Gazoo

  • Gazoo Racing could spawn hot Yaris from this engine

    Toyota Gazoo Racing is about to hit the performance mainstream and the car to potentially launch it into hot hatch stardom with be the Toyota Yaris. Without getting ahead of ourselves, the Toyota Supra co-developed with BMW, is rumoured to be next. Toyota has upgraded the current Yaris’s 1.3-litre...
  • Big blow to WRC as Volkswagen pulls plug

    As Volkswagen looks to minimize financial rupture from Dieselgate, the automaker giant is expected to announce its withdrawal from World Rally Championship. The announcement could be made after tomorrow’s board meeting at the company’s Wolfsburg headquarters. Having clinched four manufacturer titles and four driver’s championships in as many years,...
  • Peugeot’s 3008 DKR is well prepared for Dakar

    Peugeot is looking to defend its 2016 Dakar title with the new 3008 DKR. Details here. A number of changes compared to the Dakar winning 2008 DKR will need to work at peak performance over 10 000km of flat out racing if Peugeot is to win the toughest rally in...
  • Dirt flies as Toyota Yaris preps for WRC season

    Toyota’s Gazoo motorsport division is competing on several world stages including the Dakar rally and the World Endurance Championship yet its latest target is to enter the World Rally Championship in 2017. The Toyota Yaris WRC has already completed 5000km of testing. “We have completed a lot of test sessions since...