I-Toyota izobuyela ku-FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) ngo-2017 neToyota Yaris WRC, eyakhiwe yiyo, esikhungweni sezobuchwepheshe esiseJalimane, eCologne.
I-Toyota Motor Corporation, ngomlomo kamengameli wayo u-Akio Toyoda, imemezele esithangamini sabezindaba, ebiseTokyo, ukungena ku-WRC, yaphinde yethula iToyota Yaris WRC ngomhlobiso wayo osemthethweni emhlabeni jikelele.
Eminyakeni emi-2 ezayo, i-TMG, ebhekele ukuthuthukisa imoto, izoqhubeka nohlelo lokuhlola iToyota Yaris WRC, ukuze ilungiselele ukungenela lo mncintiswano, lapho isiphethe iziqu zomhlaba ezi-4 zabashayeli kanye nezi-3 zabakhiqizi abazuzwe kuwo wonke. ngawo-1990.
IYaris WRC ifakwe injini engu-1.6 litre turbo enomjovo oqondile, othuthukisa amandla angu-300 hp. Ukuze kuthuthukiswe i-chassis, iToyota yasebenzisa amasu amaningana, njengokulingiswa, ukuhlolwa kanye ne-prototyping.
Nakuba uhlelo olusemthethweni lwe-WRC lweToyota seluqinisekisiwe, kuzolandela ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo nokucutshungulwa kahle kwemininingwane, okuzodinga amaqembu azinikele onjiniyela nochwepheshe ukwenza imoto ikwazi ukuncintisana nakakhulu.
Baningi abashayeli abasebancane asebeke balithola ithuba lokuyivivinya le moto, abafana no-Eric Camilli (27) waseFrance oqokwe ohlelweni lwabashayeli abancane bakwaToyota. U-Eric uzojoyina uhlelo lokuthuthukisa i-Yaris WRC kanye nowine i-French Tour de Corse rally u-Stéphane Sarrazin, oqongelela umsebenzi wokuba umshayeli weToyota kuFIA World Endurance Championship, kanye noSebastian Lindholm.
Ulwazi nolwazi olutholiwe luzosiza iToyota ilungiselele isizini ka-2017, lapho kufanele kwethulwe imithethonqubo emisha yobuchwepheshe.