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Width and grip are not correlated when looking for outright performance.
This has been debated many times and proven over and over (there’s a few good YouTube videos explaining this somewhere).
Grip comes primarily from tyre compound. Wider tyres of similar compound will generally last longer, but will not do much to add grip when cornering etc.
Toyota has said many times the OE tyres where chosen for fun (and probably cost and longevity).
Most people seem to think wider = grippier for some reason, but I reckon the trend is more to do with looks. Particularly on street cars.
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