WRC News Why WRC rivals are coming together in Korea Every now and then a story comes around and you just have to stop and smile. This is one of those. On Sunday, the World… Read more by David Evans October 25, 2024
WRC News Akio Toyoda toasts Toyota’s dream result Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala summed up his team’s Rally Japan perfectly. “We came here with one aim which was to take the victory, and… Read more by Luke Barry November 19, 2023 5 min
WRC News Toyoda labels Evans “driving force” behind latest WRC title Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has declared Elfyn Evans the driving force behind Toyota’s third successive World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown. Despite claiming two wins to… Read more by Hamir Thapar October 4, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Toyoda excelled in WRC team principal role Friday night’s Rally Finland media zone wasn’t funny. The rain was coming in sideways and summer appeared to have toppled into fall. And there, standing… Read more by David Evans August 9, 2023
WRC News Latvala hopes Toyoda’s passion will lure other WRC manufacturers Jari-Matti Latvala hopes Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda’s passion for rallying will help entice more manufacturers to the World Rally Championship. Toyoda was acting as Toyota’s… Read more by Luke Barry August 8, 2023 3 min
WRC News Toyota committed to the WRC for the long term Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has outlined a long-term World Rally Championship future to DirtFish – but admitted he is calling on fellow manufacturers to join… Read more by David Evans August 7, 2023 2 min
WRC News Akio Toyoda relishes unique WRC opportunity Akio Toyoda loves motorsport. Akio Toyoda loves rallying. But this weekend gives Toyota Gazoo Racing’s chairman his first chance to have a hands-on role in… Read more by Luke Barry August 1, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyoda: Silence is not an option in the WRC Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has explicitly stated his hope that the World Rally Championship will switch to a hydrogen-fuelled engine formula in future, DirtFish can… Read more by DirtFish Media June 14, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Toyoda jokes Toyota’s water splash problem began in 2019 As you might expect, Toyota Gazoo Racing technical director Tom Fowler has some very solid thinking on why the GR Yaris Rally1 turned its nose… Read more by David Evans June 5, 2023 2 min
WRC News Latvala thanks Akio Toyoda for his WRC efforts Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has thanked departing company president Akio Toyoda for his commitment in returning the firm to the World Rally… Read more by David Evans February 3, 2023 2 min
WRC News Akio Toyoda steps down as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has announced that he is stepping down as CEO of Toyota. Toyoda, grandson of Toyota’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, has held the role of… Read more by Rob Hansford January 26, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota’s new car that’s a lottery to own It’s a lottery. No seriously, it’s a lottery. If you live in Japan and you want one of the most sought after road cars in… Read more by David Evans December 2, 2022 2 min
WRC News Toyota’s Rally2 Yaris to break cover at Rally Japan Four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen will give Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally2 its first public appearance at next week’s Rally Japan. This will be Kankkunen’s… Read more by David Evans November 1, 2022 2 min
WRC Opinion Toyota is showing the WRC its chance to leap forward This regulations cycle has been a strange one. Before Rally1 cars even turned a wheel in anger, the question of what would replace it had… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 26, 2022 3 min
WRC News Toyota president believes hydrogen is the future of the WRC Toyota president Akio Toyoda believes hydrogen power could be the future of not just the automotive world but the World Rally Championship. Toyota displayed its… Read more by Rob Hansford August 25, 2022 3 min
Road Racing News How Latvala did in the Fuji 24H – and why he wants to return Jari-Matti Latvala is not going to compete in the World Endurance Championship. He would like to make that clear. He is, however, hoping to be… Read more by David Evans June 12, 2022 2 min
WRC Features How Latvala’s taken Toyota to the next level Suddenly the car park seemed much smaller than Jari-Matti Latvala had remembered. Pulling another gear he was happy as the Toyota Yaris Rally1 around him… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2021 3 min
WRC News Toyota begins its search for the next Takamoto Katsuta Toyota might have dominated this year’s World Rally Championship but the Japanese giant is already looking to the future, with company president Akio Toyoda confirming… Read more by David Evans December 6, 2021 2 min
