First Look： Behold the All-New Toyota GR GT — A 641-HP Hybrid V8 Supercar

Hi, I'm Ed Lowe with Motor Trend, and behind me is the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR GT and GR GT3. Let's talk about that GR GT first. All right, so as you can see, absolutely gorgeous super GT vehicle. This uses an all-aluminum space frame, a Toyota First, for the first production vehicle from Gazoo Racing. It also features an all-new four-liter V8 twin-turbo powertrain. That's a hybrid, and it uses a transaxle, means that transmission is all the way in the back. So it's got twin-turbo V8, 90 degree, with forged crank, forged pistons, forged connecting rods, sends all of the power, 641 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque, to the back in a torque tube. This is a carbon-fiber enclosed transmission, where it meets the electric motor for the hybrid system, and then an 8-speed automatic transmission. Right here in the back, there is an inverter and a battery that sits on top, and all of that output gets sent to the rear wheels. This is a rear-drive sports car and functional aerodynamics, because you want the air to come in and cool everything that's in the back. You gotta remember, transaxle design. There's the entire hybrid system, the transmission, and a mechanical limited slip differential, all located back here. Beautiful coupe-like proportions, really nice dash-to-axle ratio. Take a look at how long and how wide it is. Overall length, 189.8 inches. Width, 78.7 inches. And that wheelbase, 107.3 inches, which is about four inches longer than an AMG GTR, which is one of the vehicles that it was benchmarked against. Gorgeous cockpit, tremendous seats. These are Roccaro racing buckets trimmed in leather. It's got a flat-bottom steering wheel, a lot of familiar logos and icons in here, because this is fundamentally a Toyota-based vehicle. It's got a shifter that you might have recalled. Looks a little bit like what you see in a Porsche. Just a beautiful cockpit for this two-seat sports coupe. But let's hear what it sounds like when you rev it up. So this is a tremendous vehicle, really looking forward to it coming out sometime in 2027. How much does it cost? They won't tell us, but they figured you can take a look at what a 911 Turbo or a 911 GT3 costs, throw in an AMG GT, because those are the vehicles that the Gazoo Racing team benchmarked in the creation of this vehicle. Should be an amazing vehicle to drive, and the basis for the GT3 sports car. So let's go take a look at that. Over here, this Batmobile-looking thing, GR GT3. This is going to race, likely, in FIA WEC, IMSA Sports Car Championship, Asian Super GT. You'll probably see it running at the 24-hour Le Mans, 24-hours at Daytona. But in order to do that, it's got to lose a lot of weight. The GR GT, Toyota claims, weighs about 3,800 pounds, but GT3 race cars, always under 3,000 pounds, so it's going to have to drop a lot of weight. How do you do that? Carbon fiber bodywork. Also going to lose the hybrid powertrain, that's what they tell us, but retain that four-liter twin-turbo powertrain. Also rear-drive, super race car. You can see it's got the vented fenders, a bunch of radiators up front. Inside the vehicle, full race car. Do you want one? How do you get it? Contact your local Toyota Gazoo Racing dealer, or go to MotorTrend.com for more details.