Toyota's 640-HP GR GT Is Being Shaped by Its GT3 Race CarAutoblogSimran RastogiThu, September 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM UTCAdd us on GoogleAutoblog and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article.Toyota's new 640-hp GR GT just shared Laguna Seca with the GT3 race car being developed alongside it, giving us a pretty good idea of where Toyota thinks its new flagship belongs. The road car leads early, the winged racer closes in, and both attack the Corkscrew wearing matching liveries. More importantly, Toyota isn't developing these as loosely related siblings. It's using lessons from the race car to shape the road car, an unusually direct bit of motorsport technology transfer for a $225,000-plus street car.Gazoo RacingToyota Is Letting Its GT3 Car Shape The Road CarThe GR GT runs a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 paired with an electric motor, sent through an eight-speed transaxle to the rear wheels only. Preliminary numbers landed at 641 hp and 627 lb-ft, with Toyota admitting those figures, along with top speed and weight, could still move before the car reaches production.Autoblog/SH ProshotsAnd Toyota isn't stopping there. Spy shots from the Nürburgring caught a more hardcore prototype, possibly wearing an RS badge, with a bigger front splitter, a swan-neck rear wing, and louvered fender vents, similar to the GT3 car. Basically Toyota looked at what the GT3 racer does right on track and decided to apply some of those learnings to the hotter road car. Given Mercedes-AMG is readying a Black Series GT and Porsche's next GT3 RS may go turbo, that arms race makes sense.Good Luck Actually Buying OneThere's a catch. Pricing starts north of $225,000, but money alone won't get you in the door. Toyota has confirmed its entire US allocation is already spoken for, somewhere between 200 and 250 cars, and that's apparently by design. Executives want owners who'll actually drive the thing, not flippers looking to cash out. Over 150 hopefuls reportedly sat down to spec their dream GR GT at Monterey Car Week before Toyota was even taking orders. So yes, the car is still lapping test tracks on Toyota's own social media, and no, that hasn't stopped people from queuing up for one anyway.AdvertisementAdvertisementThis story was originally published by Autoblog on Sep 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Autoblog as a Preferred Source by clicking here.