Toyota and Lexus’ latest sports car duo made a splash at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025 for the second day in a row. Both the road-going model and its racing counterpart climbed the famous hill once again, but what really caught our attention was the interviews with the drivers of the cars still in development.
The vehicles have been in the works for over four years, with track testing starting around a year and a half ago. While they’re not yet fully finished, judging from the interior, the official launch is just around the corner. With no official press photos available, we had to make do with screenshots from the live broadcast, showing the street-legal version’s cabin.
Using Photoshop and some AI expertise, we enhanced the brightness and exposure of the top image to display more details. The unedited screenshot is attached just above. Featuring a predominately red interior, the LFR (a 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 features a small selector for the automatic transmission.
The dual-tone dashboard boasts a fairly large touch screen 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, its mirrors are also digital, displaying recordings from the rear-facing camera. Overall, the cabin feels more akin to a true sports car compared to the RC F it’s supposed to replace.
It makes sense considering LFR is believed to be the road-going version of the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT3. Lexus is yet to confirm what powers this two-seater coupe, but based on the sounds emitted by both cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a V-8 engine is highly likely. Whether it’s twin-turbocharged and/or hybrid remains to be seen, although that’s what Japanese reports suggest.
The GR GT3 is estimated to start racing in 2026, four years after the same-named concept made its debut at the Tokyo Auto Salon. This indicates the wait is almost over, not only for the racing car but also for its road-going version. Toyota’s version is likely to remain a track-only special, while Lexus is expected to be the road-legal car. Expect both to be launched later this year or early in 2026.
