Toyota has released a new short film that charts Toyota Racing’s challenge in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The movie, The Ultimate Endurance Race, is available to view on Toyota Europe’s official YouTube channel. The film-makers were given unprecedented access to the team throughout the week of pre-race preparations, qualifying and the race itself. It […]
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The Yaris Hybrid-R which has been teased by Toyota over the past month has had a trickle of details released about it. Now, Toyota has revealed power output of 414bhp and a fast electric system using capacitors rather than batteries. In designing Yaris Hybrid-R, Toyota has created a supermini concept like no other. Based on
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Nissan’s inaugural “gamer-to-racer” Lucas Ordóñez has been appointed as the official test and development driver of the Nissan ZEOD RC programme – the unique electric race car that will debut at next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours in the famed garage 56 where a car which doesn’t fit into any of the defined categories is
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Audi most efficient in the field – facts on the twelfth victory at Le Mans. Less fuel consumption combined with higher speed – that’s how Audi won the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours with the R18 e-tron quattro and its drivers Loïc Duval (F), Tom Kristensen (DK) and Allan McNish (GB). Key facts after the
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For the second time in succession, Audi has won the Le Mans 24 Hours with a hybrid race car and quattro drive, thus continuing its unique success story at the world’s most important endurance race. Victory was clinched by Loïc Duval (F), Tom Kristensen (DK) and Allan McNish (GB). As expected, the twelfth triumph for
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Nissan unveils Le Mans prototype plans with world’s fastest electric racing car. Nissan ZEOD RC will utilise the same lithium battery technology as used in the award-winning Nissan Leaf The Nissan ZEOD RC will achieve speeds in excess of 300km/h Multiple electric drivetrain technologies to be tested before racing in 2014 Le Mans 24 Hour
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Toyota Racing will write a new chapter in the history of hybrid motorsport next week when it takes part in the 80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours (13 – 17 June). The team is fielding two TS030 HYBRID cars in the elite LMP1 class, equipped with Toyota’s new THS-R (Toyota Hybrid System –
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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. today announced that the first ever public demonstration of the Nissan LEAF NISMO RC will be at LE MANS VERS LE FUTUR. This is a support event for the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place June 11-12. The Nissan LEAF
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