Yep, Brit tuner Litchfield has done some unholy things to one of the hot hatch hall of fame’s newest entrants, the mighty Toyota GR Yaris. Boss Iain Litchfield bought a pair of Toyotas to “accelerate” the tuning programme early last year. And initial tests boosted the Toyota’s 257bhp, 1.6-litre three-pot turbo to something a little more rounded: 300bhp. So to see just how far Litchfield's hot hatch sorcery had gone, we scrambled The Stig - on one of the hottest days of last summer - and pointed him in the direction of the Top Gear Test Track. The time? Over two and a half seconds quicker than the standard car...

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