Toyota will unveil a hardcore GR Yaris at the Tokyo Auto Salon

Big news ahead of Friday’s Tokyo Auto Salon – Toyota’s Gazoo Racing division is set to unveil a hardcore, bewinged GR Yaris that it describes as ‘fully tuned’.

Details are limited so far and the only image available is that teasing silhouette above, but a hotter looking GR Yaris has been spotted testing at the Nürburgring in recent months, so it’s unlikely that this will just be a static concept. Looks like it’ll have a fairly hefty rear wing and bonnet scoop too.

Need a refresher before Toyota unveils the finished product? Click these blue words to remind yourself just how good the standard 257bhp GR Yaris really is.

That won’t be the only new bit of metal on Toyota’s stand, though. It’s also planning on revealing a ‘GR GT3 Concept’ that doesn’t seem to be based on any of Toyota’s current road cars. Interesting. 

Toyota describes it as a “racing-dedicated concept car that incorporates the knowledge and refined technologies TGR has gained in the field of motorsports”. 

Exciting.