It's thought the new Yaris hot hatch is the work of Toyota's newly - formed
Gazoo Racing performance division that was created to help align the car - maker's fast road cars with its investment in racing.
Japanese manufacturers don't seem to be afraid of applying sporting paraphernalia to their electric and hybrid models either after Toyota's widespread roll out of
its Gazoo Racing performance sub-brand.
Not exact matches
But at the time it was unclear if the U.S. would get the same upgrades from GR, which stands for Toyota's
performance division
Gazoo Racing.
Lexus» latest F
performance model, the GS F super saloon, will make its European dynamic debut at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, driving up the hill climb course under the control of Toyota
Gazoo Racing's Mike Conway.
Gazoo racing has introduced a new
performance package (main image), which thanks to the addition of a small supercharger and turbocharger, raises power of the GT 86 from 200 to 325bhp.
It's clear that
Gazoo Racing is going to play a more significant role in the development of high -
performance Toyota passenger cars, representing a belated replacement for the Toyota
Racing Development (TRD) brand here.
More so, the concept establishes their intent to turn Toyota
Gazoo Racing into a competitive
performance division that might finally bring back the excitement Toyota has been missing for so long.
He said that it was a matter of when, not if, a
Gazoo Racing or GR - branded
performance car arrives in Australia.
But with a new Supra on the horizon, and a new
performance division — Toyota
Gazoo Racing — established, Toyota might be back in the
performance game before we know it.
But there's already some very positive juju from Toyota executives about an even hotter version that's expected to be developed by Toyota's high
performance motorsport partner,
Gazoo Racing.
While that's the job of the Toyota
Gazoo Racing team and its TS050 Hybrid race cars, the company has always claimed it is using lessons learned in racing to develop better cars — especially performance
Racing team and its TS050 Hybrid
race cars, the company has always claimed it is using lessons learned in
racing to develop better cars — especially performance
racing to develop better cars — especially
performance cars.
Toyota is mulling the idea of using
Gazoo Racing to promote its
performance - oriented vehicles, but in North America, that's TRD's mission.