Scaled Composites turned the Toyota engineers' design work into reality and hosted the flight test program at Mojave. Rutan, in a public address, called the aircraft "the aeronautical equivalent to the Lexus LS400."
Scaled Composites took on the task of building the aircraft based on Toyota engineers' designs and oversaw the testing program at Mojave. Rutan praised the aircraft as being comparable to the Lexus LS400 in terms of its advanced design and capabilities.