Is Toyota Secretly Testing The New MR2 With This Mid-Engine GR Yaris Prototype? The concept is fitted with a new turbocharged 2.0. Toyota's race and rally division revealed a trio of GR Yaris models at the 2025 Tokyo Auto Show including one with an all. Toyota had a stroke of genius using the GR Yaris as its mule for the development of the upcoming MR2.
It employs a 1.6-liter three-cylinder engine, with turbocharging and a six. Toyota has shown off a mid-engined version of the GR Yaris, hinting at a radical new development of its acclaimed hot hatch. The Toyota Yaris M Concept was revealed at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January with a new 2.0-litre high-performance engine and widely interpreted as a test-bed for a new MR2, with its mid.
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. The current GR performance cars (Yaris and Corolla alike) employ a turbocharged three -cylinder engine, so this engine isn't just pushing more air. Yes, this is a mid-engined GR Yaris, and it's possibly a test bed for the Toyota MR2 revival.
PHOTO BY Toyota It's called the GR Yaris M Concept with the M likely standing for Mid-ship or mid-engined. Officially, it's a proposal for Toyota's entry in Japan's Super Taikyu racing series. The Toyota MR2, alongside the Celica and the Supra, was part of a trio of sports cars produced by Toyota in the 1990s.
In its final iteration (the MK3), which was discontinued in 2007, the MR2 was powered by a 1.8. Toyota has revealed a mid-engined, rear-wheel drive GR Yaris at Tokyo Auto Salon, and this could be a test bed for a new MR2.
