There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Toyota’s next flagship supercar – GR GT / Lexus LFR. The company’s powertrain boss has now confirmed that a new V8 engine will be introduced in the Toyota GR GT.
While speaking with the media at the Japan Mobility Show 2025, Takashi Uehara, powertrain president at Toyota, stated that a twin-turbo V8 hybrid engine is being developed for its flagship supercar. It is part of a new range of modular petrol engines that will include 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder units.
The same engine will be used in the Lexus LFR, which is being touted as the replacement for the legendary Lexus LFA.
“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,” Uehara said.
“So maybe we could have a V8 with a more gentle [character] or we could have a more muscular, heavy-duty version.”
Explaining the reason behind opting for a V8, Uehara added, “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.”
Source: CarExpert