New Toyota GR GT revealed as 641bhp V8 supercar for 2027

Storming 200mph supercar finally heading to showrooms in the next two years to take on AMG GT

Toyota has finally revealed its new flagship V8 supercar – due on sale in around two years as a storming, 641bhp rival to the Mercedes-AMG GT and Aston Martin Vantage.
The GR GT – named for Toyota’s Gazoo Racing performance division – is described as having been conceived as a “road-legal race car”. Indeed, the road-going and GT3-spec racing versions have been revealed simultaneously, reflecting the fact that they were engineered completely in parallel.
The main focus, says Toyota, was to “endow the car with a high level of dynamic performance but also to achieve a sense of car-driver unity”. To that end, company chairman and ‘Master Driver’ Akio Toyoda worked closely with the car’s developers, with assistance from some of Japan’s most accomplished racers.

Together with the related but pure-electric Lexus LFA, the new Toyota supercars form what the company calls a ‘trinity’ of high-perform