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Toyota GR Corolla v Honda Civic Type R: DRAG RACE

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It's time for a Japanese head-to-head!

We've got our hands on the Honda Civic Type R, and it's going up against an imported Toyota GR Corolla! But which will triumph? Let's take a closer look at the stats.

Starting with the Honda, it's powered by a 2-litre 4-cylinder turbo engine that produces 329hp and 420Nm. This power is sent to the front wheels only through a 6-speed handbook transmission, and the cars and truck weighs in at 1,429 kg. As brand-new, it costs from simply under ₤ 52,000.

Next up, we have the GR Corolla, which has been imported from Japan by Whiff Bitz. It's powered by a 1.6-litre 3-cylinder turbo, which creates 304hp and 370Nm. This power is sent to all 4 wheels through a 6-speed manual, and it pointers the scales at 1,475 kg. It's available to buy from Whif Bitz for ₤ 45,000.

So the Type R has more power, however the GR Corolla has Four Wheel Drive! There's just one way to learn which will win … LET'S RACE!

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Thanks to @Whifbitz for assisting to set up this race!

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95 responses to “Toyota GR Corolla v Honda Civic Type R: DRAG RACE”

  1. @carwow Avatar
    @carwow

    Change your car with Carwow: https://bit.ly/-Change-Your-Car-1208

    Reply
    1. @lazy210-f4j Avatar
      @lazy210-f4j

      One day maybe

      Reply
    2. @Mis0xr8 Avatar
      @Mis0xr8

      Rsq8 performance vs x6 comp

      Reply
    3. @jacobrev6567 Avatar
      @jacobrev6567

      Ok👍

      Reply
    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      I think these cars look really cool like Ferrari 355F1.

      Reply
    5. @nubeblaca Avatar
      @nubeblaca

      And when you see that you are losing all the races, the guy knows what he is doing, he invents and makes other rules to suit him, you are still a loser, if you face me you would lose every time

      Reply
  2. @gregtudanca. Avatar
    @gregtudanca.

    Though its nice to see supercars race, it’s nice to have these types of line ups again.

    Reply
    1. @MrLense Avatar
      @MrLense

      It’s a shame that a civic and a corolla are asking for supercar prices anyway.

      Reply
    2. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@MrLenseit also 1.5x more expensive than even 1966 Ford GT40.

      Reply
    3. @v4skunk739 Avatar
      @v4skunk739

      @@MrLense Not sure about Corolla but the FL5 Type-R doesn’t depreciate.

      Reply
    4. @singular9 Avatar
      @singular9

      Ah yes 50k USD “budget” cars.

      Reply
    5. @anderson2718 Avatar
      @anderson2718

      ​@@singular9no one said they’re budget cars lol

      Reply
  3. @nischalvaradhan4303 Avatar
    @nischalvaradhan4303

    SPOILER ALERT : the Japanese car WON !!

    Reply
    1. @yagamikiralight8805 Avatar
      @yagamikiralight8805

      You cringe pos’ ruin the comments

      Reply
    2. @mayur5021 Avatar
      @mayur5021

      Wow 😂

      Reply
    3. @deluxo1723 Avatar
      @deluxo1723

      Didn’t expect that tbh

      Reply
    4. @KimiMD Avatar
      @KimiMD

      But they’re both Japanese cars?

      Reply
    5. @maklogetrich2378 Avatar
      @maklogetrich2378

      ​@@KimiMDr/whoosh

      Reply
  4. @suhailcassim14 Avatar
    @suhailcassim14

    Fun fact on the GR corolla

    When it’s in sport mode, press the traction button then it will activate “expert” mode

    Then you’ll be able to rev the car till redline 💪

    Reply
    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      When it sport mode it also add 25 bhp more.

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    2. @suhailcassim14 Avatar
      @suhailcassim14

      ​@@purwantiallan5089seriously? Cause I own one and the only difference I feel in sport is the throttle is sharper and the steering has more weight

      Reply
    3. @Ashur111 Avatar
      @Ashur111

      If another car near me wants to rev I always have to fiddle with the controls to unlock the rev limiter, takes like 2 seconds but can be annoying and sound embarrassing if you forget and get that sad fake limiter that sounds like a normal corolla reving

      Reply
    4. @n8n8n8n Avatar
      @n8n8n8n

      Hope Mat’s taking notes.

      Reply
    5. @rasherbasher8203 Avatar
      @rasherbasher8203

      ​@@purwantiallan5089bullshit

      Reply
  5. @matheusm4a1s Avatar
    @matheusm4a1s

    I find it very impressive that the GR Corolla has 300HP being a 1.6 engine with only 3 cylinders, it practically has 100 horsepower per cylinder in a small 1.6

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      It also as impressive as Impreza 22B STi.

      Reply
    2. @vaderJV Avatar
      @vaderJV

      But that subaru is extremely limited unlike the corolla

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    3. @jayc342009 Avatar
      @jayc342009

      You forget to mention it has a turbo

      Reply
    4. @ISOLATICN1 Avatar
      @ISOLATICN1

      Very unreliable but time will tell,

      Reply
    5. @gknn54 Avatar
      @gknn54

      100ch par litre est très très courant de nos jours, biensur avec turbo 😂

      Reply
  6. @aldosam5317 Avatar
    @aldosam5317

    Toyota: AWD
    Honda: FWD
    Nothing else to say

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    1. @Lukas-lp2fz Avatar
      @Lukas-lp2fz

      I knew immediately who would win
      Should’ve done GR Corolla vs Golf R

      Reply
    2. @oemj7147 Avatar
      @oemj7147

      @@Lukas-lp2fz That’s not a race. The Golf R is in a completely different league.

      Reply
    3. @lesego2933 Avatar
      @lesego2933

      Toyota 35k
      Honda 50k

      Nothing else to say

      Reply
    4. @VBMichael_D Avatar
      @VBMichael_D

      except neither configurations are ideal on dry tarmac. We’ve had DECADES to understand this.
      FWD does not belong in dry tarmac performance, and AWD is for rally. 3 cylinder engines do not belong in performance applications either, especially when Toyota has the 1ZZ, 2ZZ and 1NZ-FE. If you don’t know what those are, you don’t belong in this discussion.

      Reply
    5. @Motchi-69 Avatar
      @Motchi-69

      “Toyota has less power, less torque, and more weight and less of cylinder…… yet it’s cheaper and still beats the Type R.”

      Reply
  7. @slasheerr946 Avatar
    @slasheerr946

    The engine sounds are recorded beautifully in this video! Goodjob!

    Reply
    1. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      The engine sound also simply lovely.

      Reply
  8. @alphataurifan Avatar
    @alphataurifan

    Some of the younger viewers might not understand civic vs corolla properly.

    Reply
    1. @hashidiq Avatar
      @hashidiq

      Civic never won vs corolla lol 😂😂

      Reply
    2. @hungryalien Avatar
      @hungryalien

      @@hashidiq time to bring back 4AG vs B16! 😂

      Reply
    3. @yosephk.2945 Avatar
      @yosephk.2945

      @@hashidiq are we talking about lap times?

      Reply
    4. @jdavidblais Avatar
      @jdavidblais

      You don’t have to be old to understand this wtf are you talking about ?

      Reply
    5. @okeefedunkley3679 Avatar
      @okeefedunkley3679

      ​@hashidiq he can’t drive that civic tho….

      Reply
  9. @SasonJathomReal Avatar
    @SasonJathomReal

    Glad to have made an appearance again.
    Thank you, Carwow.

    Reply
    1. @Lewis-jc9rl Avatar
      @Lewis-jc9rl

      I always trust to see you here

      Reply
    2. @ALIENWAREGTX Avatar
      @ALIENWAREGTX

      No one cares

      Reply
    3. @SasonJathomReal Avatar
      @SasonJathomReal

      ​@@ALIENWAREGTXshut up, bih.

      Reply
    4. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      I think its much appreciated.

      Reply
    5. @Crosscric Avatar
      @Crosscric

      Who tf are you?

      Reply
  10. @fireflames83bonnie69 Avatar
    @fireflames83bonnie69

    How disrespectful the guy in the Toyota said he missed third gear and still got the type R by four cars😂😂

    Reply
    1. @garonb2994 Avatar
      @garonb2994

      It was a dig, of course the type r loses it’s up against awd

      Reply
    2. @yama-fanboy Avatar
      @yama-fanboy

      @@garonb2994 as long as there’s a honda in the race and it loses there will be someone making excuses. *yawn*

      Reply
    3. @WhatisaLee Avatar
      @WhatisaLee

      ​@@yama-fanboy Everything must sound like an excuse to you. That’s miserable, mate.

      Reply
    4. @yama-fanboy Avatar
      @yama-fanboy

      @@WhatisaLee awww your poor widdle honda feewings got hurt i’m sowwie.

      Reply
    5. @aquaplays6250 Avatar
      @aquaplays6250

      @@yama-fanboy what is wrong with you? The civic isn’t designed for straight line and ESPECIALLY not racing from a dig. You are acting like a 5 year old “your pool widdle honda feewings”

      Reply
  11. @Soh90 Avatar
    @Soh90

    About time we got a person that can properly launch a GR Corolla. I’ve seen so many videos of GRC loosing to CTR in the 1/4 mile and I would just shake my head knowing that a simple driver mod is all the Corolla needed.

    Reply
    1. @dannybishop68 Avatar
      @dannybishop68

      Then you can just mod all the other competitors also.

      Reply
    2. @anthonyng3014 Avatar
      @anthonyng3014

      @@dannybishop68 Did you not watch the video? They brought in a pro to launch the CTR and it still lost to the GRC.

      Reply
    3. @SaltStorm007 Avatar
      @SaltStorm007

      EXACTLY! After cross shopping all the hot hatches, the GRC is the winner without question💯I love it!

      Reply
    4. @fboettcher Avatar
      @fboettcher

      @@anthonyng3014 The CTR is notoriously hard to launch in a drag race. The 2 cars by comparison are fairly equal. The CTR is faster top end. It’s hard to beat AWD on a launch and even harder with a CTR. The roll races show the best comparison to what these 2 cars can do.

      Reply
    5. @lochnessspeedwerkz6557 Avatar
      @lochnessspeedwerkz6557

      Awd makes that much difference.

      Reply
  12. @Yunoko1219com Avatar
    @Yunoko1219com

    日本人です。日本から見ています。こうした日本車の活躍が見れて嬉しいです。

    I am Japanese. We are happy to see these Japanese cars in action.

    Sorry if there are any oddities in the English language

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    1. @theusefulchannel Avatar
      @theusefulchannel

      We love your GR Yaris.

      Reply
    2. @sonicstep Avatar
      @sonicstep

      Is the result what you had expected?

      Reply
    3. @abduljawadalsulami1469 Avatar
      @abduljawadalsulami1469

      サウジアラビア人です。日本車は本当に最高だよ

      Reply
    4. @paparazzi8472 Avatar
      @paparazzi8472

      Если ты японец, то передай там в TOYOTA, что “глобальное потепление” это миф, и пусть вернут мотор V8.

      Reply
    5. @St0RM33 Avatar
      @St0RM33

      Shinji get in the robot!

      Reply
  13. @arunanilkumar1706 Avatar
    @arunanilkumar1706

    After watching all the super/hyper car races, this one looks like a slow-motion video.

    Reply
  14. @panemamen6717 Avatar
    @panemamen6717

    The reason of bogging down is because the type -r never fully disables the traction control, you need to execute a secuence of pressing buttons to fully disable it, when the traction control indicator is blinking that’s a signal of fully disabled traction control, and is a lot more faster.

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    1. @TurboBMRProjectLove Avatar
      @TurboBMRProjectLove

      yeah i found it weird that the type r wasn’t faster. those things pull like freight trains up top

      Reply
    2. @statementleaver8095 Avatar
      @statementleaver8095

      ​@@TurboBMRProjectLove
      Heaviest TypeR ever made!!!
      FK8 & FL5 Aren’t worth the money

      (I own an FK2 1280kg = Half a Tonne lighter than FL5 😮😮😮 and Newer parts are interchangeable🎉🎉)

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    3. @statementleaver8095 Avatar
      @statementleaver8095

      FL5 is 1780kg
      And 315bhp 420torque

      She FATTER for the US Market!!! as FK2 is illegal due to Power – Weight 👍

      Reply
    4. @LizardMane Avatar
      @LizardMane

      ​@statementleaver8095why is it so heavy??

      Reply
    5. @statementleaver8095 Avatar
      @statementleaver8095

      ​@@LizardMane
      FK2 = built on FN2 chassis (Euro spec) I can fit a 6X4ft object in the back when seats are down without an issue 🎉
      FK8 = New Chassis for independent Suspension (mk1 yank spec) 4x3ft object with seats down… seats dont fold flat!!😢
      FL5 = Even wider Chassis with everything being 10% better(more Foam in Seats) on paper but worse in performance (mk2 yank spec) Too much Trim for anything othe than a Carrier bag!!

      Reply
  15. @gabrielmaggi2949 Avatar
    @gabrielmaggi2949

    Petition to add the speed at the end of the drag races and roll races

    Reply
    1. @AlifMizznali Avatar
      @AlifMizznali

      Surely agree!

      Reply
    2. @ricric3025 Avatar
      @ricric3025

      BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS.
      Not that Car(un)wow reads the comments.

      Sigh

      Reply
    3. @kimanzimeshack8641 Avatar
      @kimanzimeshack8641

      Try Hargety

      Reply
    4. @symphonixx Avatar
      @symphonixx

      That and add specs table next to each other at the start.

      Reply
  16. @JustRandomThings Avatar
    @JustRandomThings

    The most important race for ordinary 90% people

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    1. @LibSlayer69 Avatar
      @LibSlayer69

      90% of people can not afford these cars. 😂

      Reply
    2. @Rob_Bay Avatar
      @Rob_Bay

      @@LibSlayer69 and yet they will still have it and be in debt for the next 8 years

      Reply
    3. @JustRandomThings Avatar
      @JustRandomThings

      ​@@LibSlayer69but they certainly can’t afford a jesko. We can think about owning these. They are more affordable than supercars atleast

      Reply
    4. @erocontent Avatar
      @erocontent

      https://youtu.be/fQkHrYR6X4w?si=jlXfiFCnoF7WEXnl ⬅️🔞

      Reply
    5. @GF-mf7ml Avatar
      @GF-mf7ml

      Honda Jazz vs Toyota Yaris

      Reply
  17. @altGoolam Avatar
    @altGoolam

    People just can’t accept when a Toyota beats them.

    Reply
    1. @AnthonyJarrett84 Avatar
      @AnthonyJarrett84

      I know

      Reply
    2. @danielr.8345 Avatar
      @danielr.8345

      Yes and specially honda fanboy’s ‘’powaaa of dreams’’

      Reply
    3. @hiatushibiscus Avatar
      @hiatushibiscus

      @@danielr.8345😂😂😂

      Reply
    4. @Brownlightning1990 Avatar
      @Brownlightning1990

      Don’t they explode?

      Reply
  18. @capichero Avatar
    @capichero

    Fun fact: both GR Corolla and GR Yaris have a hidden AWD Test Mode. It requires a lengthy pedal dance to activate. This disables all computerized assists, except ABS.

    Reply
    1. @oakkblackbird Avatar
      @oakkblackbird

      Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to activate AWD test mode on the GR Corolla, according to Speedindustry on YouTube:
      Start with the car off and the handbrake engaged (pulled up).
      Turn the ignition to the “on” position.
      With the brake pedal depressed, engage the clutch.
      Release the handbrake.
      Press the brake pedal twice and hold.
      Release the brake pedal and then release the handbrake.
      Pull the handbrake up and down twice, holding the final pull.
      Release the brake pedal.
      Press the brake pedal twice and hold.
      The car is now in AWD test mode.

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  19. @Brooksmaekai Avatar
    @Brooksmaekai

    All those people, all those cell phones etc and no one can find out how to fully disable traction control xD

    Reply
  20. @BigStevo_6 Avatar
    @BigStevo_6

    $69,995 Type R in an Arizona Honda Stealership showroom. What the hell?

    Reply

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