Toyota announces WRC plans

[RICARDO75]

The winner on the HJS TMG GT86 CS-R3 Trophy (7 rallies on german championship), will get a test drive on the new Toyota Yaris WRC.

http://www.toyota-motorsport.com/mot...is-test-chance

[Grant_RSA]

Not WRC, but this is the South African Yaris for 2015, i think really good looking, newer frontend looks the part to.

[Eli]

Not WRC, but this is the South African Yaris for 2015, i think really good looking, newer frontend looks the part to.

ugly when the door handle is in black and also missing some green

[AdvEvo]

The car is for my liking to small.

[makinen_fan]

Nice video on the history of TTE (and TMG)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfji...dex=19&list=WL

[traxx]

Is anybody can summarize us what Sebastian Lindholm said there, please ?
http://automotomaailma.fi/etu/?p=2264

[Hartusvuori]

Is anybody can summarize us what Sebastian Lindholm said there, please ?
http://automotomaailma.fi/etu/?p=2264

Watched it few hours ago, can't remember all, but in general he describes the work flow they have for testing the car, he says how they've been testing at same locations/countries where WRC travels, they take benefit of unlimited test days as long as they have it and he also says he have very positive feeling about the car. Rest is more general, like how cars have developed during the 30 years Lindholm has been driving and how he'd wish more car makes would join the WRC to make it as good as it was in early 2000. He's also positive how Hyundai has succeeded and especially Neuville early this season.

[OldF]

Is anybody can summarize us what Sebastian Lindholm said there, please ?
http://automotomaailma.fi/etu/?p=2264

This is the best translation I could do with my English skills.

“The testing days are long days. Normally we start at 8.00 in the morning and we’re testing until 18-19 (6-7 pm) in the evening and after that we have a team meeting where go true what’s have happening during the day and what things we should do the next day and what things should may be develop with the car.

It’s clear that’s it is important how the car feels for the driver. If the car doesn’t feel good for the driver although the data tell something different we are going with “ass” feeling (how the car feel to drive by the driver).

At first we drive just a lot and have a feeling that’s the car works and can be drivable. Now we are doing testing in Europe in countries where WRC rallies are and we are searching for the conditions where the rallies are in the future. Now it has been possible to test a lot last year and possible also next year when Toyota is not in WRC yet but in the future when Toyota join officially the WRC the advantage end when Toyota is officially in WRC.

The cars have of course developed a lot during the last 30 years, the transmission has changed a lot and the suspension travel could be as much as about three time more compared to 80’s. And of course the tyres and engine, the usable rev area have changed a lot (comparing with NA engines that didn’t have any torque on lower rpms. PS I couldn’t not hear properly what he said when he changed the talk about turbo engines to NA engines because he’s been also driving the B-group cars) as today they’re very drivable as also the road cars with turbo.

VW is strong but Hyundai with Thierry Neuville has been strong in the beginning of this year and it’s important that we get more manufactures in the WRC. When the biggest manufactures are in the WRC also lure other manufactures into WRC and that’s what the WRC need but the most successful top notch are narrow today.

Toyota has announced officially that they’ll be in WRC from 2017 and the competition will narrow and by the rumours the manufacturers that’s now in WRC will stay in WRC and add to that 2-3 more manufactures we would be at the situation we were in the beginning of 2000 and that’s what WRC needs. I believe the car (Toyota) will be competitive when that time comes. There’s still about two years before the first rally but I’m very confident that the car will be competitive when the competition begins. There’s no bad things, only good ones (smile from Basti).”

[stefanvv]

There has been lot of development and testing of Yaris, and more to come, they should be competitive....

[traxx]

Thanks a lot OldF for these quotes !