We are saying that since Mr. Toyoda was largely liable for bringing the Supra again into our lives, he can race the hell out of 1 in Germany.
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So, this should not actually come as a lot of a shock, however once you’re the 63-year-old president of one of many world’s largest automobile corporations, you are able to do just about regardless of the hell you need. That features getting into one of many world’s hardest endurance races beneath an assumed title.
In truth, that is exactly what Toyota boss Akio Toyoda is doing, in response to a report revealed Friday by The Drive. Mr. Toyoda will probably be driving the No. 90 Toyota GR Supra race automobile within the Nurburgring 24 Hours race set to happen this weekend.
Toyoda is entered within the race as “Mr. Morizo,” and that is it. No first title or something. Now, I do not communicate Japanese, however I’m simply going to blindly assume that Morizo is Japanese for some type of colour and that Akio Toyoda selected it as a result of he is an enormous Reservoir Canines fan. Do not @ me.
Nonetheless, if this looks as if an uncommon transfer for a automobile exec, it’s however Toyoda is not any stranger to the ‘Ring. Based on The Drive’s report, he spent numerous hours lapping the legendarily difficult circuit in his MkIII Supra, and Toyota has been constructing a mini-Ring at one in every of its testing services in Japan, so this needs to be identical to going residence.
Toyota’s Gazoo Racing arm will probably be fielding a number of different automobiles through the race which will probably be pushed by the likes of Takeshi Tsuchiya and Naoya Gamou from Japan’s Tremendous GT collection and VLN Endurance driver Uwe Kleen (who challenges the likes of Scott Pace and Will Energy for finest racing driver title).
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The brand new Toyota Supra feels suspiciously like a BMW Z4
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