Toyota will surprise its opposition with a different car concept when it returns to the World Rally Championship in 2017, says the project's technical chief.After an absence of nearly two decades, Toyota has linked up with four-­time WRC champion Tommi Makinen's team to build a Yaris to the series' new...

After more than a 40-year hiatus, the Sports Car Club of America has brought its crown jewel of club racing, the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, back to Daytona International Speedway. With nearly 600 amateur racers taking to the high banks and infield road course, the Runoffs is the best-of-the-best, winner-takes-all...

World Rally Championship Commission president Carlos Barbosa says the FIA will not keep Toyota waiting for key details of key technical regulation changes.The manufacturer has made plain its intention to wait for the 2017 World Rally Car rules to be set before deciding on its future plans in rallying. While...

Pictures have emerged from Toyota's first test of the Yaris WRC in Italy this week.The Japanese manufacturer's first World Rally Car in 14 years has been tested on four different gravel roads in Tuscany. Its Yaris test car, which features a Global Race Engine developed at Toyota's motorsport facility in...

Toyota has started the first significant testing of its Yaris World Rally Car.As expected, Toyota's contracted driver Stephane Sarrazin is driving the car in Tuscany this week, where he is joined by experienced Finnish tester Sebastian Lindholm.Following initial shakedown running of the car at a Toyota test track at the...