Supra Supercars launch

The wraps were pulled off the new Supra racer in Sydney at a lavish launch function for this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000.

It’s the end result of an extensive design and development and by Toyota Australia and Walkinshaw Andretti United, Toyota’s chosen homologation team.

The GEN3 GR Supra will be powered by a 5.2-litre version of the four-valve, twin-cam 2UR-GSE Toyota/Lexus V8 (rather than the Supra road car's 3.0-litre twin-turbo in-line six).

Walkinshaw Andretti United (WAU) will run two Supras next year, while Brad Jones Racing will field a further four cars. WAU will take its current driver team of Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood into its 2026 Toyota programme; Brad Jones Racing (BJR) has yet to confirm its lineup for next year.

When the Supras do hit the track in 2026, both WAU and BJR will at different times have represented all three of the manufacturers in Supercars racing. BJR entered the series in 2000 running Fords before switching to Holden in 2008. When the retired Holden nameplate made way for GM two years ago, BJR replaced its Commodores with Camaros.

WAU is making the switch to Toyota from Ford, but in its former Tom Walkinshaw Racing guise it had been the factory Holden team, under the Holden Racing Team banner.