Toyota Teases GR Line Up: Supra MK6, Celica MK8, MR2 MK4, 86 MK3 and GR GT

[not_howard]

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[NES]

Looks like Toyota GR GT on the left, Lexus LFA in the middle, and Toyota 2000GT on the right to me, which is good news. I was worried they were gonna position this car as only a Lexus.

I still think there will be a Lexus LFR variant, along with the GR GT. That'd be cool to hit two different markets!

 

[Shayne Gainer]

I don't think you did, all these cars will never get an inline six. And it's not just any inline six, it's a great one.

Precisely, the current MK5 is fast becoming legendary. It is unique in so many ways!

 

[gymratter]

 

[Zboy]

Here's the article

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/new-lexus-supercar-to-bring-upgraded-v8

Toyota’s most senior powertrain engineer has suggested Lexus may offer a unique version of the petrol-electric V8 hybrid powertrain set to be introduced in the 2026 Toyota GR GT sports car when it launches the production version of the Lexus Sport Concept.

Speaking to Australian media at this week’s Tokyo motor show (Japan Mobility Show), Takashi Uehara – powertrain president at Lexus parent company, Toyota – revealed the premium auto brand is developing a twin-turbo V8 hybrid version of the Japanese giant’s new range of modular internal combustion petrol engines.

They start with a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine – slated for models such as the next-generation Toyota Corolla – as well as a 2.0-litre version the automaker showed in the wild mid-engined Yaris GR Concept last January.

Toyota showed off a pair of sports cars at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed in July – revealing mid-mounted V8-power for the two camouflaged models, with one of the vehicles since confirmed as the new Toyota GR GT sports car, which is set to be unveiled in early December.

An audio track of the Toyota V8 was released by the automaker in October when it announced the launch timing of its new performance flagship.

The other sports car is tipped to be the new Lexus LFR, the long-awaited successor for the V10-powered Lexus LFA special-edition supercar – with the Sport Concept also likely to preview a potential replacement for the outgoing LC Coupe powered by a 5.0-litre V8.

When asked if Lexus customers can also expect V8 power in future models, the engineer replied: “You can expect – you see the Lexus new sports car? That is that…,” said Takashi-san, referring to the Sport Concept shown in Tokyo.

Toyota’s global powertrain boss went on to explain the V8 engine is “widely speaking” related the 2.0-litre turbo-four in the Yaris GR Concept and will be a twin-turbo. While he did not confirm the capacity, this suggests it will be a 4.0-litre engine, as widely expected.

“We have several partitions with the engines. For example, I don’t say for the 1.5-litre we have only a sporty one… so for both sizes of engines, we have several partitions if necessary.

“So maybe we could have a V8 with a more gentle [character] or we could have a more muscular, heavy-duty version.”

This almost certainly means two versions of the new V8 – one for Lexus and one for Toyota – are on the cards.

Takashi-san explained the V8’s appeal lies in “the best point of performance and also we have to care about the design of combustion [engines], but also if we say fast, maximum power is required.

“To think of the maximum power, we have to design the maximum rpm [revs per minute], and we have to care about the design of the combustion chamber – then we select V8,” he explained.

The engine won’t need to be a plug-in hybrid to pass emissions regulations around the world – including Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) – like other high-performance models such as the BMW M5 and Lamborghini Temerario.

The Lamborghini, introduced earlier this year, is a high-rpm engine – as Takashi-san described the Lexus/Toyota V8 – and can spin to 10,000rpm.

The Lexus Sport Concept was unveiled at the Monterey Car Week in the US in August 2025, when only its exterior was revealed.

The show car’s cabin was revealed in Tokyo yesterday, comprising a steering yoke in place of a conventional steering wheel, and a digital driver’s interface including a battery charge meter – confirming it has an electrified powertrain.

It also featured minor exterior styling changes which Lexus said were designed to improve aerodynamics.

More details of the Lexus Sport Concept are expected after the unveiling of the Toyota GR GT Concept, which is scheduled for 11:00am Tokyo time on December 5, 2025.

 

[Loco38SUP]

Here's the article

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/new-lexus-supercar-to-bring-upgraded-v8

Toyota’s most senior powertrain engineer has suggested Lexus may offer a unique version of the petrol-electric V8 hybrid powertrain set to be introduced in the 2026 Toyota GR GT sports car when it launches the production version of the Lexus Sport Concept.

Speaking to Australian media at this week’s Tokyo motor show (Japan Mobility Show), Takashi Uehara – powertrain president at Lexus parent company, Toyota – revealed the premium auto brand is developing a twin-turbo V8 hybrid version of the Japanese giant’s new range of modular internal combustion petrol engines.

They start with a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine – slated for models such as the next-generation Toyota Corolla – as well as a 2.0-litre version the automaker showed in the wild mid-engined Yaris GR Concept last January.

Toyota showed off a pair of sports cars at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed in July – revealing mid-mounted V8-power for the two camouflaged models, with one of the vehicles since confirmed as the new Toyota GR GT sports car, which is set to be unveiled in early December.

An audio track of the Toyota V8 was released by the automaker in October when it announced the launch timing of its new performance flagship.

The other sports car is tipped to be the new Lexus LFR, the long-awaited successor for the V10-powered Lexus LFA special-edition supercar – with the Sport Concept also likely to preview a potential replacement for the outgoing LC Coupe powered by a 5.0-litre V8.

When asked if Lexus customers can also expect V8 power in future models, the engineer replied: “You can expect – you see the Lexus new sports car? That is that…,” said Takashi-san, referring to the Sport Concept shown in Tokyo.

Toyota’s global powertrain boss went on to explain the V8 engine is “widely speaking” related the 2.0-litre turbo-four in the Yaris GR Concept and will be a twin-turbo. While he did not confirm the capacity, this suggests it will be a 4.0-litre engine, as widely expected.

“We have several partitions with the engines. For example, I don’t say for the 1.5-litre we have only a sporty one… so for both sizes of engines, we have several partitions if necessary.

“So maybe we could have a V8 with a more gentle [character] or we could have a more muscular, heavy-duty version.”

This almost certainly means two versions of the new V8 – one for Lexus and one for Toyota – are on the cards.

Takashi-san explained the V8’s appeal lies in “the best point of performance and also we have to care about the design of combustion [engines], but also if we say fast, maximum power is required.

“To think of the maximum power, we have to design the maximum rpm [revs per minute], and we have to care about the design of the combustion chamber – then we select V8,” he explained.

The engine won’t need to be a plug-in hybrid to pass emissions regulations around the world – including Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) – like other high-performance models such as the BMW M5 and Lamborghini Temerario.

The Lamborghini, introduced earlier this year, is a high-rpm engine – as Takashi-san described the Lexus/Toyota V8 – and can spin to 10,000rpm.

The Lexus Sport Concept was unveiled at the Monterey Car Week in the US in August 2025, when only its exterior was revealed.

The show car’s cabin was revealed in Tokyo yesterday, comprising a steering yoke in place of a conventional steering wheel, and a digital driver’s interface including a battery charge meter – confirming it has an electrified powertrain.

It also featured minor exterior styling changes which Lexus said were designed to improve aerodynamics.

More details of the Lexus Sport Concept are expected after the unveiling of the Toyota GR GT Concept, which is scheduled for 11:00am Tokyo time on December 5, 2025.

So TL;DR the future Supra will be the 4-cylinder turbo they’re putting into their sports car line up.

-RJM

 

[swrdply400mrelay]

So TL;DR the future Supra will be the 4-cylinder turbo they’re putting into their sports car line up.

-RJM

I’m guessing what’s going to happen is the 4 cylinder Supra will come out, won’t sell well or fans will want a 6 cylinder (like the MKV with manual transmission), then Toyota will release a 6 cylinder version (but they’re secretly already developing a 6 cylinder version of their 1.5/2.0 four cylinder engine, and maybe another manual).

…I hope.

 

[KahnBB6]

I’m guessing what’s going to happen is the 4 cylinder Supra will come out, won’t sell well or fans will want a 6 cylinder (like the MKV with manual transmission), then Toyota will release a 6 cylinder version (but they’re secretly already developing a 6 cylinder version of their 1.5/2.0 four cylinder engine, and maybe another manual).

…I hope.

Toyota *needs* a 2.0L displacement powertrain option for the Supra as a trim level for engine tax purposes in Japan, Italy and other countries where anything above 2.0L becomes increasingly very expensive tax-wise. The 2.0L they've developed seems to be a night and day difference from the lackluster BMW B48 engine.

Toyota historically did the same thing in the 80's when they offered (in Japan) the Supra MKIII with the 2.0L 1G-GTE parallel twin turbo engine. Albeit back then they had the money to do it as yet another inline-six engine option in the lineup next to the 3.0L 7M-GTE and later 2.5L 1JZ-GTE. Such were the Bubble Economy years.

Toyota is definitely looking at reworking the Mazda 3.3L I-6 turbo engine for the Supra (and possibly one hopes also for the net Lexus coupe and some RWD Mazda). I don't think they are going to pass up the opportunity to offer another I-6 engine in the Supra MKVI even if they have one or more other non-I6 powertrain options.

But to build a whole new I-6 engine from scratch which would only be used in 1-2 models may still be too much... when they can re-engineer an existing I-6 engine that's already good as a starting point.

But as you said just as with demand for a manual transmission in the MKV maybe there will be a delay for the introduction of an I-6 MKVI Supra. To that end hopefully the same shenanigans won't be pulled with manual transmissions all over again considering how quickly model years fly by.

 

[GRMan]

Someone from another planet told me they going to use 2 (1.6) GR Yaris/Corolla engine to form a new engine to be used on the next Supra…not sure it’s going to happen or not

 

[Bryster]

unless they decide to drop a V8 Supra

 

[KahnBB6]

Someone from another planet told me they going to use 2 (1.6) GR Yaris/Corolla engine to form a new engine to be used on the next Supra…not sure it’s going to happen or not

It's either that or they'll heavily rework the Mazda 3.3L I6 turbo engine that they've been so interested in to the point that Mazda engineers and Toyota's GR engineers supposedly got together about it.

Either way with the big commitment to engine production just the other day and given Toyota's assertion that an inline-six is part of the identity of the Supra (at least for as long as they can keep getting away with it) I think the chance is high that some kind of I-6 turbo will be offered alongside the 2.0L hybrid drivetrain.

Really they need both the 2.0L hybrid I-4 and traditional I-6 drivetrain options going forward to maximize global sales as much as possible.

 

[Ron L]

I'm still hoping for a the new Celica to be 4 cylinder turbo making close to 400hp (we all know it will be closer to 300hp) and all wheel drive with a fair amount of luxury accessories.

 

[KahnBB6]

I'm still hoping for a the new Celica to be 4 cylinder turbo making close to 400hp (we all know it will be closer to 300hp) and all wheel drive with a fair amount of luxury accessories.

The GR models with the G20E turbo should be 400hp. There are supposed to be versions with a 300hp tune for non-GR models.

 

[gymratter]

Daihatsu showed an updated Copen concept and it looks a little smaller than the 2023 concept. so that probably means the it wont be related to the next 86. recent rumors of a next gen Miata and 86 joint project (FRS concept via 2015) is looking more reasonable imo.

 

[KahnBB6]

Daihatsu showed an updated Copen concept and it looks a little smaller than the 2023 concept. so that probably means the it wont be related to the next 86. recent rumors of a next gen Miata and 86 joint project (FRS concept via 2015) is looking more reasonable imo.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/daihatsu-copen-lives-only-japan

https://www.autoblog.com/news/toyot...is-smaller-than-a-miata-but-looks-just-as-fun

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/10/new-daihatsu-copen-converts-to-rwd-stays-tiny-and-fun/

^^ Yep. From the sound of this there's nothing to suggest (yet) that Toyota, Daihatsu and Suzuki aren't still collaborating on their own respective small RWD roadsters with a shared platform design... only that with the introduction of this Copen concept it seems they scaled back at some point in development to keeping all three as RWD Kei class vehicles, not regular sized ones.

It's still very possible that all three companies have jointly developed a shared engine to reduce their respective costs but being Kei these will no longer have the rumored 1.3L 150hp version of the G16E (that the JDM GR Starlet will get). It'll have to be some new 660cc 3cyl turbo engine limited as stock to 63hp. But I'd suspect the engine will at least be *designed* to be able to see non-official tunes significantly higher like the classic Suzuki Cappuccino engine.

Sadly this means we'll never see any of these cars in the U.S. for 25 years from the date of manufacture.

But it does mean there's more room for a smaller GR86... though I wouldn't want to see a two seater roadster version of it. The Miata can have that role in its version of the redesigned platform.

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