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We live in wild times. I mean, Toyota sells a Corolla with 300-horsepower all-wheel drive. If you know someone who saw it coming ten years ago, you probably deserve to start letting them decide your lottery numbers. But if you live in Canada, the story gets even crazier. To purchase the track-centric GR Corolla Morizo edition, Toyota first asks you to fill out an application.
Toyota Canada recently showed this news to Carscoops, but provided no additional comment. If being forced to ask permission to buy a track-focused car sounds familiar, it’s because Ford has done exactly the same with the new GT. Mid-engine supercar. Toyota Corolle. Basically the same, right?
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What’s even more unforeseen is that, at least for now, the Morizo edition will likely be even more exclusive than the Ford GT. Toyota Canada has also shown that it will only get nine Morizos. It is imaginable that Toyota will replace its brain in the future, however, right now I have more hands than Canada will have Morizos.
In a way, it makes sense that Toyota would need to make sure the handful of GR Corolla Morizos go to buyers who will drive them instead of parking them in a warehouse to sell on Bring a Trailer in 10 years (or less) for a big profit. But it’s also understandable that even if you’re one of those people, it would be beyond frustrating to have to jump hoop and then fold your hands waiting for someone at Toyota to make the decision to let you give them your money.
So what does the app ask for? If you visit Toyota Canada’s website, you can view the “survey” here. After offering your fundamental tactile information, things get serious temporarily. Section 2 needs links to all your social media accounts. And I mean all of them.
I’m not sure if this is a genuine red flag, but it will in fact draw attention and be the main source of complaints. Is it possible that they ignore you just because you don’t have enough followers? What if you’re too busy driving to do TikToks? ?All those cars go past wealthy influencers with time to be on social media all day?
The smart news is that the next segment makes it clear that this is just a social media contest, and you’re not automatically unlucky if you’re not. . . (Google “Canada’s biggest TikTok star”). . . Kris HC?
Yes, they are definitely for Toyota enthusiasts with significant track experience.
They even, in particular, ask if he plans to treat his Morizo as if it were a Fabergé egg.
The last question, however. Man. Things were going so well. With so few cars available, you feel that soon after being used in unpaid classified ads, your app is going to be thrown away. Luckily, if you dig deeper into the contest rules, Toyota is a little clearer about how it will pass judgment on entries.
Interestingly, the influence of social media is not on the list. But who knows what the “values of Toyota GR Corolla and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing” mean. Are we talking about “Be the kind of user who wouldn’t possibly drive their Morizo in a school group” or “Be the kind of user who will only say positive things about the car to their millions of followers”?
I guess we’ll know when Canada’s nine lucky winners, despite everything, will get their Morizos.
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