Talk:Toyota GR Corolla

Metric first
On the basis of WP:CARUNITS and WP:UNITS, I rearranged the order so that metric was first and imperial units were second. reverted my changes because WP:CARUNITS says "The unit order follows a vehicle's major market." The article does say "The GR Corolla will be built mainly for the North American market" but has no supporting reference for this and does say that it is made in Japan for the North American, Japanese and Australian markets. WP:CARUNITS use of "major market" was meant for situations where a car is built in N.America and sold primarily in the US, with perhaps a very small number of cars being exported to other countries as practically an afterthought - eg typical of the cars like the early Ford Mustang, which was sold over a million in N.America, while Australia got a few dozen. That massive discrepancy doesn't seem to apply to the GR Corolla.  Stepho  talk 23:12, 17 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Stepho, I see no such definition of “major market” on WP:CARUNITS. This car was announced by Toyota Motor North America, in a press event in the US, because it will be marketed and built primarily for the US market. I don’t think it’s a huge deal to use SI units, I’m just trying to follow CARUNITS as written. RickyCourtney (talk) 00:26, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I was a part of the process that formed CARUNITS. Americans think, live and breathe imperial units and find it hard to think of cars in terms of metric units. So for cars pretty much for the American market only, we let them use their old style units while most of the world uses metric. But you are right that the wording of the guide could be better.
 * There is a danger in how we pick our references. A US press release will of course focus on US data. Also, Toyota USA tends to shout out information, while Toyota Australia seems to do its best to hide information (few press releases and no search function on its web site). So we tend to use US references because they are easier to find with the help of Mr Google. But Australia got some press coverage too. Eg https://www.torquetoyota.com.au/2022/04/05/world-premier-of-toyota-gr-corolla/ https://www.drive.com.au/news/2023-toyota-gr-corolla-to-get-less-power-in-australia/ https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/toyota-gr-corolla-2022-australian-launch-confirmed  Stepho  talk 01:27, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I usually support leading with PS for JDM cars, but this one is recent enough that even Japanese sources lead with kW. As for the power outputs, however, there seems to be some confusion - it's listed as 220 - 224 kW, but I cannot find any support for 220kW except for some very preliminary articles like the ones Stepho listed above. JDM specs are 224kW/304PS (which means that the number is converted from PS to kW), Aussie specs are 221kW (300PS), US specs are 300hp (224kW), Malaysian specs are 300PS (221kW) - presumably the same specs as for Australia. Does Australia have stricter noise regulations or somesuch? I will adjust the numbers to provide the correct outputs in all three units (hopefully), but kW will still be first in order.  Mr.choppers &#124;   ✎  22:53, 26 December 2023 (UTC)