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Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 Unveiled for 2025

IN Toyota, GR, Supra, GT4, EVO2, 2025

Today marks an exciting day for motorsport enthusiasts as Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) officially opens the order books for the new GR Supra GT4 EVO2.


Well, Toyota has a vision to prove otherwise. Toyota’s research and development wing, the Toyota Research Institute, has teamed up with Stanford University to outfit a pair of GR Supras with all the tech needed to not just drive, but drift autonomously. Yes, you read that right.
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Toyota Tackles Tandem Drifting - Without Drivers!

IN Toyota, Tandem Drifting, Drifting, Drift, Toyota GR, Supra, Stanford University, Robot, AI

Drifting takes years of practice to master, but what if it can be done by a computer?


The race at Interlagos saw World Champions Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, and Ryo Hirakawa clinch their first victory of the season in the #8 GR010 HYBRID. This victory is particularly poignant as it comes at the very venue where Toyota achieved its first-ever hybrid-powered WEC victory back in 2012. The pole position-winning #7 GR010 HYBRID, driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and Nyck de Vries, faced a setback but managed a remarkable recovery to secure fourth place, earning 12 crucial World Championship points. A flawless performance, strategic teamwork, and superior tyre management contributed to TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s second win of the year. This triumph narrows the gap to leaders Porsche to just four points in the manufacturers’ standings, with three races remaining in the season.
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Toyota Reignites WEC Title Hopes with Thrilling Win at Interlagos

IN Toyota, WEC, World Endurance Championship, Win, Interlagos, TGR, Toyota Gazoo Racing

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has reignited its 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) title challenge with a dramatic win at the 6 Hours of São Paulo.


Attention Studio Ghibli fans, Toyota has brought the beloved Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro to life.
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Toyota has built a real-life Totoro Catbus

IN Toyota, Totoro, Catbus, Japan, Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli fans, this was made for you.


We car enthusiasts are an interesting breed. What the normal man considers a crap car, we take to it like ducks to water. 40-year-old rusting Toyota Corolla that was prominently featured in a Japanese drifting anime? Yes please. But why is that so? Why deal with the oil leaks and the blown gaskets, when you could just get a car that works every time you turn the key?
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Road Tripping - Top-Down Joy In A Toyota MR2

IN Road Tripping, Toyota, MR2, MRS, United Kingdom

There's an inexplicable charm in what the world often labels as "shit cars".


Toyota has taken its already scorching GR Yaris and turned up the heat. This little dynamo, which has already found its way into the hearts of hot hatch aficionados, is back from the workshop with some serious tweaks.
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Evolved GR Yaris Makes World Premiere

IN Toyota, GR Yaris, Toyota GR Yaris, Tokyo Auto Salon, Burnpavement

The rally-bred Toyota GR Yaris hot hatch gets an extra dose of power and more race goodies.


Here they are - these are the two concepts for the all-new matt black livery for the GR Yaris Rally and the GR010 Hybrid, which will compete in WRC and WEC respectively for 2024.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Presents New WRC and WEC 2024 Cars

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, WRC, WEC, 2024, Cars, TGR, Burnpavement

Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) has unveiled the new livery for the cars that will compete in WRC and WEC for 2024.


Toyota Gazoo Racing has just released a new short video titled Wild Moment. Go check it out if you haven’t. Here’s the link.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Treats Fans With New Short Film

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, Toyota, Gazoo Racing, Burnpavement

The new short film released by Toyota Gazoo Racing showcases their motorsport vehicles in stunning cinematic shots.


The jacked-up sedan we know as the Crown Crossover goes by a different name in Japan, and that is the new Crown Sport crossover. Hold on, there's also a Crown Estate, but it's not your grandma's wagon. It's a hulking SUV. And don't forget the regular Crown Sedan. Still with me? Great, let's dive into the Japanese jigsaw.
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Toyota Launches All-New Crown "Sport" in Japan

IN Toyota, Crown Sport, Japan, Burnpavement

Another model in Toyota's new Crown family.


Picture this: a record-breaking crowd of 54,700 fans gathered at Fuji Speedway, setting the stage for one of the most thrilling races in recent memory. It's a tale of Toyota versus Porsche in the Hypercar category, and boy, did it deliver. The heroes of the day? None other than Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and José María López, steering the #7 GR010 HYBRID to a glorious victory. But let's not forget Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, and Ryo Hirakawa, who brought the #8 GR010 HYBRID home in second place, just 39.119 seconds behind their teammates. Talk about a one-two punch!
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World title for Toyota Gazoo Racing after Fuji win

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, Fuji, Burnpavement, Toyota

The 6 Hours of Fuji - the penultimate race of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, and this time, a homecoming celebration for Toyota Gazoo Racing.


Back in the 1960s, Toyota was looking to break the domination of Western luxury brands in the Japanese domestic chauffeur-driven car market. The Century was the result in 1967, and has been favoured by captains of industry in the Land of the Rising Sun ever since, powered initially by a V8, then a V12 for the second generation, and a hybrid V8 for the third generation. They were all sedans too. Enter the fourth generation Toyota Century in 2023. Code-named G70, this looks like Japan's answer to the Rolls-Royce Cullinan. However, it still embodies
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Toyota's Latest-Generation Century Is Now An SUV

IN Captains of industry, Century, Chauffeured, Hybrid, JDM, Latest generation, Toyota, Toyota Century

Higher-riding Century brings Japanese-style chauffeured luxury to captains of industry.


Believe it or not, the Toyota Land Cruiser is 72 years old now. Originally launched as the Toyota BJ in 1951, the Land Cruiser has been a staple of the rough and tumble worldwide. Aussies have a saying that goes something like, “if you want to head bush, take a Land Rover. But if you want to come back out again, take a Land Cruiser.” Toyota’s legendary reliability and simplicity meant that the Land Cruiser rarely broke down, and when it did, it was relatively easy to fix with a rock and some string while deep off the beaten track.
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Toyota Land Cruiser Lives On!

IN Toyota, Land Cruiser, Lives on, 250 Series, 70 Series, JDM, Worldwide

250 Series Worldwide, 70 Series Japan-only.


Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) has launched a special Le Mans section within its official website ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours, to be held in France on June 10-11. Striking new visuals depicting the Toyota GR010 HYBRID #7 and #8 cars were unveiled, as well as commemorative photos of the team's five Le Mans-winning cars from 2018-2022, which were united for the first time at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Opens 24 Hours Le Mans Special Website Section

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, 24 Hours, Le Mans, Special, Website, Section

This is in line with its 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours.


Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López won the race from pole position in the #7 GR010 Hybrid, cementing a Hypercar hat-trick for Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) from the opening three races of 2023, following the team’s victories in Sebring and Portimão. In the sister car, a remarkable fightback from a back-row start saw Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, in the #8 GR010 Hybrid, earn an unexpected second place. Interestingly, they now lead the drivers’ World Championship by five points over the #7 crew. With seven consecutive Spa victories under their belt, TGR takes a 33-point World Championship lead over Ferrari into the centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours on 10-11 June, the unofficial mid-point in the seven-race season.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Takes Home Spa One-Two

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, Spa, One-Two, Racing

Toyota Gazoo Racing dominated with a one-two victory in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps after a spectacular third round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Belgium.


Thanks to the support of customers around the world, the model reached the milestone in approximately three years since its sales launch back in March 2020. The model began selling in Europe and expanded to North America in August, then to Japan and other parts of Asia in October of 2020. The Supra-based, race-modified GR Supra GT4 was born out of a desire to give customers wanting to participate in customer motorsports an exciting, efficient and easy way to enjoy racing, as well as to accelerate the making of ever-better cars through the challenge of and feedback from motorsports.
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Toyota GR Supra GT4 Hits 100-unit Production Mark

IN Toyota, GR, Supra, GT4, 100-unit, Production

Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) announced today that the cumulative production of its GR Supra GT4 has hit the 100-unit mark.


In a heartwarming gentlemen’s gesture, together with their fellow podium finishers, Evans and Martin dedicated the result to their friend and fellow competitor Craig Breen, a Hyundai WRC star who tragically lost his life in the build-up to the event. Martin was coincidentally Breen’s co-driver between 2014 and 2018, claiming their first WRC podiums together.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing returns to the top step in Croatia Rally

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, Croatia, Rally, WRC, TGR

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin have returned to the top step of the podium, taking victory at the 2023 Croatia Rally.


The automotive industry as we know it is now at an impasse. Gone are the days when screaming internal combustion engines were commonplace, now being silenced, literally, by the soulless whirrs of new-fangled electric technology. Electric cars can be extremely quick and efficient, but you just cannot replicate the mechanical symphony of a fuel-burning engine. The vibrations, the aural pleasure, these are elements that define generations of petrolheads. Eliminating it, to me, is downright sacrilegious. But, like many things in nature, the art of survival finds a way to break through the monotony. And this is exactly what Toyota has done. In the face of an electric revolution, they created a true gem of a car, one that excites the senses and provides a scintillating, visceral sensation. And it’s called the GR86. The quintessential essence of what a sports car should be
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Toyota GR86 - This One's For The Fans

IN Toyota, GR86, Singapore, Reviews

The Toyota GR86 is less of a sports car and more of a love letter to car and driving enthusiasts.


Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, the reigning World Champions and 2022 Le Mans winners in the #8 GR010 Hybrid, delivered in Portugal to dominate the race and win by a lap from the #50 Ferrari and the #6 Porsche. However, there were contrasting emotions for Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in the #7 GR010 Hybrid. After winning the season-opener at Sebring four weeks ago, they took a ninth-place finish, losing a precious 11 minutes when race officials ordered a mandatory sensor to be replaced.
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Portimao Victory for Toyota Gazoo Racing

IN Portimao, Toyota Gazoo Racing

Toyota Gazoo Racing maintained its winning start to the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a victory at Portimão.


Considered the first pure asphalt round of the season, the Croatia Rally joined the WRC schedule two years ago and the varied roads around the country’s capital city, Zagreb, are already seen as some of the most challenging on the calendar. With the service park located within Zagreb itself, the stages take place in the north of Croatia close to neighbouring Slovenia. The roads feature a wide variety of different asphalt types, which means that available grip is constantly shifting, while mud and rain can bring about further challenges. Some sections are technical and twisting, but many others are fast and flowing with jumps and crests. Much of the route for this year is familiar from 2022. After the shakedown on Thursday morning and a ceremonial start in Zagreb that evening, Friday’s opening day action takes place just to the west of the city.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing makes asphalt return in Croatia

IN Toyota Gazoo Racing, Croatia, WRC

Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team heads to the Croatia Rally for the fourth round of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship season on April 21-23, 2023.


At the season-opening race, which was the 1000 Miles of Sebring, perfect team operations, exceptional driver consistency and smart tyre management delivered a one-two victory over a packed Hypercar field featuring other legendary endurance racing marques, such as Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, and Porsche. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López held the advantage in the drivers’ standings after their victory at Sebring in the #7 GR010 Hybrid. Reigning World Champions, and last year’s Le Mans winners, Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa began their title defence with a close second-place finish. After the unique challenges over the bumps in Sebring a month ago, Portimão marks the start of an important and intense European-based preparation period prior to the Le Mans 24 Hours, which includes the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps at the end of April.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Prepares For Portimão Showdown

Toyota Gazoo Racing aims to maintain its dominant start to the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season when it competes in Europe for the first time this year, at the 6 Hours of Portimão.



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