Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
That's a fair point but probably the info you got is the same we got: they’ve started a WRC team from almost scratch; their facilities aren’t state of the art but they’re good enough for the job; despite the remote location they’ve managed to attract experienced staff; they’ve designed and hugely tested a whole new WRC car in a very limited time; the car is ready and will be homologated without delay; they’ve got a balanced driver line up for their first season…honestly, anyone looking at this facts in a sensible and fair way will be puzzled to find all the wrong doings appointed by the eager critics of this Makinen/Toyota venture. To me they've already proved they're a serious WRC contender and I'm quite happy to see Toyota back in WRC alongside TMR. Best luck to them!
Just like VW. The point is that VW and Toyota are very much the same kind of animal on the car market. They are the two biggest giants in the arena and they have huge money available for achieving a real success. Nobody should expect anything else from them. They are not some underdogs but gigantic and rich corporations.

The story with VW showed to everybody that it is possible to come and destroy all the experienced and established teams if the team management is doing its work properly and can use the funding it has. Why shall anyone expect something else from Toyota?