Toyota may be quietly laying the groundwork for its next enthusiast halo car—and all signs point to a return to the brand’s mid-engine roots. In a recent interview with Automotive News, Tomoya ...

The Toyota MR2 revival we’ve all been hoping for finally gets the green light, as the GR brand expands. Toyota confirms a new mid-engine sports car is in early development stages. The car will feature ...

2026's three hottest performance cars battle it out on road and track: which one lifts the trophy?

Hopes of a mid-engine sports car comeback for Toyota have been in the air for a while now, and when the automaker filed a trademark for the GR MR2 name last year, it was hard not to get excited. But ...

After months of trademark-related rumors and a proper fake-out at the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota's Gazoo Racing president Tomoya Takahashi has officially confirmed that a new mid-engine sports car ...

Ford once came remarkably close to putting a mid-engine supercar into American driveways, and at its heart sat a Yamaha-tuned V6 that later became famous in a family sedan. Conceived to challenge ...

Toyota goofed on the entire automotive world by teasing that it was unveiling a 'Mid-Engine, Two-Seater Car' at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Naturally, we all assumed it was an MR2 revival, when in fact it ...

The Toyota MR2 rumor mill has been running rampant for years, but it picked up steam recently as the automaker got directly involved. 2023’s electric FT-Se concept hinted at what a modern-day MR2 ...

Akio Toyoda managed to catch everyone off guard with a well-played teaser ahead of the Tokyo Auto Salon. The Toyota president had announced that he’d purchased a mid-engined, two-seater to be ...

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The Grand Sport name has been at the center of speculation for months , and a recent sighting is the clearest hint yet that ...

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