Toyota GR Series: Raised on Track; designed to be driven Car News

Working directly alongside race and rally teams, Toyota GAZOO Racing’s road car engineers have used this racing knowledge and experience to design a new breed of “ever better” GR Series sports car. and hot tailgates that generate real passion and a much-needed halo. desire among true performance enthusiasts.

But why GAZOO? Well, it all goes back to the early days of the internet and a Toyota e-commerce site for used cars – named gazoo.com after the Japanese word for image (“gazo”). Toyota engineers used “Gazoo” to describe all of their unique performance cars, each sitting in individual “garages”. So when Toyota was looking to score its new performance arm, GAZOO Racing was the obvious choice.

Toyota GR Supra: redefining “gran turismo”

Toyota’s modern GR series range began in 2019, with the launch of the Toyota GR Supra. A completely re-engineered fifth-generation redesign for one of Toyota’s true racing and road icons, it features a multi-layered, multi-faceted character that’s perfectly suited to long pan-European ‘gran turismo’ road trips.

In fact, Toyota built much of its motorsport reputation by competing in two of Europe’s most legendary sports car endurance races. First, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Raced on the 8.8-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in central France (using closed public roads for the event), Le Mans tasks teams with racing twice a day, day, night and under the rain, reaching speeds in excess of 200 mph on the dreaded Mulsanne Straight.