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GR could technically leverage its position under Akio to acquire a few engines for special projects, but it would never be a mass production thing.
I've tried to illustrate this before, but Lexus specifically is VERY protective over tech it develops these days, and there is a huge bureaucracy of internal politics there. Everyone just thinks, 'oh, every Lexus is Toyota' so they share everything. That ideology (and one I held for years) is oversimplifying things to an extreme degree lol. That's not to say they don't share certain tech and resources, but for all intents and purposes its best to view them as independent entities which is exactly what they want and why things are being done differently these days.
It wasn't always that way however, especially in the 90's and early 00s. I think the big change came in 2005 when Toyota decided to start marketing and selling Lexus in more countries starting with Japan.
GR could technically leverage its position under Akio to acquire a few engines for special projects, but it would never be a mass production thing.
I've tried to illustrate this before, but Lexus specifically is VERY protective over tech it develops these days, and there is a huge bureaucracy of internal politics there. Everyone just thinks, 'oh, every Lexus is Toyota' so they share everything. That ideology (and one I held for years) is oversimplifying things to an extreme degree lol. That's not to say they don't share certain tech and resources, but for all intents and purposes its best to view them as independent entities which is exactly what they want and why things are being done differently these days.
It wasn't always that way however, especially in the 90's and early 00s. I think the big change came in 2005 when Toyota decided to start marketing and selling Lexus in more countries starting with Japan.
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