The Toyota GR Corolla is a performance machine meant for spirited driving. For one owner, those spirited driving days are on pause after a fire consumed his hot hatch. The cause is unknown, the damage is significant, and the dashcam footage is wild.
It appears as though the driver is on a North Carolina highway based on the firetruck that shows up later. He says that just before the footage below, he had done one high-speed pull. As the video begins, he’s at just above 80 mph (128 km/h) and things seem normal. He says that first, the engine failed and that’s when he started to notice smoke.
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