We should've stopped to consider, though, that the long-rumored all-wheel-drive Corolla hot hatch could be its stand-in, which finally dawned on us after a recent teaser by Toyota implied it could be.
As first noted on GR Corolla Forum, Toyota shared a retouched photograph of the Corolla hatchback's interior a few weeks back on Instagram.
At the same time, that suggests what we've believed to be called the Corolla Sport GRMN could instead arrive as the Corolla GR-Four, potentially referencing the Celica GT-Four.
At the same time, though, if the Corolla hot hatch did finally debut a performance automatic transaxle, it'd be a thing to celebrate, as it'd address the Achilles Heel of the Camry TRD.