota only made boring cars. Apparently, the company listened to them and did something about it. That explains performance-oriented models like the Camry TRD, the Supra Six-Speed, and Toyota's hottest hatchback, the 300-horsepower, all-wheel-drive GR (Gazoo Racing) Corolla, the latter of which comes exclusively with a six-speed stick shift. Toyota has given it several suspension, cooling, and engine upgrades for 2025, but don't worry—it's not killing off the manual transmission. An automatic transmission is, however, being added to the options list. Considering the GR Corolla was launched as a 2023 model, it's surprising Toyota has updated it so thoroughly just two years later. It starts with the new Premium Plus trim level, which combines the Core and Premium grades and adds a sub-radiator for additional cooling, a "raised hood" with functional vents, matte black 18-inch wheels and a forged carbon fiber roof to the Premium specification. Inside, Premium Plus models get a head-up…