Toyota has announced a brand-new supercar for 2027, and it’s called the GR GT. Think of it as the spiritual successor to the 2000GT and Lexus LFA, only angrier, louder, faster, and probably capable of unseating planets from orbit. It’s a twin-turbo V8 hybrid monster pushing roughly 650 horsepower, and Toyota says it’s ready to wade into battle with Porsche, Ferrari, and anyone else daft enough to get in the way.
This thing doesn’t muck about. Built by Toyota’s Gazoo Racing motorsport arm, the GR GT is basically what happens when a racing department is told: “Fine. Go on then. Make something unhinged.” They took the blueprints from their GR GT3 concept, sprinkled motorsport fairy dust all over it, and turned up with a road-legal weapon designed to go GT3 racing as well. Because apparently a normal supercar isn’t enough anymore.
The numbers are just silly. Under that long, low bonnet sits an all-new four-litre twin-turbo V8 wedged in a “hot-vee” setup. It churns out 650 horses and 850Nm of torque — enough to fire this aluminium-and-carbon torpedo beyond 200mph. Power goes to the rear wheels only, via a new eight-speed gearbox and a wet clutch, because Toyota has decided that comfort is for cowards.
Then you see the weight: 1,750kg. And you think, crikey, that’s a big lad. But Toyota insists the weight distribution is 45/55, and the driver’s backside apparently sits near the car’s centre of gravity, which is the sort of claim every engineer makes after a long lunch. Still, it’s got carbon-ceramic Brembos, double wishbones at each corner, and Michelin Cup 2 tyres the width of surfboards, so it might well cling on like a drunk man to the last train home.
Styling? It looks properly furious. A vast flat bonnet leading down to a nose with more vents than a submarine. No Toyota badge up front — just a Gazoo Racing logo lurking like a warning label. The sides are smoothed out but bulging with intakes, ducts and aerodynamic witchcraft. Around the back there’s a ducktail spoiler nicked from Porsche’s dictionary, a full-width light bar, quad pipes, and a diffuser you could use to dice onions. Subtle? No. Brilliant? Yes.
Inside, Toyota has kept things spartan and purposeful. Red leather and Alcantara bucket seats, a chunky flat-bottomed wheel with enough buttons to launch a jet, and a digital dash paired with a central touchscreen so you can choose which of your children will inherit the fuel bill. It promises everyday usability as well — which is good news for anyone who’s ever tried parking an LFA using only fear and hope.
Here’s the punchline: this is just the road version. Toyota will also field a full GT3 race variant powered purely by internal combustion. Meanwhile, Lexus is prepping an all-electric sibling on the same platform, because the future is confusing.
But make no mistake: the GR GT is Toyota throwing its gloves back into the supercar ring, shouting something rude at Porsche, and sharpening its V8 bayonet. If it drives half as madly as it sounds, 2027 could be a very expensive year for Stuttgart’s pride.
