In an interview with Koji Sato, the current CEO of Toyota after Akio Toyoda left the position, It was anticipated that the Gazoo Racing division that creates the brand’s sports vehicles will have an expanded portfolioand that left more questions than answers.
Does this mean the return of the legendary MR2? Will we have sports futures with combustion engines?
Akio Toyoda is a renowned ironworker. He was responsible for restoring the sporting glory to the company with the Gazoo Racing division, and it is known that whenever he had the opportunity, he did not stop sitting behind the wheel of sports prototypes.
Precisely, speaking of Toyoda, Sato gave indications of what is coming for the company: “Our master driver (Akio Toyoda) was also president of the company at the same time that he had a flyer in hand for Gazoo. He is now only president, maybe he will have a lot more time to develop cars for they?”.
Akio “Morizo” Toyoda driving a hydrogen-powered Yaris.
This hint adds to Sato’s idea of continuing to strengthen Gazoo Racing, about which he stated: “The Gazoo brand will be recognized in the future, and maybe we can even speed it up.”
And how to speed it up? The brand gave few hints for future Gazoo models, but has said that is considering a sporty version of the electric crossover Toyota bZ4X and it is known that it is contemplating the use of hydrogen to be used not in the form of a battery, but directly in the combustion engines of its sports vehicles.
Some time ago Toyota showed off an electric concept that made us wonder if we were looking at the rebirth of the MR2. There are rumors that this vehicle could be electric and be developed together with Porsche, although other sources indicate that the partner would be Lotus.
The only certain thing is that it takes the form it takes, sportiness in Toyota will continue to live and that is very good news For all the people who like cars
