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Toyota has a questionnaire for anyone interested in buying one of its GR Super Sport supercars.
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Toyota reveals GR HV Sports and TJ Cruiser van concepts ahead of Tokyo motor show
Toyota tipped its hand ahead of the 2017 Tokyo motor show and revealed not one, but two concept vehicles it will debut in Japan. The first is the GR HV Sports Concept, which takes design inspiration from the automaker's TS050 LMP1 race car. The second is the TJ Cruiser Concept, which molds SUV...
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Toyota poised to launch performance sub-brand in September
Toyota will present what it’s calling a “new sports car series” at a special event in Japan next month. The series is thought to be a new sub-brand similar to Lexus’ F division, and it’s rumored the upcoming Toyota Supra will be the sub-brand’s flagship offering...
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Toyota Yaris GRMN debuts with supercharged engine
To coincide with its successful return to the World Rally Championship this year, Toyota has launched a high-performance version of its Yaris subcompact hatchback inspired by the Yaris-based rally car. Called the Yaris GRMN, the car made its world debut this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show and is...
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Toyota Supra to be part of Gazoo performance brand?
Toyota is thought to be planning a new performance division for road cars using the name of its official motorsport division Gazoo Racing, and one of the first offerings from the performance division could be the new Supra sports car. The information was reported on Wednesday by Autocar citing...
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Toyota mulls Gazoo name for go-fast division
A senior Toyota executive has revealed to Autocar that the company is considering using the name of its motorsport division, Gazoo Racing, on high-performance road cars. Koei Saga, who heads both Gazoo and Toyota’s powertrain division, told the British publication that it is his intention to...
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Toyota has announced it is consolidating a number of its individual motorsport programs around the globe under the Gazoo Racing banner. The automaker says the move will help clarify its motorsports efforts and hopefully foster a better link between its cars designed for racing and those designed for the road. WATCH: Porsche 918 Spyder Chases Koenigsegg Agera R On Autobahn: Video Engineers from the production side of things will get direct involvement in some motorsport programs to give them hands-on experience in technologies and processed used in top-level racing. The knowledge acquired...
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Watch This Lexus LFA Race Car Lap The Nürburgring: Video
Everybody wants a quick fix these days. A few seconds of entertainment, followed by a few more. But if you can spare about ten minutes today, you should use it to watch Gazoo Racing's Lexus LFA race car circumnavigate the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife in preparation for this year's...
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Gazoo Racing’s Lexus LFA Code X Hits The Track: Video
Lexus has been competing in the gruelling Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race with its LFA supercar since 2008, back when it was still a prototype, and even though production ceased in 2012 versions of the car are still being developed for motorsport use. The latest is the Lexus LFA Code X...
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Lexus Reveals Upgraded LFA Code X Race Car For 2014 Nürburgring 24 Hours
The Lexus LFA may no longer be in production, but versions of the car are still being developed for motorsport use. The latest is the Lexus LFA Code X, which was developed together with Gazoo Racing and will compete in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. This will be the...
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Lexus LFA And Toyota GT 86 Confirmed For 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours Race
Despite no longer being in production anymore, the Lexus LFA will be back for this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours, the 41st running of the classic endurance race. The car will be fielded by Toyota motorsport partner Gazoo Racing, which will be competing in the event for its seventh time in...
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Gazoo Racing Reveals Its Scion FR-S-Based Sports FR Concept: Video
This weekend plays host to the 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, and one of the stars of the event has just been revealed, the GRMN Sports FR Concept Platinum from Gazoo Racing. Gazoo Racing is one of Toyota’s most successful motorsport partners, competing in the likes of the Nürburgring 24 Hours...
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Developing a world-class supercar like the Lexus LFA from a clean sheet of paper is no easy task, and turning that supercar (or supercar prototype) into a competitive endurance racer is an order of magnitude more difficult. Taking that race car to compete with long-dominant German automakers, in their own backyard, almost borders on insanity. Japan’s Gazoo Racing has been working with Toyota's luxury brand since 2008 to develop an SP8 class endurance racer based on the Lexus LFA, capable of winning the grueling Nürburgring 24 hour race. The last time a non-German car took home a...
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Gazoo Racing Unveils Twin-Charged 2013 Scion FR-S Concept
Toyota motorsports partner Gazoo Racing has built a concept version of the FR-S packing both a supercharger and a turbocharger.
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Lexus and Toyota Go To (The Green) Hell In Nürburgring Race
Aston Martin and Ferrari may commonly mingle with Lexus next to the greens at your local country club, but in May they’ll compete together and with others at “The Green Hell,” Germany’s Nürburgring race track. It may be easy to first associate the Japanese luxury...
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Build Your Own Toyota GT 86, For Free
Toyota’s GT 86, like its Scion and Subaru equivalents, was designed to be an affordable sport coupe that delivers driving fun to the masses. Affordable is in the eye of the beholder, since even the least-expensive Scion FR-S will carry a U.S. list price that starts at just under $25,000. The...
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Pair Of Scion FR-S Coupes To Tackle 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours
Years in the making, long spied at test tracks around the world, and often displayed at auto shows, Scion’s new 2013 FR-S is now just weeks away from hitting showrooms along with being just a few weeks away from making its international racing debut. The Scion FR-S, or more accurately, its...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Toyota Sports Coupe (FT-86) By Gazoo Racing Spy Shots
Years in the making, long spied and often displayed at auto shows, Toyota's upcoming sports coupe, so far known as the FT-86, is coming next year. These spy shots show off a Gazoo Racing version of the car. Today, we bring you new photos of the car as it preps for a race this weekend at the...
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Last weekend we were treated to the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race and in just a week’s time we’ll be enthralled by another 24 hour long race, the equally arduous Nurburgring 24 Hours at the famous Nurburgring-Nordschleife in Germany’s pristine Eifel hills. The Nurburgring 24 Hours is the highlight of the VLN, a localized race series held at the German circuit each year, and is the perfect breeding ground for automakers to fine tune their designs, not only for racing but also for production cars. Participants range from amateurs in small road legal cars with...
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Onboard A Lexus LFA Racing Around The Nurburgring: Video
Here’s your chance to ride shotgun in a race-prepped Lexus LFA as it storms around the Nurburgring circuit in Germany at a recent VLN event. By watching this video you are taken directly into the cockpit of the Lexus LFA, number 111, which ended up fifth overall in the race. Behind the wheel...
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Lexus CT 200h Makes Race Debut At The Nurburgring
Lexus is out to prove the performance credentials of its latest CT 200h by entering the upmarket hybrid hatchback in the competitive VLN race series that runs on the notorious Nurburgring circuit. The CT 200h race car is being fielded by Toyota’s racing partner Gazoo Racing and actually made...
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GRMN iQ Race Concept Headlines Toyota Stand At 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon
Toyota has outdone Nissan’s nine car showing at this weekend’s 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon by presenting no less than 17 modified vehicles and race cars, most of which have been developed in collaboration with motorsports engineering firm Gazoo Racing. The highlight of the automaker’s...
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Video: Gazoo Racing Presents Toyota MR-2 Spyder Sports Hybrid Concept
The Gazoo Racing Toyota MR-2 Sports Hybrid Concept shows off what can be done when performance and hybrid are put together.
Nelson Ireson