Lexus And Gazoo Racing Team Up For Joint Vehicle Development – ilmuhangat

Yesterday, Lexus announced that the newest section of Toyota Motor Corporation’s R&D center, the Technical Center Shimoyama, was complete, and there were snippets of the press release that jumped out at us. Among them was a full paragraph discussing how Lexus and Gazoo Racing would use the facility to “jointly develop new models” for each brand.

This is intriguing because since the Toyota GR GT3 Concept was revealed at the start of 2022, rumors of this V8-powered vehicle arriving with a Lexus badge have swirled online, spurred on by images of just such a vehicle at a Lexus dealer event. On the more attainable end of the spectrum, the GR-fettled Lexus LBX RR is all but confirmed for production. Combine those details with the fact that the new facility has its own private racetrack, and a GR-badged Lexus (or an RC F with GR GT3 DNA) seems imminent.

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