2021 Toyota GR Yaris AP4 Revealed

Toyota Australia has taken the wraps off its all-new GR Yaris-based rally car - the GR Yaris AP4 (Asia-Pacific 4WD) - ahead of its competition debut in the Netier National Capital Rally in Canberra, to be held on April 9 to 11. Two all-new Toyota GR Yaris AP4s will race in the first round of the Australian Rally Championship (ARC) driven by the factory-backed TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) rally team of Harry and Lewis Bates. The TGRA rally team is managed by four-time Australian rally champion Neal Bates while eldest son Harry is reigning Australian rally champion and his younger brother Lewis finished runner-up in the 2019 ARC season, the last year that the ARC was run in full. The new GR Yaris AP4 race cars were built and engineered by Neal Bates Motorsport (NBM) in collaboration with Toyota Australia. While Toyota Australia has long supported an Australian rally team in the ARC, this is the first time that the company has been actively involved in the development of the rally cars, with the body