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The Toyota GR GT supercar has been confirmed to make its world debut on December 5, forward of its international public premiere on the Tokyo Auto Salon in January, partially ending hypothesis round whether or not the all-new high-performance coupe could be launched below the Lexus or Toyota manufacturers.
Chairman of Toyota Motor Company (TMC), Akio Toyoda, confirmed the timing of the brand new supercar – in addition to its Toyota branding – alongside an audio clip of the brand new flagship mannequin’s V8 hybrid powertrain through a Toyota Occasions livestream.
And the Toyota Gazoo Racing (GR) web site has launched a countdown clock to 11:00am Tokyo time on December 5.
The livestream got here after the Japanese auto large teased the brand new hero mannequin with a billboard at Fuji Speedway, the well-known Toyota-owned racing circuit southeast of Tokyo.
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Pictured above, it revealed a part of the brand new supercar’s front-end and its clearly seen GR badge, which signifies the motorsport and efficiency arm of Toyota and isn’t seen on Lexus fashions.
The teaser shot was posted on the billboard alongside a picture of the limited-edition, V10-powered Lexus LFA supercar made between 2010-2012, and the 1967-1970 Toyota 2000GT coupe, together with the provocative line, “The soul lives on”.
But hypothesis continues that the automobile, which has been spied a number of occasions present process growth testing, could be named the 2026 Lexus LFR and launched as a long-awaited successor to the Ferrari-rivalling LFA, with some US publications suggesting it might nonetheless put on Lexus badges there.
Mr Toyoda mentioned on the Toyota Occasions podcast that he had named the automobile personally, and the ‘Toyota GR GT’ identify has been trademarked in a number of international locations together with Australia.
The supercar might find yourself carrying each Toyota and Lexus badges, however with totally different design and efficiency attributes, and it’s even potential the Lexus LFR might be a track-only model of the Toyota GR GT street automobile.
A pair of closely camouflaged, equally proportioned supercars had been proven on the 2025 Goodwood Pageant of Velocity in July.
On the British automotive extravaganza, the 2 barely totally different automobiles had been housed in a show below ‘Toyota GT Idea’ signage.
One was rumoured to be a motorsport-only model for worldwide GT3 sports activities automobile racing, and the opposite a street-legal manufacturing mannequin.
The corporate mentioned each automobiles had been “model agnostic” regardless of carrying Toyota branding on the Goodwood occasion, the place they had been pushed up the well-known hill climb to the unmistakable sound of a V8 exhaust observe.
In August – post-Goodwood – the Lexus Sport Idea was proven at Monterey Automobile Week within the California, with strategies it previewed a possible successor to the Lexus LC coupe and convertible, or doubtlessly the LFR.
A Lexus prototype suspected to be the 2026 LFR was additionally spied lapping the well-known Nürburgring circuit in Germany and the Spa-Francorchamps monitor in Belgium final yr.
Whereas it’s but to be confirmed, the all-new Japanese supercar is anticipated to pack a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 with electrical help, delivering a complete energy output of greater than 660kW.
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