CONCEPT
The GR Yaris Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition is a special-edition model that commemorates TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) driver Sébastien Ogier’s 2025 WRC title. The battle for the 2025 WRC title went down to the wire, with the drivers’ championship hanging in the balance until the conclusion of Rally Saudi Arabia, which was the season’s final round. The win earned Ogier, who competed last year in 11 races and secured 10 podium finishes, including six victories, his ninth overall title, tying the all-time WRC record. Throughout the season, Ogier demonstrated the very qualities for which TGR strives: a stance for persistently taking on challenges to secure victory, a spirit for never giving up no matter what the situation, and the resolve to push beyond the limits. The special-edition model was developed to celebrate Ogier’s victory and a remarkable milestone etched into rally history, as well as to express gratitude to all the fans who support and cheer on TGR-WRT.
The GR Yaris Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition for the Japanese market is to be available in a total of 100 units through a purchasing lottery, with applications accepted from spring 2026 via the TGR official smartphone application “GR app”. The model is also to be released in certain European markets in a limited run of 100 units.
FEATURES
The GR Yaris Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition features exclusive equipment that incorporates Ogier’s preferences and individuality, based on the GR Yaris “Aero performance package” launched in 2025.
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Exclusive 4WD control mode developed with Ogier mode developed with Ogier
An exclusive 4WD control mode was developed together with Ogier, in which a “SEB.” mode replaces the “TRACK” mode of the base vehicle. The “SEB.” mode is a 4WD control mode with 40:60 front/rear torque distribution designed to enable vehicle control through rear-wheel driving force while maintaining front-wheel steering responsiveness. It aims to contribute to shorter times in competitive driving by increasing car-driver unity and improving vehicle control at high speeds.
It also features a “MORIZO” mode, which replaces the “GRAVEL” mode of the base vehicle. The “MORIZO” mode is a 4WD control mode that maximizes the binding force (direct connection) between the front and rear wheels during acceleration and eases it only as needed during braking to achieve a high level of both traction and cornering performance. Ogier particularly favored—and chose to adopt—the arrangement of driving force distribution that Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda, aka Morizo, developed through racing in rallies.
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An interior and exterior packed with Ogier’s preferences exterior packed with Ogier’s preferences
The interior and exterior were crafted to achieve both the high quality and refinement sought by Ogier and the functionality required in rallies.
The exterior color is the new “Black Gravite*1”, which was exclusively developed for the GR Yaris Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition and is a color that symbolizes TGR’s motorsports activities in 2025. It is complemented by wheels in matte black. The brake calipers are in Ogier’s signature blue, while the radiator grille incorporates a tricolor decoration inspired by the flag of Ogier’s home country of France.
The steering wheel—developed for improved motorsports operability—features an outer diameter that is slightly smaller than that in the case of the base model and modified steering-wheel-mounted switches laid out independently, drawing on lessons learned from the GR Yaris Rally2 rally car. The stitching is in blue, gray, and red (for a tricolor accent).
The vertical parking brake features a newly developed leather-wrapped grip with exclusive gray stitching, and the interior also features a special serial-number plate commemorating Ogier’s 2025 WRC title.
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Exclusive wheel color (Matte Black) + Exclusive colored brake calipers (Blue) -
Tricolor-decorated radiator grille -
Morizo-autographed front windshield -
Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition exclusive emblem (on the back door) -
Exclusive vinyl (used in the lower section of the doors) -
Exclusive vinyl (used in the lower section of rear fenders)
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Leather-wrapped vertical parking brake lever & cover with gray stitching -
Tricolor stitching (on GR-exclusive steering wheel) -
Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition-exclusive serial-number plate -
Exclusive GR Full TFT gauge display (for displaying “SEB.” mode/ “MORIZO” mode)
*2. As the GR Yaris Sébastien Ogier 9x World Champion Edition is currently under development, the equipment described is subject to change without notice.
■The photographs show a prototype model as of January 2026. Some specifications may differ from the production model.
■All information is current as of January 2026. Specifications and model names may change without prior notice.