Toyota GR GT3 Appears With Lexus Badge

Going on looks alone, a production Lexus model based upon this concept would certainly grab the attention of those pompous drivers in their BMW M4s and Audi RS5s. But how would it handle? After all, we've waxed lyrical on many occasions about the soulful 5.0-liter naturally aspirated V8 you can get in theLexus RC F, but we've never had quite so much praise for the car's capabilities as a sports car. It's far too compromised and too luxurious and too heavy to ever be as sharp as the products produced in Munich and Ingolstadt.

But that's exactly why Toyota and Lexus are developing their new sports cars as racers first. This will minimize weight, heighten agility, and guarantee an efficient body shape - for both the track stars and the production sports cars based thereupon.

But what about the Lexus LFA? Since we teased you with that in our opening, we feel obliged to give you the latest rumor, even if it seems unlikely given the brand's EV-suggestive comments about the Electrified Sport Concept. According to Japan'sBest Car,新LFA 4.0 -将插电式混合动力车liter twin-turbo V8. The engine alone will supposedly produce 650 horsepower, but the addition of electrification would bump that all the way to 937 hp. If the publication's sources have provided valid claims, this will debut in 2025. Perhaps this is true. Lexus didn't call its fantasy car thePure-ElectricSport Concept, did it?

Either way, it's clear that Lexus and Toyota want to take the sports car world by storm, and this Lexus-badged GR GT3 Concept looks like the genesis of a new era. Bring it on.