Toyota to reveal DB12-rivalling V8 supercar in December

Car will be made to homologate the firm's GT3 racer and is expected to weigh around 1,300kg, write Will Rimell and Felix Page

- Will Rimell and Felix Page

Toyota will officially unveil its long-awaited, V8-powered successor to the Lexus LFA supercar in December.

The supercar had been tipped for a debut at the Tokyo show, following a long preview campaign featuring several iterations of the concept car (one at Pebble Beach) and even a pair of running prototypes at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

But a countdown on the firm's website suggests the wraps will finally come off on Dec 5.

The Aston Martin DB12 rival - now officially called GR GT - will then make its first public appearance at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January.

The GR GT is expected to be a homologated variant of the incoming GT3 GR hardcore racer - itself revealed in concept form in 2022. Both took to the hillclimb at Goodwood's Festival of Speed in July.