The brand new Toyota/Lexus sports activities automotive duo is again for day two on the 2025 Goodwood Pageant of Velocity. Each the road-going mannequin and its race automotive counterpart have already climbed the well-known hill once more, however what actually caught our consideration was the post-run interview with the event drivers.

We’ve discovered that the vehicles have been within the works for over 4 years, with circuit testing kicking off a couple of yr and a half in the past. They’re nonetheless not fairly completed, however judging by the inside, the official reveal can’t be far off. Since there are not any press photographs obtainable but, we’ll must make do with screenshots from the livestream, which present the cabin of the street-legal model.

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We used Photoshop and a little bit of AI wizardry to boost the brightness and publicity of the highest picture, bringing out extra particulars. The unedited screenshot is connected proper above. That includes a predominantly crimson inside, the LFR (identify confirmed) comes with a pair of carbon bucket seats separated by a large heart console. Whereas a guide gearbox was by no means realistically anticipated, the brand new Lexus (or is it Toyota?) supercar incorporates a small selector for the automated transmission.

The 2-tone dashboard hosts a decently sized touchscreen and what seem like bodily switches situated just under. Sadly, there are additionally some piano black accents and hexagonal facet air vents. Very similar to the instrument cluster, the rearview mirror is digital, displaying footage from a rear-facing digital camera. General, the cabin feels extra like that of a real sports activities automotive in comparison with the RC F it is supposedly changing.

That might make sense, contemplating the LFR is believed to be a road-going model of the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT3. Lexus nonetheless received’t affirm what powers the two-seater coupe, however primarily based on the sounds each vehicles are making on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity, a V-8 appears extremely seemingly. Whether or not it’s twin-turbocharged and/or hybrid stays to be seen, although that is what studies from Japan are claiming.

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The GR GT3 is anticipated to start out racing in 2026, 4 years after the namesake idea debuted on the Tokyo Auto Salon. That means the wait is almost over, not only for the race automotive, but additionally for its street-legal counterpart. The Toyota model will seemingly stay track-only, whereas the Lexus is anticipated to be the one with a license plate.

Search for each to be revealed both later this yr or in early 2026.

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