{"id":72486,"date":"2024-05-21T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=72486"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:03:58","slug":"1143239_toyota-gr-boss-wants-to-develop-a-performance-suv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=72486","title":{"rendered":"Toyota GR boss wants to develop a performance SUV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular Toyota SUVs such as the Land Cruiser 300 and Yaris Cross sold overseas can already be ordered with performance tuning via a GR Sport upgrade, though in the future a dedicated performance SUV developed by GR may be launched.<\/p>\n

GR, short for Gazoo Racing, is Toyota’s official motorsports and performance arm. It’s the division responsible for wild road cars like the GR Corolla<\/a> and even more extreme GRMN Yaris<\/a>, and its chief, Tomoya Takahashi, has signaled that he wants to develop a GR SUV.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the future, from my point of view we need a GR SUV,\u201d he recently told Australian media, including Car Expert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said that some buyers, for whatever reasons, require an SUV, and thus the GR portfolio should offer one. However, he said the division’s resources are limited, suggesting that a GR SUV might not show up anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Toyota GR Corolla<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Toyota SUVs currently available with a tamer GR Sport upgrade include the aforementioned Land Cruiser 300 and\u00a0 Yaris Cross, and the C-HR, the latest version of which is also sold overseas only. The upgrades typically include a sport-tuned suspension, uprated brakes, and GR-branded items for the interior.<\/p>\n

In contrast, dedicated performance offerings from GR tend to feature power upgrades, weight-saving modifications, body reinforcements, track-tuned suspension, and more.<\/p>\n

The sole GR offering in the U.S. is the GR Corolla hot hatch, but a high-performance Supra may join it shortly. Toyota is currently out testing a tuned Supra<\/a> that is thought to be a project of the GR division. Expect a debut later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Popular Toyota SUVs such as the Land Cruiser 300 and Yaris Cross sold overseas can already be ordered with performance tuning via a GR Sport upgrade, though in the future a dedicated performance SUV developed by GR may be launched. GR, short for Gazoo Racing, is Toyota’s official motorsports and performance arm. It’s the division […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}