Toyota izasubira muri FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) muri 2017 hamwe na Toyota Yaris WRC, yatejwe imbere nayo, mukigo cya tekiniki giherereye mubudage, i Cologne.
Toyota Motor Corporation, ibinyujije kuri perezida wayo Akio Toyoda, yabitangarije mu kiganiro n’abanyamakuru cyabereye i Tokiyo, kwinjira muri WRC, ndetse anashyira ahagaragara Toyota Yaris WRC hamwe n’imitako yemewe ku isi.
Mu myaka 2 iri imbere, TMG, ishinzwe guteza imbere imodoka, izakomeza hamwe na gahunda yo gupima Toyota Yaris WRC, mu rwego rwo kwitegura kwinjira muri iri rushanwa, aho rimaze kugira amazina 4 y’isi ku bashoferi na 3 ku bakora inganda bagezeho muri rusange myaka ya za 90.
Yaris WRC ifite moteri ya litiro 1,6 hamwe na injeniyeri itaziguye, iteza imbere ingufu za 300 hp. Kugirango iterambere rya chassis, Toyota yakoresheje tekinike nyinshi, nka simulation, ibizamini na prototyping.
Nubwo gahunda ya WRC yemewe ya Toyota yemejwe, hazakomeza gukurikiraho iterambere no gutunganya neza amakuru arambuye, bizakenera amakipe yihariye ya ba injeniyeri ninzobere kugirango imodoka irusheho guhangana.
Abashoferi benshi bakiri bato bamaze kubona amahirwe yo kugerageza imodoka, nkumufaransa wimyaka 27, Eric Camilli, watoranijwe muri gahunda yo gutwara ibinyabiziga ya Toyota. Eric azinjira muri gahunda yiterambere rya Yaris WRC hamwe na Stéphane Sarrazin wegukanye igiterane cyabafaransa Tour de Corse, wegeranya inshingano yumushoferi wa Toyota muri Shampiyona yisi yihanganira FIA, ndetse na Sebastian Lindholm.
Uburambe hamwe namakuru yabonetse bizafasha Toyota kwitegura igihembwe cya 2017, mugihe hagomba gutangizwa amabwiriza mashya ya tekiniki.