2012 Toyota LMP1 Hybrid Sports Car
October 15, 2011 - Category : Toyota
2012 Toyota LMP1 Hybrid Sports Car
Toyota has introduced which will compete within the Le Guys 24 Hrs in 2012 with a brand new hybrid energy sports vehicle. The maker will go back to the world’s most well-known endurance race is going to be with a brand new LMP1 chassis designed, developed and created by Toyota Motorsport in Germany, outfitted having a hybrid gas powertrain designed by Toyota in Japan.
“Toyota has joined Le Guys before, but by utilizing our hybrid technology this time around is a brand-new challenge. You want to write a brand new chapter within the good reputation for the Le Guys 24 Hrs, as with the FIA World Endurance Championship, through our utilization of hybrid technology.”, said Tadashi Yamashina, Toyota Motor Corporation Senior Controlling Officer and Toyota Motorsport Chairman.
“In addition, we goal to gain knowledge from the connection with competing in this challenging motorsport atmosphere to boost our production vehicle technology. Le Guys is really a legendary race and I must thank the ACO and also the FIA for his or her constructive and positive co-operation during the last couple of several weeks.”, he added.
Toyota last taken part within the Le Guys 24 Hrs like a manufacturer within the late the nineteen nineties racing the GT-One, a vehicle which notoriously established a brand new race lap record in 1999.
