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According to this, something else is also in the works.
New Toyota Sports Car Platform Confirmed By Head Of Gazoo Racing
The GRMN family will grow, availability of GR models will extend beyond Japan, and there’s a lot more coming from Toyota’s newfound love for driving enjoyment-oriented vehicles. Shigeki Tomoyama, president of Gazoo Racing, confirmed to Automotive News that there’s an all-new, dedicated sports car platform currently in the works, although he didn’t go into specific details.
On the sidelines of the GR launch event, Tomoyama said: "In its next phase, we will get a designated sports car platform and eventually — finally — we want to introduce a pure, genuine sports car, which can compete against top-class world competitors." There’s no denying the purists will applaud this development, which was made possible by Gazoo Racing going independent.
Toyota took its hands off the motorsport division earlier this year, thus giving Gazoo Racing more leeway to do what it knows best. Some 200 people are tasked with every stage of product development, including engineering of the all-new platform. According to Toyota head honcho Akio Toyoda, “we have to show to the world that Toyota can actually make cars that are interesting."
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...confirmed-by-head-of-gazoo-racing-120604.html
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