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LC500 chassis, shortened and chopped.
Curiously, it's left hand drive...
All of the other GR Yaris test mules are right hand drive.

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LC500 chassis, shortened and chopped.
Curiously, it's left hand drive...
All of the other GR Yaris test mules are right hand drive.

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Me, and absolute cave dweller, seeing this

🤔 mm yes, yes they both have a roof and doors
 

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Yaris headlights and taillights. Bet this is nothing more than a testing mule
Correct, the only thing I would take away from this is the size. It looks small and compact.
 

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Lol at the internet freaking over the looks of a TESTMULE... just a reminder of how the C8 started life.

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Lol at the internet freaking over the looks of a TESTMULE... just a reminder of how the C8 started life.
Not nearly as outlandish or stupid, but reminds me of when they disguised the R35 as a G35 when testing it. Test mules are really neat sometimes.

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Correct, the only thing I would take away from this is the size. It looks small and compact.
I would add perhaps event proportions. It's hard to be 100% certain from the crappy screen shots but it does look similar to the FTSe.

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I would add perhaps event proportions. It's hard to be 100% certain from the crappy screen shots but it does look similar to the FTSe.

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You're right though. Shiiiieeddd maybe bought my supra too late
 
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Yaris headlights and taillights. Bet this is nothing more than a testing mule
It is probably another test mule but it's *much* further along to what a final car may be than the previous GR Yaris based mules. The headlights and tail lights are definitely going to change by the time a near production prototype shows up.
 

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It is probably another test mule but it's *much* further along to what a final car may be than the previous GR Yaris based mules. The headlights and tail lights are definitely going to change by the time a near production prototype shows up.
Yup, early stage development mules usually only involves powertrain testing like the Yaris with a 2.0 stuffed in the rear. This could be a stage two test mule were all the hard points are fixed.
 

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Yup, early stage development mules usually only involves powertrain testing like the Yaris with a 2.0 stuffed in the rear. This could be a stage two test mule were all the hard points are fixed.
this is most likely a 2nd stage MR2 test mule. below is a visualization for those that still dont understand the car development process.

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pretty sure that's only to get the right wheelbase, track and weight distribution, styling clearly is not the main goal here.
 

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These spy shots were just posted on FB

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