Less than a week ago, Toyota appealed to the European The Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reserves the names Toyota Lexus LFR and LFR for “Cars and their structural parts”, CarBuzz discovery. Starting with the usual disclaimer, we cannot know what it will apply to, or if it will apply to anything; car manufacturers are constantly reserving names that never find their way to production vehicles. Now for the fun part: the short cash says this is for the production version of the Lexus Electrified Sport Concept shown in December last year, successor to the LFA. Pulling back the curtain of nomenclature, Lexus began its Lexus Future (LF) series with the LF-S sedan in 2003. The A in the LF-A concept that followed two years later was said to stand for Apex. Our guess is that what is coming will be the Lexus Future Revolution. This is, after all, the car that will “destroy the spindle grid”.
Toyota Lexus LFR
In addition to the potential evolution from the concept name to LFR, if that’s what it’s called, the vehicle itself still looks like it’s still evolving. The Electrified Sport was advertised with an electric powertrain powered by solid-state batteries, as it aims for a range of 435 miles or more, and with 1,000 horsepower that allows for a 60 mph sprint in just over two. seconds. In March, reports from Japan claimed that a version powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 hybrid would be launched first, the EV won’t arrive until the end of this decade, a timeline that makes sense considering the batteries a solid state are not due on a Toyota until 2025, and only then on a hybrid. There is no reason to believe Lexus would like to conduct high-tech, high-voltage, high-risk experiments in its halo car.
July Update
In July, another Japanese outlet perfected the ICE rumor with rumors that what was then called the LFA II would fit the endurance racing Lexus LC 500’s 5.0-liter twin-turbo V8 and produce around 700 horsepower. Presumably, it would also become the “replacement for the GR010 Road Going version”. The Gazoo Racing GR010 is Toyota’s entry into the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, powered by a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6. We’re still not sure how these two vehicles might align as the GR010 must be sold in at least 20 road versions within two years to meet the class rules, each of which would have to use its own V6 powertrain, not the 5.0-liter.
August Update
And in August, Lexus chief Koji Sato said Highest gear is playing with a simulated manual transmission. Presumably, the software would reduce the output of the electric motors to mimic an approaching red line as happens in an ICE vehicle, the driver unlocks more power by “shifting”, which would actually mean depressing a fake clutch pedal and moving a fake clutch lever. exchange. Toyota patented the technology in February of this year, but its application to any vehicle, including the LFR, is still a guess. The indispensable feature for Sato is the commitment of the driver achieved through lightness, aerodynamics and control of the chassis, explains the president of Lexus to TG“We don’t just create mobility. We are a car manufacturer. I love cars.”
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