Toyota Motorsport’s division will finally make its Rallying comeback with an entry-level Yaris R1A rally car during the ninth round of the World Rally Championship in Rally Germany on August 24.
The TMG Yaris is priced at around $28,000 and will be driven by Isolde Holderied as a course vehicle, otherwise known as the ‘Zero Car’, to confirm road conditions and announce the start of each stage.
Toyota Motorsport president Yoshiaki Kinoshita commented: “It is a great thrill for TMG to return to rallying, a discipline in which we enjoyed a great deal of success in the past”
“The TMG Yaris R1A is a completely different project compared to our WRC past; it is an affordable but exciting car which makes rallying’s major events accessible to a whole range of participants. We have already received numerous enquiries about this car so we know there is a huge appetite in the rally world for a new Toyota; I hope this is the start of a new rally dynasty at TMG.”
