--- title: "Toyota Will Eventually Have Three Sports Cars in its Lineup" description: "Reverting to the \"Three Brothers\" philosophy, Toyota wants to become a serious contender in the sports car market again." date: "2017-03-09" modified: "2017-03-09" authors: - name: "Christian Gilbertsen" job_title: "Native Projects Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/christian-gilbertsen" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/8228/toyota-will-eventually-have-three-sports-cars-in-its-lineup" categories: - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Toyota News" tags: - "Geneva Motor Show" - "Tetsuya Tada" - "Toyota" --- # Toyota Will Eventually Have Three Sports Cars in its Lineup ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Several decades have passed since Toyota was been a major contender in the sports car world, but the Japanese automaker is ready to jump back in. In an interview with [*Evo*](), Toyota engineer and Gazoo Racing chief Tetsuya Tada said that the Japanese automaker would soon have three sports cars in its lineup with several special-edition performance models sprinkled throughout. Dubbed the "Three Brothers," the sports car range will feature the venerable Toyota GT 86 (the same car as the erstwhile Scion FR-S in the US and the Subaru BRZ), the upcoming Supra that's reported to be a joint project between Toyota and BMW, and a modern-day MR2 that [*Evo*]() expects might be based off the Toyota SF-R concept from the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. Tada-san, the mastermind behind the Toyota GT 86 has a penchant for designing lightweight sports cars, but with more restriction emissions standards in place, he wants to use a hybrid powertrain for the MR2 whose technology will likely be borrowed from Toyota's LMP1 race cars, according to [*Evo*]()*.* Given that the Mazda Miata has dominated the small, affordable, lightweight sports car market, it'll be nice to see some more competition. ### Author social links [Instagram]()