The concept is fitted with a new turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that is currently under development

Toyota surprised visitors at the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon on Friday with a GR Yaris prototype featuring a new 2.0-liter turbo-4 engine in a mid-engined layout. Toyota stated that the prototype is part of a collection of test vehicles engineers are using to develop what the automaker describes as “ ever-better motorsports-bred cars .”

Toyota has unveiled a special GR Yaris concept car with a mid-mounted engine. Read on for everything you need to know from CAR.

Toyota’s mid-engined GR Yaris M will go racing to test the new G20E high-performance petrol engine, and it could offer a first look at the next MR2

Toyota has debuted a surprise mid-engined GR Yaris – powered by its next-generation turbo engine – that throws fuel on the fire of an MR2 comeback. Toyota has given its strongest indication yet it is working on a revival of the MR2 sports car,

But this really takes the biscuit: on a stacked stand that also includes Nurburgring racers, a Land Cruiser and a Corolla Rally Concept coming over the weekend, there’s a mid-engined GR Yaris as well.