Quote Originally Posted by N.O.T View Post
VW did it in their first...
But VW made a car for the regulations they were going to enter with and took a year off with a future world champion to develop their car.

Toyota had to make a 2017 spec car after developing the 2016 spec car for years with Hanninen as their test driver and without having had a S2000 car as a base (if the Skoda counts for VW).

Still, VW was impressive and dominant from the start, that much is true.