What it is
Fifteen years after the Toyota LFA, GAZOO Racing has a new halo car. The GR GT was world-premiered on December 5, 2025, shown as a pair: a road-going GR GT and a GR GT3 race car built to the same silhouette, with a battery-electric LFA-badged concept rounding out the stage. Production of the road car starts in 2027.
This is the first time Toyota has built a clean-sheet front-engined supercar since the LFA wound down, and the ambition shows in the engineering rather than the marketing.
The powertrain
At the centre is a newly developed 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 paired with a single electric motor. Toyota quotes development-target figures of 650 PS (641 hp) or more and 850 Nm (627 lb-ft) or more of system output, with a claimed top speed above 320 km/h (199 mph). These are targets rather than final homologated numbers, and Toyota has flagged them as such.
The hybrid layout is a deliberate choice over a bigger naturally aspirated engine. It keeps the GR GT emissions-legal into the 2027 launch window while giving the chassis the low-end response a turbo V8 alone would lack.
The engineering
The headline is structural: the GR GT uses Toyota's first all-aluminium body frame, a manufacturing first for the company and the foundation of an aggressive weight target of roughly 1,750 kg (3,858 lb) or less. For a hybrid supercar carrying a battery and a motor, that is a serious number.
The proportions are pure front-mid supercar: 4,820 mm long, 2,000 mm wide, and just 1,195 mm (47.0 in) tall, on a 2,725 mm wheelbase. It rides on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres developed specifically for the car, with Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes.
Building the road car and the GR GT3 racer together is the point. Toyota is using the GT3 programme as both a development tool and a statement of intent, the same playbook that gave the GR Supra and GR Yaris their credibility.
Where it sits
The GR GT slots in above everything else GAZOO Racing sells. The GR Supra, GR Corolla, and GR Yaris are attainable performance cars. The GR GT is the flagship none of them were ever meant to be, and the first Toyota in years with genuine claim to the "supercar" label rather than "sports car."
Our take
The LFA was a commercial footnote and an engineering legend, a car Toyota lost money on to prove it could build something extraordinary. The GR GT reads like the sequel that finally justifies the exercise, because it is built on a production framework rather than a one-off carbon tub, and it arrives with a race car attached.
The 650 PS target is not class-leading against Maranello or Sant'Agata, and it does not need to be. What matters is that Toyota built a bespoke twin-turbo V8, an all-aluminium frame, and a GT3 racer to go with it. That is the most serious Toyota has been about a halo car since the LFA left. See where it could land on our fastest cars and most powerful cars lists once the final numbers are confirmed.
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Sources: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing world premieres GR GT and GR GT3 (Toyota Global Newsroom), GR GT world premiere (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing). Figures are development targets pending homologation. Photography: Toyota.