Toyota’s and Lexus’ latest sports car duo made a second appearance at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Both the road-going model and the racing car have once again climbed the famous hill, but what really caught our attention was the interview with the drivers of the cars that are currently in development.
These cars have been in the works for over four years, with circuit testing starting about a year and a half ago. While the cars are not fully finished yet, judging from the interior, the official launch is not far away.
With no press photos available, we have to settle for screenshots from the live broadcast, showing the legal road version cabin. Using Photoshop and a bit of AI expertise, we enhanced the brightness and exposure of the top image to show more details. The unedited screenshots are attached just above.
Featuring a predominantly red interior, the LFR (confirmed name) comes with a pair of carbon bucket seats separated by a wide center console. While a manual gearbox was never realistically expected, this new Lexus (or Toyota?) supercar has a small selector for an automatic transmission.
The two-tone dashboard has a relatively large touchscreen display and physical buttons located just below it. Unfortunately, there are also some piano black accents and hexagonal-shaped side air vents. Just like the instrument cluster, the side mirrors are also digital, displaying recordings from the rear-facing camera. Overall, the cabin feels more like a true sports car compared to the RC F it’s supposed to replace.
This makes sense, given that the LFR is believed to be the road-going version of the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT3. Lexus is still not confirming what powers this two-seater coupe, but based on the sound of both cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a V-8 engine seems very likely.
Whether it is twin-turbocharged and/or hybrid remains to be seen, although that’s what reports from Japan are claiming. The GR GT3 is expected to start racing in 2026, four years after the same-named concept made its debut at the Tokyo Auto Salon. This indicates that the wait is nearly over, not only for the racing car but also for its road-going version. Toyota’s version is likely to remain a track-only car, while Lexus is expected to be a road-legal car.
Expect both to be launched late this year or early 2026.
