And it may also become the first car from outside the Toyota line-up – and the first from the Lexus luxury-car division – to wear the Japanese car giant’s Toyota Gazoo Racing (GR) performance badge, the report claims.
I’d put doubt to this report simply because Gazoo is very clearly being broken out into a distinct sub-brand, not a trim level. In fact, the recent FT-Se concept just wears GR badging, with no other accompanying badging whatsoever. It wouldn’t make sense for them to make a “Lexus GR” — it would just be a GR.
I’m happy to be wrong, but this report just doesn’t seem to be consistent with Toyota’s current direction with GR at first glance.
I’d put doubt to this report simply because Gazoo is very clearly being broken out into a distinct sub-brand, not a trim level. In fact, the recent FT-Se concept just wears GR badging, with no other accompanying badging whatsoever. It wouldn’t make sense for them to make a “Lexus GR” — it would just be a GR.
I’m happy to be wrong, but this report just doesn’t seem to be consistent with Toyota’s current direction with GR at first glance.
Could just be badged as an F-sport performance model that uses GR drivetrain components