GR-FOUR | GR | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

In the world of motor sports, drivers push the limits to extremes. Taking their machines to road surfaces, distances and drive times never experienced in ordinary life.
At Toyota, we know those limits and, through improvement after repeated improvement, exceed them to reach new heights.
GR-FOUR is the child of rallies raced on streets worldwide and punishing 24-hour endurance on high-speed circuits.
Extreme in both performance and endurance. A one-of-a-kind sports 4WD at home in the most grueling motor sports. That’s GR-FOUR.

Philosophy of
GR-FOUR Development

A better car for the
frontiers of motor sports

It’s often said that parts that break down after 200,000 km in normal driving last barely 1,000 km in motor sports.
Toyota confronts this harsh driving environment with the attitude, “if it breaks, we’ll fix it.” Through these incremental improvements, GR YARIS and GR COROLLA have continued to advance.
This commitment to overcoming repeated challenges is the cornerstone of the drive performance and reliability that make GR-FOUR great.
Mistakes are just steps
to success

One mistake can break a car.
That’s not a bad thing. In fact, we welcome it.
The spirit of thriving on challenges and pushing the limits to solve problems is the story of how automobiles improve.
Fear that a car will fail is a roadblock to achieving a better drive.
“Driver first” carmaking

In the world of motor sports, races of 100 minutes are decided by fractions of a second. Improving durability, even to gain just a few more meters, is a must in this world.
As we pursue constant improvement under these extreme conditions, what’s most important of all is the conversation between driver and car. The words and feelings of drivers as they recount their driving experiences offer clues we can use to make cars ever better.

About GR-FOUR

A powerful, sporty drive honed on the race circuit

GR-FOUR is adopted in the GR YARIS and GR COROLLA.This GR-exclusive 4WD is honed to a knife edge in the most punishing motor sports, to conquer the world’s toughest roads and circuits.

Built with stability to deliver victory on the race scene, GR-FOUR offers light weight to deliver maximum power from the engine. The true joy of driving.

Reading the road ahead, the driver selects the drive mode.

GR-FOUR is equipped with three 4WD modes, each with its own distribution of drive power to front and rear wheels.

The driver selects the road type and preferred settings to achieve the intended driving experience, from ordinary driving to sports performance.

Technologies for All-Wheel
Drive Systems

Active Torque Split 4WD System

Drive performance that’s built for motor sports

High-precision front-rear drive distribution control, rapid-response electronic control couplings to make it happen and Torsen^®-traction limited slip differential bring home the true power of 4WD. Rotational acceleration performance that reads your mind, with stability as only 4WD can deliver.
Informed by know-how fed back from motor sports, GR-FOUR optimizes for a full gamut of road conditions, from the race circuit to dirt roads and snowbound highways. GR-FOUR takes Toyota’s exclusively developed 4WD and takes the drive performance to a higher dimension.

4WD mode select switch

Select the drive behavior that suits you best according to the type of road.

Three control modes can be set, each with a different front-rear torque distribution, thanks to GR-FOUR’s active torque split 4WD system using an electronically controlled multi-disc clutch.
The driver selects the drive distribution and drives according to preference, at ease and at will.

Synergy for Better Performance

GR-DAT

8-speed sports AT lets drivers enjoy the performance of GR-FOUR to the max.

GR-FOUR’s sports 8-speed automatic transmission (AT) was developed on the race circuit to deliver AT with the feel of manual transmission.
8-speed AT eliminates manual gear shifting so drivers can focus on driving, feeling the joy of GR-FOUR driving to the fullest. The true pleasure of driving, for every driver to enjoy.

Character of
GR-FOUR

GR YARIS

GR COROLLA

GR YARIS

Outrunning the Competition in Motor Sports

GR YARIS maximally leverages the drive of GR-FOUR and the power of the G16E engine in a compact, lightweight body.

Drive distribution switches at the driver‘s pleasure, instantly taking command of the road.

Razor-sharp response and maneuverability.
Calculated for victory in the most grueling motor sports.

Take total control with the 4WD mode select switch.
・Normal mode: 60:40 drive distribution between front and rear wheels
・Gravel mode: 53:47 drive distribution between front and rear wheels
・Track mode: Continuously variable drive distribution between 60–30 for front wheels and 40–70 for rear wheels

Choose the optimum setting for the road surface and your preferences to maximize performance the way you like it on any road.

GR YARIS with Motorsports

WRC: FIA World Rally Championship

The pinnacle of the racing world, a worldwide racing stage featuring every type of road. Led by Jari-Matti Latvala, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing took part in this championship with the GR YARIS Rally1.

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Japanese Rally Championship

The apex of the Japanese rally world. Launched to hone the abilities of man and machine “to make ever better cars,” the Japanese Rally Championship attracts the passionate participation of Toyota engineers and mechanics.

GR YARIS Details

BORN FROM WRC
A car created using reverse brainstorming

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GR COROLLA

GR COROLLA is an all-rounder, a car that takes charge of every road from public streets to race circuits.

GR COROLLA offers five-door practicality with the stability of a long wheelbase.

Superb control performance lifts GR COROLLA to a whole new level in utility.

From aggressive circuit driving to everyday use.
Whatever the scene, GR COROLLA shows you what it’s made of.

Choose the optimum setting for the road surface and your preferences to maximize performance the way you like it on any road.

Note: Gravel mode for GR COROLLA has a 50:50 drive distribution between front and rear wheels.

GR COROLLA with Motorsports

Super Endurance Series

This endurance race series is a contest among machines based on commercially available, mass-produced cars. This series hones the performance of cars under grueling motor-sports conditions, unleashing purposeful passion and action while pursuing carbon neutrality. Tackling the challenge of making a wider range of options available to drivers.

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GR COROLLA Details

UNTAMED ENERGY

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Experience of
GR-FOUR

Some events where you can share the thrill of GR-FOUR driving

GR RENTAL EXPERIENCE

GR RENTAL EXPERIENCE makes the thrill of GR driving accessible anywhere, anytime.
GR Car Rental even offers special reservation plans, so you can drive and compare a variety of GR-FOUR cars.

Evolution of
GR-FOUR

GR-FOUR Origins: Looking Back on GT-FOUR

A history of the models equipped with GR-FOUR, from the debut of GR YARIS and GR COROLLA to the present day

To the next generation of GR-FOUR
Midship-mounted GR YARIS for super-endurance

ー GT-FOUR

CELICA GT-FOUR, a Car That Rules the World’s Roads

In the 1989 WRC, Toyota entered the ST-165 CELICA GT-FOUR. Later, Toyota moved on to the ST-185 CELICA GT-FOUR, which sported a racing chassis, water-cooler intercooler and metal turbo. The switch established Toyota’s supremacy, with three consecutive WRC victories from 1992 to 1994 and two consecutive wins in 1993 and 1994 in the Manufacturer category.

The CELICA that supported Toyota in its WRC golden age sported a 2 L turbo output 3S-GTE engine. CELICA advanced with each passing year. To utilize its high torque to the max, the CELICA incorporated the first mechanical 4WD developed by Toyota. This was the genesis of the CELICA GT-FOUR. Later, the CELICA GT-FOUR was equipped with a rear differential gear featuring Japan’s first Torsen^® LSD.

Born to race, the CELICA GT-FOUR keeps on evolving. This was the moment when the design concept that informs all modern GR car manufacturing was born at Toyota.

ー GR-FOUR

From GT-FOUR to GR-FOUR

It is now two decades since the CELICA GT-FOUR’s championship years.
GR was born in 2015 with the aim of “making ever-better motorsports-bred cars.” In 2017, GR staged its return to WRC alongside the WRC YARIS.

Developed in the crucible of motor sports, constantly evolving, the GR YARIS was born in 2020 to win the modern WRC. Equipped to conquer any kind of road the world can hurl at it, the GR YARIS hums with a high-power 1.6 L straight-three engine, the G16E-GTS, under its hood. To transmit all of that awesome power to the road without spilling a drop, a tenacious sports 4WD system was developed: the GR-FOUR.

As with other GR-FOUR vehicles, the GR COROLLA is packed with state-of-the-art technologies, such as an active torque sprit 4WD system and 4WD mode select, as well as a power unit built to leave the competition in the dust. The GR COROLLA has come to symbolize the creation of automobiles through motor sports.

Born with the CELICA GT-FOUR, the concept of developing cars using motor sports as the starting point has been paid forward to the GR-FOUR, through which it continues to evolve.

ー GR YARIS M Concept

Stiff competition gives rise to the cars of the future.

The GR-FOUR contends for supremacy in the global racing arena. As it notches win after win, including the WRC, Toyota never forgets the original spirit of GR.

In 2025 Toyota announced that GR YARIS will compete in Nürburgring 24 Hours, the endurance race that launched GR and Akio “Morizo” Toyoda to fame. Nürburgring is regarded as the world’s most punishing endurance race, a contest that tests both driver and machine.
It is the crucible in which Morizo burnished his skills and the GR development program was forged. In this unforgiving arena, the GR works team (TGR) and Morizo’s private team (Rookie Racing (RR)) will stage their comebacks, this time united under the banner TGRR. Now ready and eager to take on the world, TGRR aim to rekindle the spirit of adventure that launched their racing odyssey.

At Tokyo Auto Salon 2025, Toyota announced the GR YARIS M Concept. This concept car incorporates a reimagined version of the GR-FOUR power train and a 2.0 L straight-four turbo engine. The engine is mid-mounted, opening a new chapter in automaking.

Car development is not just about racing. For Toyota, it’s a continuing commitment to driver-first car manufacturing. That’s the credo of GR. Toyota will continue to cultivate people and cars that can rise to the challenge of the race circuit, using motor sports as the launchpad for creation of great cars.