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Gazoo Racing

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Too Afraid to Ask

It’s a special team inside Toyota that builds fast cars and works on racing projects.

Technical Definition

Gazoo Racing is Toyota’s motorsport and performance division that develops high‑performance vehicles like the GR GT.

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"This seems like, given the Gazoo Racing moniker, they of course make the sportiest trim of the RAV4."

Toyota Reveals New Sports Car! New G-Wagon Looks Good? Buying Rare Concept Cars! THIS CAR POD! with Doug DeMuro & Friends! 04:07

"And it's developed by their Gazoo Racing Unit, which is certainly the silliest name of any. Like, that's their M-Works or their AMG or their MAGMA."

What Does a Luxury Car Even Mean These Days?, Driving the Latest & Quickest Mercedes Ever Bloomberg Hot Pursuit! 02:16

"Yep. Yeah, that's a great question. All I will say is that GR is an acronym for Gazoo Racing, which is the in-house racing program, not TRD... Gazoo Racing is going to be, this is the Lexus side of..."

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About Gazoo Racing

Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) is a motorsport division of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota. Alongside competition activities, the division develops technologies for the Gazoo Racing (GR) sub-brand of Toyota's sports and performance-oriented production road cars.

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