Toyota has announced that it will present its new GR
Supra Super GT Concept at the 2019 Tokyo Auto Salon in Japan, which is likely a
preview for a race car that will compete in the Super GT racing series. This shadowy teaser is all we’re
getting for now, but the large rear wing and prominent diffuser hints at
something a lot more aggressive than the other Supra-based concept from this
year’s Geneva Motor Show.
The release of the new racer concept is timed rather
close to the official reveal of the road-going, fifth-generation A90 Supra in
Detroit during next year’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
Where the 2019 Tokyo Auto Salon is set to take place from January 11-13, the
2019 NAIAS will be held from January 13-28.
Aside from the concept, Toyota will also bring the
Yaris WRC, TS050 Hybrid and the 2019 Lexus LC Nürburgring-spec race cars to the
event. There’s even “a Supra vehicle that participated in past domestic races”
in the mix, because nostalgia.
Of course, the Japanese carmaker won’t be stopping
at just a new Supra, with plans to make a “super sports car” previewed by the
GR Super Sport Concept in mid-2018. There’s also rumours of a third member in
the ‘Three Brothers’ of sports cars, which will join the Supra and 86.
