An Ordinary Sedan No More: Toyota Built a Twin-Engine Camry

Gazoo Racing fitted the Camry with two engines, all-wheel drive and around 700 hp. The show car debuted at the Super Taikyu 24 Hours.

Toyota has shown a Camry that has almost nothing to do with the familiar family sedan. Its Gazoo Racing division dropped two engines into the car, made it all-wheel drive and pushed combined output to around 700 hp. The project was unveiled at the 24-hour Super Taikyu race, where Japanese brands often roll out their most unusual experiments.

This Camry has flared fenders, an aggressive body kit and a side-exit exhaust, but the real story is hidden under the skin. The front wheels are driven by a 1.6-liter turbo G16E-GTS — the same three-cylinder engine used in the GR Yaris, GR Corolla and Lexus LBX Morizo RR. Output here is 300 hp.

At the back, where the rear seats would normally sit, there is a second engine. It is the new 2.0-liter turbo G20E that Gazoo Racing is preparing for future Toyota performance cars. It puts out around 400 hp and sends drive to the rear axle. The result: seven cylinders, two separate powertrains and a layout that turns an ordinary sedan into an experimental all-wheel-drive missile.

The car will never reach a production line. It is an engineering show car, similar in spirit to the wild old projects like the Volkswagen Scirocco Bi-Motor or the Mercedes A38 AMG. For buyers, what matters here is not the twin-engine sedan itself but the hint at where Toyota is taking its GR performance lineup. The new 2.0-liter turbo is no longer just a rumor — it is being shown in a real car, even if in the most theatrical form possible.

Toyota also brought a second Camry — black, in bosozoku style. The new four-cylinder engine sits up front, and according to Japanese sources, the sedan has been switched to rear-wheel drive and fitted with a manual gearbox. The interior is deliberately outrageous: a fur-covered dashboard, a glass gear lever, cigars and even a chandelier. Toyota does not sell Camrys like these, but sometimes it is exactly these cars that say more about the future than the polite production debuts.