Of all the car brands you thought might launch a proper hot hatch in 2020, where was Toyota on your list? Come now, be honest. This is a brand that hasn't dipped a solo toe (so not including partnership deals) into performance waters in decades, after all, and so I'm guessing it was somewhere near the bottom. And yet here was are, standing in the pit lane of Portugal's Estoril race circuit, a squat and heavily camouflaged GR Yaris parked in front of us, its twin exhaust pipes chattering away, its driver's door open to reveal a par of decidedly sporty seats and a manual gearbox. Yes, it's been a long, long time coming, but Toyota is finally back on the hot-hatch scene. And we're talking a proper, rorty hot hatch, too - all turbocharged engine, all-paw power and a weight-stripped framed - which Toyota says is enough to push the Yaris deep into Golf GTI and Hyundai i30 N territory on the performance front.