Toyota released another dimly lit image ahead of its December 4 presentation. The latest hint previews not just one, but three new vehicles.
Later this week, we expect a production Lexus sports coupe, the road-going version of Toyota’s GR GT supercar, and a GT3-spec racecar derived from the same platform.
Based on the light signature, the coupe on the left side of the image looks like a dead giveaway for the production follow-up to the Lexus Sport Concept shown this past summer.
That concept already looked production-ready, and the proportions in this new image are basically identical—long hood, short deck, and the brand’s current design language rendered into a showroom-ready model. Lexus had previously floated the idea of an all-electric flagship, but everything company officials have said in the past few months points to the car using a hybrid V8 shared with its Toyota sibling. It’s expected to replace the LC sometime in 2026 and should wear the LFR name.
The centerpiece of the teaser is Toyota’s GR GT. The automaker has already confirmed the car will use a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 paired with a hybrid system. Speculation pegs the engine alone at around 800 horsepower, which would make this the most powerful Toyota in history, but it’s not expected to break the 1,000 horsepower ceiling.
The company also shared an image of the interior months ago, showing an upright infotainment display, simple physical controls, and carbon-shell seats.
Sitting on the right of the teaser is a more extreme variant of the GR GT, almost certainly the GT3 race version Toyota plans to homologate for sports car racing. The large fender vents are the clue here. The GR GT3 concept previewed a massive rear wing, a deep diffuser, and side-exit exhausts; expect most of this to remain the same. A prototype wearing heavy camouflage ran at Goodwood earlier this year, driven by Haas F1 drivers Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman, alongside the production version.
That car will take over where the GR GT3 concept from 2022 left off, putting Toyota back into major international sports-car racing categories with a clean-sheet platform. It will replace the Lexus RC-F GT3 in IMSA competition, and will likely show up on World Endurance Championship grids, potentially even SRO and DTM.
Toyota says all three vehicles will be revealed on December 4, with President Akio Toyoda and Chief Branding Officer Simon Humphries hosting the presentation.
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