you're asking the wrong question
your question should ask 400k can buy what other manual performance car

there is almost none except porsche only which i don't know the pricing but definitely higher than that
they're the only direct competitor left in terms of manual performance car

don't think hyundai is even the same class
WRX is really out of question...it's only for those who has way too much time to spare(you're gonna need it)

u want that overall driving experience...the only 2 that i can think of is type R and porsche manual

u also need to account how much demand this car has
it's sold out everywhere

they can actually sell this as an auction rather than ballot....people would still go for it

try think logically
1.6T 3 cylinder 355k vs 2.0T 4 cylinder 399k

which one is clearly better?

thn you're not kecam-ing me already
you're kecam almost all of the foreign car reviewers out there already
they're all comparing the FK8 and FL5(which is almost similar) to porsche manual

the only old video that i can see being compared to toyota is the GR yaris..that is all
on the other question that u should ask yourself...until today, how much hype do u see GR corolla have?....how much review video it received and what are the reviewers saying about it?
and most importantly, how many GR corolla do u see on the road....vs FK8?
i mean i can see a couple of GR yaris once in a while but i've never seen a single GR corolla yet

nobody buy these sort of cars to smoke people bruh
u wanna smoke people, buy a GTR....a used one is cheaper than this