Motorsports

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 19, 2025 – If you’ve been following Toyota’s “developing ever-better cars” era and waiting to see its newest flagships up close, January is about to get very tempting. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) says it will exhibit at Tokyo Auto Salon 2026 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Japan, from January 9 to 11, bringing the GR GT and GR GT3 for their first general-public reveal after their December 5 world premiere.

A Public Debut for Two New Flagships

Toyota is positioning the GR GT and GR GT3 as the stars of its booth, and the timing is part of the excitement: these models are moving from “world premiere” energy to real-life, in-person viewing. For anyone who likes to judge a car by stance, proportions, and details you simply can’t feel through a screen, a show like Tokyo Auto Salon is where the obsession usually begins.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 19, 2025 – Toyota didn’t present its new sports models like a typical “bigger, faster, louder” launch. Instead, the world premiere on December 5 at the Woven City Inventor Garage in Susono, Shizuoka, leaned into something more human: the craft of making cars, the pressure of being judged, and the stubborn decision to keep improving even when it would be easier to play it safe.

A Japanese Ritual That Explains the Mindset

The story begins with Shikinen Sengu at Ise Jingu in Mie Prefecture, where a shrine is rebuilt every 20 years and sacred objects are moved from old to new. The shrine’s own explanation reads like a mission statement for any craft worth protecting: “The history of Japan and the spirit of our ancestors must never be cast aside. We must continue to safeguard those things that need to be preserved for the future. Doing so is more difficult than embracing change, and more important.”

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 10, 2025 – BMW Motorrad Motorsport is cranking up the excitement for U.S. race fans as Chicago-based OrangeCat Racing officially becomes a BMW MOTORRAD MOTORSPORT Team in the 2026 MotoAmerica Superbike season. After three highly successful years in the Stock 1000 class, the privateer squad now moves into North America’s premier Superbike championship with full factory backing and a sharpened rider lineup.

From hungry privateer to factory-backed Superbike contender

OrangeCat Racing’s relationship with BMW began in 2023, when the team first lined up in MotoAmerica’s Stock 1000 class with the BMW M 1000 RR. The results came quickly: over three seasons, OrangeCat riders delivered 10 wins and 33 podiums, including runner-up championship finishes with Kaleb DeKeyrel in 2023 and Jayson Uribe in 2024, plus a 2025 title with Andrew Lee.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 8, 2025 – The lights are turning green on a new all-electric adventure for DS Automobiles as the brand kicks off its 11th season in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. With the São Paulo E-Prix opening Season 12 on December 6, DS heads back to the iconic Sambadrome armed with a refined race car, a hungry young talent, and a seasoned Formula E star ready to hit his 100th race.

A High-Speed Season Opener in the Heart of São Paulo

Once again, the Formula E season starts in Brazil, where the 2.9-kilometre São Paulo circuit weaves through the legendary Sambadrome. Long straights, tight corners and a lively urban backdrop guarantee the kind of close, energy-focused racing that makes this championship so addictive to watch. For DS Automobiles and partner PENSKE AUTOSPORT, it’s the perfect stage to send a message: they’re here to win races and fight for the final podium at season’s end.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 8, 2025 – DS Automobiles has its first points of the new ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season on the board, after a dramatic São Paulo E-Prix that mixed comebacks, red flags and a reminder of just how unpredictable all-electric street racing can be. For fans, it was the kind of opener that sets the tone for an intense, globally watched Season 12.

Action-Packed Start Under the Lights of the Sambadrome

Racing through São Paulo’s famous Sambadrome, with its long straights and tight corners, the season opener was non-stop action from lights out to the final lap. A late incident brought out the red flag and a restart behind the safety car, reshuffling strategies just as teams were playing their final energy cards.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 8, 2025 – Citroën’s big leap into all-electric single-seater racing has paid off faster than many fans dared to hope. In a dramatic São Paulo season opener, the new Citroën Racing Formula E Team turned its very first race into a statement result, with New Zealander Nick Cassidy charging from P15 on the grid to a hard-fought P3 – and straight onto the podium.

From P15 to P3: A Charge Worth Remembering

The opening round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in São Paulo was always going to be a test of nerves for Citroën. New team, new structure, first race in single-seaters – and a bumpy, high-intensity street circuit to contend with. Instead of easing into the season, Cassidy delivered a performance that showed exactly why he’s considered one of the championship’s fiercest racers.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 8, 2025 – Citroën is stepping back onto the global racing stage in style, choosing the bright lights and electric buzz of São Paulo for its first factory World Championship program since 2019. With the Citroën Racing Formula E Team set to debut at the 2025 Google Cloud São Paulo E-Prix, fans can expect a blend of cutting-edge electric racing, bold French personality and a paddock atmosphere that feels more like a city festival than a traditional race weekend.

Electric street racing in the heart of São Paulo

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 8, 2025 – When Brad Pitt steps out under the neon glow of Las Vegas and hands his keys to a valet, you expect movie magic – not a five-time F1® race winner behind the wheel of a camouflaged prototype. That’s exactly the kind of high-energy surprise Mercedes-AMG staged to introduce the upcoming Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, kicking off a new era of performance with a blockbuster-style premiere that feels tailor-made for sports car fans.

A Las Vegas Stunt That Feels Like a Movie Scene

For this launch moment, Mercedes-AMG swapped the usual motor show stage for the buzzing streets of Las Vegas. The scene is simple and cinematic: Brad Pitt waits for his car at a valet stand, only to discover that his “valet” is actually Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team star George Russell. From there, the prototype Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe becomes the true co-star.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 5, 2025 – For everyone who ever fell in love with a low-slung coupé on a poster, Toyota and Lexus just delivered a serious jolt of excitement: the world premiere of the Lexus LFA Concept EV sports car, together with the Toyota GR GT and GR GT3, promises a new era where performance, passion and future tech finally meet in one family of dream machines.

A World Premiere for Pure Driving Emotion

Held at Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji Plant in Eastern Japan, the event was less dry press conference and more love letter to car culture. It took place in a former press shop that once helped create the first Toyota Century in 1967 and is now reborn as the “Inventor’s Garage” of Woven City – a fitting stage for three radical new sports cars.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 5, 2025 – Toyota is turning its most hardcore motorsport know-how into two new dream machines: the GR GT, a road-legal race car, and the GR GT3, a full FIA-spec customer race car designed for people who genuinely want to win on Sundays and still enjoy the brand’s racing spirit the rest of the week.

Lead image suggestion: A low, wide, graphite-grey GR GT prototype speeding through a fast corner at sunset, with a GR GT3 in full race livery chasing behind it, motion blur on the track and heat shimmer around the cars to emphasize speed and drama.

Flagship sports cars with true racing DNA