Toyotas Next Gt3 Racers Car Test: Upcoming Toyota Car 2023

Toyota is going to launch its next GT3 racer. Recently, there was its car test. Toyota GT3 Car has not yet revealed anything about how the 2022 GR GT3 concept will become in 2023. But the new car is in development. There was a footage from a wet test at Fuji. This footage shows that development is in process.
The GR GT3 has a long hood and dramatic lines that look so outstanding. The car has a strong rear wing. It has many aerodynamic elements that produce major downforce. The body kit is less extreme than that of existing RC F GT3. There is no engine announced. But it seems that it would be similar to that of RC F GT3.
There will be an all-new sports car by Toyota in 2023. It will be a more competitive car. There won’t be large, racing style rear wing. But besides that, it is very similar to previous designs.

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There are many race-inspired design elements like side exhausts which are behind the front wheel arches. There are center-lock wheels. There is a racing style fuel-filler on the right hand side. The GR gt3 name makes it evident that the new model is for the track also. Toyota GT3 Car sees this car as a commercial customer racing car.
To make a road-legal version of its racing car can be like an extreme step for Toyota. But it is like a plan for Gazoo racing. For beginners, there is GR Yaris. It is a customized three-door bodied version of the brand’s city car. It was created especially for World Rally homologation.

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But this is quite sensible than the idea of Toyota building a Porsche-competitive sports car. This reminds of GR Super Sport project. That car was thought to be a road-legal version of Le Mans Hypercar entry. The project was getting to a very progressive testing and development but then it was abandoned.
If Toyota tracks the idea of a GR GT3 production model, it would give be a competitor to the brands like Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin. This goes for both the road and track. And this would be at a lower cost than the GR Super Sport.
The new GT3 regulations are still to come for the 2024 season. So, Toyota is working now to launch both the road and track versions of the new model. The look of the car is in attention. There would be the brand’s all-new twin-turbo V8. It is in development for years for Toyota GT3 Car and Lexus models. Or, it can be the 5.0-litre naturally-aspirated V8 in the RC F.

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Gazoo racing is not just restricted to the Toyota brand. This car makes way for dropping Toyota branding and launching the Lexus Gazoo Racing brand. Lexus has not released a true halo model after the extinction of the V10-powered LFA in 2013. There are styling similarities like the silhouette and proportions and detailing with previous designs. This will make Toyota focus on the competition in the Hypercar/LMDh category. And leave the competition with the Porsches and Ferraris.
Now the questions that arise are that is Toyota GT3 Car planning to change the GT-3 rulebook, is it going to create a Supercar that improves upon the current BMW-based road car? Or, is it just making its own car like that of Mercedes, Aston, and Porsches? Toyota is creating an all-new customized sports car that would enter GT3 racing. Toyota says that they want to commercialize motorsports car instead of just using production vehicles for in motorsports. Toyota wants to use feedback from various motorsports activities to make GT-3 and mass-production cars. And they will further promote these motorsports cars.

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The FIA World Endurance Championship is turning to GT-3-based rules in GT categories in 2024. So, this is the time for Toyota to develop this new model of car. This new model is up against Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren, and Aston Martin. Toyota wants to promote its Gazoo Racing (GR) brand as a competitor to AMG and BMW. Gazoo Racing is the project of Toyota’s leader, Akio Toyoda.



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The car will have a cab-rear silhouette with a long bonnet. It will have a clean surface. It will have a sleek style. The making of the car is in full swing. It has a large rear wing. The body kit of the car is quite simple. It is definitely going to be track-only racing car. But the consideration of road-legal version is also there. The road-legal version will have a Lexus badge. The brand can place this car as a flagship model for performance fans. There isn’t much information about the timeline of the car model. It is just that it will launch in the near future.

By Bhawna