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Christopher Bruce2012-06-21 18:35:09

Toyota Motorsport GmbH Becomes Toyota's Official Performance Arm

TMG's most recent project has been the TS030

ToyotaToyotaToyotaJapan, 1937 > present155 models
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has elected Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) to be its official performance division akin to BMW M. TMG will be responsible not only for Toyota's sports car racing program at Le Mans but also developing road cars. The team has been working on a one-off, twin-turbo version of the Lexus LSLS Gen.4Lexus LS Gen.4Japan, 2006 > present40 versions
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that it will show at the Essen Motor Show

TMG was founded in 1993 to run Toyota's WRC team from Cologne, Germany. In 1999, it began working on Toyota's Formula 1 car that competed from 2002 to 2009. It also designed the Toyota GT-OneGT-One TS020Toyota GT-One TS020Japan, 1998 > present1 photo
that raced at Le Mans in 1998 and 1999. More recently, it has been responsible for building the TS030TS030 HYBRIDToyota TS030 HYBRIDJapan, 2012 > present5 photos
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that just competed at Le Mans and the PV series of pure electric sports cars that set the fastest time for an electric car around the Nürburgring and will compete in the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. 

*Updated with 2nd Video* Toyota Brings Electric Race Car to Pikes Peak
 
Le Mans Race Report: The Year of the Hybrid

Source: Auto Express

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