The Lexus/Toyota GR GT3 sports activities automobile cannot come quickly sufficient. Initially debuting in idea kind on the Tokyo Auto Salon in 2022, the manufacturing model is destined to hit the highway someday in 2026. However earlier than it does, hear to those candy, candy sounds of the prototype testing at Laguna Seca.

Captured by photographer Alec Gamino and posted to Instagram, the short 8-second clip reveals the GR GT3 prototype racing down the notorious Corkscrew at Laguna Seca earlier than heading off-screen. You possibly can hear—what appears like—a burly twin-turbocharged V-8 engine beneath the hood earlier than the driving force drives out of view. Simply take heed to this factor:

Granted, this prototype doesn’t have the identical high-pitched wail because the V-10-powered LFA. However, with a modified model of the RC F GT3’s 5.2-liter V-8 engine probably underhood, it might make much more horsepower than its predecessor. That V-8 is already able to 500 horsepower within the RC F GT3.

We’ve already seen spy images and video of the GR GT3 testing at tracks just like the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps—however it’s nice to see the supercar testing right here within the US because it inches nearer to manufacturing.

Rumors say we might see the GR GT3 race automobile debut as early as this yr earlier than the road automobile reveals up in 2026. As Lexus’s new halo automobile, anticipate the GR GT3 to price nicely over $100,000 when it lastly goes on sale.