Toyota has showcased a new racing variant and two GR Yaris-based prototypes at the Tokyo Auto Salon.
From 2025, TGR and Rookie Racing intend to compete in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) and the Super Taikyu Series as a united Toyota Gazoo Rookie Racing (TGRR). The new team plans to mark Toyota’s return to the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race after a six-year hiatus, entering with the evolved GR Yaris, which made its world debut at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 and is equipped with the newly developed Gazoo Racing Direct Automatic Transmission. 
To further explore the potential of the GR Yaris, TGRR also plans to compete in the Super Taikyu Series in the GR Yaris M Concept, which features an underdevelopment, midship-mounted, 2.0-liter, inline 4-cylinder, turbocharged engine.
The team aims to implement “driver-first” car making, in which the vehicles are repeatedly driven to failure and then repaired under racing conditions, with feedback from Morizo (Akio Toyoda), professional drivers and gentleman drivers incorporated throughout the development process.
Toyota has also shown off the GR Yaris Aero Package, a concept vehicle equipped with performance aerodynamic parts that have been developed via its racing program. The vehicle features six such parts, including an active rear wing.
