Toyota to start a new Racing Car Sub Brand GR

Toyota said Tuesday it is propelling another GR sports auto Series sub-mark in Japan that it intends to in the long run grow past that nation.



The GR series is named for Gazoo Racing, an organization inside Toyota, and depends on three levels of execution. The highest point of the line is GRMN, short for Gazoo Racing Masters of Nürburgring, which includes a tuned motor. The mid-run is the GR, which gets full air parts, Recaro seats and Sachs stuns, while the passage level GR Sport is additionally accessible in minivans and offers highlights like unique tuned suspension, aluminum pedals and different highlights, contingent upon the model. The brand will likewise offer secondary selling GR Parts. Read Toyota Land Cruiser Prado



Starting designs call for influencing GR and GR sports edition of the Vitz, and GR Sport edition of the Prius module half breed, Harrier, Mark X, Voxy and Noah in Japan. The Vitz GRMN, which has a 1.8-liter supercharged motor, is made arrangements for a spring 2018 discharge, while the 86 GR, Aqua GR Sport and Prius GR Sport models will hit the market this winter.



As a major aspect of its rollout, Toyota will close the greater part of its Area 86 shops crosswise over Japan and revive them under the GR Garage mark, guided by the idea of "the most energizing auto shop around the local area."

Toyota says it intends to progressively the GR arrangement outside of Japan, beginning with the supercharged four-chamber, 210 drive Yaris GRMN it uncovered in March in Europe.

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