And worth savouring because, well, who will ever build something else like it?’ But there’s a problem because you can’t buy one. Not yet anyway. Following what Toyota called ‘unprecedented demand in 2021’, interested parties must sign up to the GR Yaris waiting list. A case of the best things coming to those who wait.

For those without any patience, here are 20 homologation heroes you can buy today. To make things interesting, we’ve focused on some left-field choices, all of which should be available for the price of a new GR Yaris. We’ve bent the rules a little, not least because the regulations have changed over the years, but these cars have a whiff of motorsport magic about them.