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The Toyota Suprawill return to showrooms in 2027 and will likely be joined by a revived Celica because the world’s largest automaker bolsters its sports activities automobile lineup, based on a brand new report from Japan.
Japanese outlet Greatest Automotive Net studies the next-generation Gazoo Racing (GR) Supra will likely be revealed in 2027 with a 500hp (373kW) hybrid powertrain.
Additional, the Supra will crown an increasing GR sports activities automobile lineup with the Celica title reportedly set to return the next yr for the primary time since 2006 as a coupe with a mid-mounted engine.
The Celica historically rivalled the Honda Prelude, one other sports activities automobile nameplate that’s being dusted off. It’s being revived as a hybrid-powered coupe, locked in for Australian showrooms in 2026.
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Above: Toyota GT Idea at Goodwood
The report comes as Toyota confirmed off a pair of recent V8-powered sports activities automobile ideas on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity in July, with one anticipated to be a successor to the Lexus LFA and the opposite tipped to be a racing model doubtlessly carrying each Lexus and Toyota Supra badges.
The present A90 Supra was launched in Australia in 2019, with the automaker confirming the top of manufacturing in 2025, regardless of revealing the prevailing mannequin as its new Supercars competitor from 2026.
The Supra – which was initially a variant of the Celica – is alleged to proceed with the present mannequin’s front-engine/rear-wheel drive structure, the identical as its on-track rival the Ford Mustang.
As a substitute of as we speak’s 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder – shared with the BMW Z4 the present Supra is twinned with – Greatest Automotive Net studies the 2027 Supra will pack a 500hp (373kW) hybrid powertrain utilizing a brand new 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine.
Picture: 2025 Toyota GR Supra Monitor Version
Meaning it is going to eclipse the outgoing mannequin’s figures which, within the newest GR Supra Monitor Version, are 285kW/500Nm, enabling a 0-100km/h time of 4.1 seconds.
It’ll additionally simply out-do the entry-level 2.0-litre four-cylinder model of the Supra offered abroad, however not supplied in Australia, which makes 190kW and 400Nm.
Whereas Toyota Australia gross sales boss Sean Hanley has beforehand informed media the Supra title will keep it up after the present mannequin’s finish, the Celica’s return was confirmed by a Toyota govt in Japan late final yr.
Greatest Automotive Net studies each the Supra and the Celica will use the two.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, the Supra’s boosted by hybrid tech together with a battery and electrical motor mounted behind the driving force’s seat.
Picture: The previous-generation Celica, offered in Australia between 1999-2005
For fanatics, each will supply a six-speed guide transmission, whereas an eight-speed automated will likely be non-obligatory.
Greatest Automotive Net additionally says the Celica will run the petrol engine solely with round 400hp (298kW) and can use carbon fibre for the bonnet, entrance guards and roof panels to maintain weight down.
In a twist, the Celica is alleged to have its engine mid-mounted – which Toyota beforehand did on its MR2 sports activities automobile, with MR denoting a ‘mid-rear’ engine location.
Toyota confirmed the GR Yaris M Idea on the Tokyo Auto Salon utilizing the brand new engine mounted behind the rear seats, suggesting engineers are properly superior with the structure.
Picture: The MR2 was final offered in 2005
Greatest Automotive Net studies it’ll be all-wheel drive. The primary three generations of Celica have been rear-wheel drive, till the front-wheel drive T160 was launched in 1985. Nevertheless, this spawned a sizzling all-wheel drive GT-4 flagship, which was additionally supplied for the next two generations.
The mid-mounted structure has fuelled hypothesis of the return on the MR2 title, however it’s unclear if Toyota will develop two totally different sports activities automobiles under the Supra, notably contemplating it already presents the GR86.
It’s anticipated the Celica’s arrival gained’t come on the expense of the GR86. Reviews from US outlet Motor Pattern in June 2025 recommended the GR86 will proceed alongside the Celica and Supra in Toyota showrooms.
Picture: The present, second-generation GR86
Toyota Motor North America product boss Cooper Ericksen informed Motor Pattern the GR86 “does serve an important function for the corporate and [performance arm] GR, so it could be our intent to have a cool subsequent technology”.
In Australia, the GR86 is used for a one-make racing collection – break up into two divisions – designed to develop and uncover racing expertise, making them sought-after observe automobiles.
With Toyota’s arrival in Supercars in 2026, the corporate has envisaged a junior driver following the pathway to Supercars, graduating from the TGRA 86 Sequence to the top-tier class.
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