GR GT Revealed As Official Name for New Toyota Supercar: Video
We’re getting our best look yet at the all-new Toyota GR GT ahead of its upcoming debut, though we still have a lot of questions.
The road to the unveiling of the latest Lexus/Toyota supercar has certainly been a long and winding one, ripe with rumors and speculation along the way. It all began several years ago, when Toyota pulled the covers off its GT GT3 Concept, after which speculation ran rampant that a Lexus version would arrive as a proper successor to the beloved LFA. Since then, most have expected this machine to be called the LFR, but in a new, official TV ad spot, we’re learning that this particular machine will be known as the GR GT.
Back in October, Toyota hosted a livestream complete with exhaust notes from the 2000GT and LFA, followed by what we now know is the GR GT – plus, a small teaser image showing off its headlight. The video also revealed that this new supercar was set to be unveiled on December 5, and now, this new teaser confirms that fact – and gives us even more of a taste of the car’s glorious sounds, not to mention a pretty decent look at its lines.
While there’s still enough visual wizardry present in this short clip to conceal many of the exterior details of the GR GT, we do get a good look at its low, wide body, headlights that look like they came from the all-new GR010 Le Mans hypercar entry, hood vents, full-width taillights, and a large, upswept rear spoiler framing a massive rear diffuser. If nothing else, it certainly looks like a road-going version of a race car, which is precisely what the GR GT is, in fact.
We’ve already heard clips of the sounds the new GR GT makes, but this video gives us even more in that regard, previewing what’s believed to be a brand new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 potentially churning out 720 horsepower on its own, or perhaps as much as 900 horsepower with hybrid assist, though these details have yet to be confirmed. It certainly sounds good – obviously not quite on the same level as the LFA’s V10, but that’s to be expected.
What we still don’t know is just how much the GR GT will share in common with its Lexus counterpart. The all-new Lexus Sport Concept was unveiled at The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering, giving us what most believe is a preview of the forthcoming production model – and at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, we got our first look at its interior, too – where a battery percentage indicator inside the cabin seemed to hint that the Lexus Sport Concept is at least partially electrified.
This past October, when speaking to the press in Australia, Toyota powertrain president Takashi Uehara confirmed that both the Lexus and Toyota variants of the next-gen supercar will indeed have twin-turbocharged V8 engines. For now at least, it’s unclear if those powerplants will be identical, or if they’ll have a few differences aimed at differentiating more than just the car’s designs and character traits, however.
The good news is, while we’ve been waiting what feels like forever to see the next-generation Toyota/Lexus supercar make its official debut, we won’t have to wait much longer. Toyota Gazoo Racing’s site has a countdown timer running right now, and on December 5, we should know a lot more about one of them, at least.
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