Toyota announces WRC plans

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Originally Posted by Gregor-y

That's right; it was the Rallye Golf G60 that was winning in the 90s, not the Celica! ;)
Not to mention the dominance of the Polo S1600. And I'll be generous and not even consider the S2000 Polo.

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i was about to answer...

then i checked location...

but i will because i am handsome...

Toyota should have never left the rallying scene...after their F1 fiasco they are all talk about returning but nothing...It is normal they got that chicken attitude from F1, it happens when you deal with girls and ladyboys for more than a year.

VW on the other hand put their money where their mouth was...

The lesser cars do not really matter, toyota was one of the first makes that had an s2000 car, same as other girly companies like FIAT...which by the way also returning in the WRC for the last decade or so...

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Originally Posted by gravelman

Hate to be pedantic, but the date of that article is from 2009 :(

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See where your coming from with the 2009 thing. Today is April 09, read through the article and you will see that the news is in line with what has been released with the last week or so ;)

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

VW on the other hand put their money where their mouth was...

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I agree Toyota should have stayed in the WRC and F1 was a waste, but that was not the point. The point was VW has a history of failing to deliver with factory rally efforts. I'm glad to see they look serious this time, but it doesn't negate the past.

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Originally Posted by Gregor-y

but it doesn't negate the past.

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And past doesn't justify present. Toyota isn't in WRC, which sadly means they are only a has-been.

Does Toyota have a real factory sport branch (department)?

There's TRD, which hasn't had much to do for the last ten years or so since there aren't any particularly performance oriented Toyotas save the upcoming 86 thing.

TMG in Cologne.

By all reports a pretty amazing place. Started life as home of WRC (TTE), then F1, and now Le Mans and other projects.

Toyota - the brand for old men over 70 yrs of age. :p

As long as they don´t compete in the real motorsport - rallying! :cool:

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Originally Posted by ToughMac

See where your coming from with the 2009 thing. Today is April 09, read through the article and you will see that the news is in line with what has been released with the last week or so ;)

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Ah the reference to the Super 2000 thing threw me aswell, thanks

Here is a video of a Toyota 86 rally car.
http://www.irallylive.com/ir_vid.htm?00000115!