Toyota Gr Celica Mid Engine Rumors

The sports car may pair a turbocharged 2.0. The GR Celica will be powered by a next-generation inline-four 2.0-liter turbocharged engine (G20E), which will pump out 394 horsepower (400 metric horsepower) and 405 pound-feet (550 Newton. The Toyota Celica has always been a front-engine automobile, even back when it was rear-wheel-drive, but that might change soon.

According to rumors out of Japan from Best Car, there is a chance the Celica could adopt a mid-engine layout. Toyota has experience with stuffing an engine behind the driver in a production car, but only in the three generations of MR2 built from the 1980s through. Since December 2023 rumors have been swirling about a mid-engined Toyota sports car.

A prototype GR Yaris with the engine in the trunk was shown at various car shows and is slated to compete in Japan's Super Taikyu enduro series later this month. The Toyota GR Yaris M Concept, unveiled in January 2025 in Japan, holds the secrets to the next-gen, mid. It seems the GR Celica will not be the only Toyota sports car to return after all, as latest trademarks confirm a new MR.

😔 Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda's racing alter ego known as Morizo told the world earlier in the week a mid-engine two-seater will debut Friday at the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon, and that happened. According to Japanese publication Best Car Web, Toyota's Gazoo Racing skunkworks division is cooking up a new Supra and a revived Celica as a pair of halo cars. The Supra allegedly will stick with the traditional front-engine-rear-drive format, but swaps the current BMW straight-six for a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder paired to an electric motor.

The supposed system output? More than. A report from Japan claims Toyota is working on a new Celica with a mid-engine, all.