Toyota GR GT: the Supercar you can’t buy

There are cars you can order, cars you can afford, and then there are cars that, quite simply, Toyota decides whether you can have. The GR GT belongs to the last category. Here in Europe, we are still waiting to find out how much it will cost and when it will arrive, while in the United States the problem has already been rather elegantly solved: it’s sold out.

The price? Around $220,000. A figure that, under normal circumstances, should be enough to discourage a fair number of motorists. Not in the case of the GR GT. Toyota has personally selected the customers who will be given the opportunity to buy one, choosing enthusiasts who actually intend to drive their cars rather than collectors with a nose for a quick auction profit. Around 250 lucky buyers will get one, with the first deliveries expected in 2027.

But the most interesting thing is that Toyota hasn’t simply built a very expensive supercar. It has built a racing car with the bare minimum required to make it road legal.

The GR GT was developed alongside the GR GT3, the version destined for competition. And you only have to look at the two to understand which one had the upper hand during the project. This isn’t the usual road car transformed into a racing machine: it’s exactly the opposite. First came the track car, then someone added headlights, a number plate and everything else needed to stop the police getting angry.

The technical foundation is a purpose-built