Toyota to demonstrate its rally car of the future concept in Finland

Toyota will debut its new hydrogen-powered rally car on stages at Rally Finland, which hosts the ninth round of the World Rally Championship this weekend.

Four-time WRC world champion and Toyota’s current deputy team principal Juha Kankkunen will pilot the GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept on the Harju stage on Thursday and Friday of the (31 July- 3 August) event.

The car has been extensively developed at the Toyota WRC team’s headquarters in Jyvaskyla, Finland and is based around its current GR Yaris Rally2 car, albeit fitted with an internal combustion engine fuelled by compressed hydrogen.

Toyota previously showcased the technology in the WRC at Ypres Rally Belgium in 2022, when Kankkunen and then Toyota president Akio Toyoda jumped behind the wheel. Since then the concept has undergone further development to create the current version of that car, which will make its debut in Finland.

“I’m looking forward to doing some driving myself with the GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept: it’s a very exciting project for our team to be involved in, demonstrating the potential of hydrogen technology with the sound and performance of a proper rally car, and we hope the fans will enjoy it," said Kankkunen.

Toyota has heavily invested in developing hydrogen as alternative fuel for motorsport. The Japanese car maker has been competing with hydrogen-powered cars since 2021 when it raced a modified Corolla in the Super Taikyu series in Japan, with Toyota’s WRC team principal Jari-Matti Latvala among the roster of drivers.

Last month Toyota unveiled a hydrogen-powered prototype test car as the next step on the road to racing with the alternative fuel at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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