Kwa Akio Toyoda, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), njira yabwino yopangira magalimoto abwino ndi mpikisano. Pachifukwa ichi, Toyota Caetano Portugal, Toyota Spain ndi Motor & Sport Institute (MSi) adagwirizana ndikusintha Toyota GR Yaris mu "mini-WRC".
Cholinga chake chinali kukonza chiwembu chomwe chikufunika cha ku Japan pamakina ochitira misonkhano omwe amatha kukhala nawo pampikisano wake wamtundu umodzi, "Toyota Gazoo Racing Iberian Cup".
Mpikisano watsopanowu watsimikiziridwa kale ndi nyengo zitatu zoyambirira (2022, 2023 ndi 2024) ndipo ndi chizindikiro cha kubwerera kwa Toyota kudziko la zikho ndi misonkhano yotsatsira ngati chizindikiro chovomerezeka.
Pokhala ndi mphotho zopitilira 250,000 zama euro, nyengo yoyamba ya mpikisano watsopanowu ikhala ndi mipikisano isanu ndi itatu - inayi ku Portugal ndi inayi ku Spain. Ponena za kulembetsa, izi zatsegulidwa kale ndipo mutha kulembetsa kudzera pa imelo.
Zomwe zasintha pa GR Yaris?
Ngakhale zidasintha pang'ono poyerekeza ndi Toyota GR Yaris yomwe ikugulitsidwa kwa ogulitsa, GR Yaris yomwe ikhala mumpikisanowu sanasiye kulandira nkhani.
Kukonzekera kwa zitsanzo zochitidwa ndi akatswiri a MSi kumayang'ana kwambiri chitetezo. Mwa njira iyi, magalimoto omwe adzathamangire mu "Toyota Gazoo Racing Iberian Cup" anayamba ndi mipiringidzo ya chitetezo, zozimitsa moto ndipo anataya zambiri za "zapamwamba" mkati.
Mkati, "zakudya" zomwe GR Yaris adakumana nazo ndizodziwika bwino.
Kuwonjezera pa izi ndi kuyimitsidwa kwa Technoshock, zosiyana zodzitsekera zomwe zimapangidwa ndi Cusco, matayala a rally, mpweya wodutsa padenga, mbali za carbon komanso ngakhale njira yokweza mpweya.
Kwa ena onse, tidakali ndi 1.6 l atatu-cylinder turbo (omwe, poganizira kuti palibe kusintha kwa makina komwe kunatchulidwa, kumapereka 261 hp) ndi GR-FOUR magudumu onse. Padakali pano, mtengo wotenga nawo mbali pachikhochi sunalengezedwe.