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Exhibition
3 Nov 2020 - 11 Apr 2021

Toyota Motorsport Biography: Everlasting Challenge Spirit

Toyopet Crown RSD: an entrant to the 1957 Round Australia Trial (Mobilgas Rally) (replica)【1957】

Toyopet Crown RSD: an entrant to the 1957 Round Australia Trial (Mobilgas Rally) (replica)【1957】

Toyota 2000GT: the legendary record setter in a high-speed endurance trial (replica)【1966】

Toyota 2000GT: the legendary record setter in a high-speed endurance trial (replica)【1966】

Toyota 7 Turbo: an exhibition car for the 1970 All Japan Fuji 1000 km race【1970】

Toyota 7 Turbo: an exhibition car for the 1970 All Japan Fuji 1000 km race【1970】

Toyota Celica Turbo: a GTO-class entrant to the 1988 IMSA race【1988】

Toyota Celica Turbo: a GTO-class entrant to the 1988 IMSA race【1988】

For a car manufacturer, the significance of motorsports goes far beyond simply winning or losing a race. To enable race cars to keep competing on difficult courses under the toughest conditions, automakers must constantly improve their technologies. These innovative technologies can then be applied to mass-market cars, bringing greater satisfaction to drivers in general and providing a safe and secure means of transport for all.

A broad look at the history of motorsports tells us how automakers have responded to the social trends and issues of each successive period.

This exhibition puts a focus on various motor races in which Toyota has participated—and some vehicles that played a part in those races—to illustrate the connection between motorsports and car manufacturing at Toyota. Kiichiro Toyoda, founder of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), said, “A harsh environment of competition toughens our people and cars.” Let us find out how these words inspired Toyota engineers to take on difficult challenges.

Period Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (national holiday)–Sunday, April 11, 2021
Venue Special Exhibition Room (on the second floor of the Cultural Gallery), Toyota Automobile Museum
Description The exhibition casts light on the company’s ongoing engagement in motorsports activities, which started with TMC founder Kiichiro Toyoda’s assertion that participation in motor racing could prove valuable to a car manufacturer. A number of actual race cars are on display.
Exhibited cars (in chronological order) 1957 Toyopet Crown RSD: an entrant to the 1957 Round Australia Trial (Mobilgas Rally) (replica)

1966 Toyota 2000GT: the legendary record setter in a high-speed endurance trial (replica)

1969 Toyota 7: the winner of the 1969 World Challenge Cup Fuji 200 Miles (a Japanese Can-Am race)

1970 Toyota 7: an exhibition car for the 1970 All Japan Fuji 1000 km race

1970 Toyota 7 Turbo: an exhibition car for the 1970 All Japan Fuji 1000 km race

1988 Toyota Celica Turbo: a GTO-class entrant to the 1988 IMSA race

1989 Toyota 89C-V: the winner of the 1989 Inter Challenge Fuji 1000 km

1998 Toyota GT-One (TS020): a fully equipped test car for the final of the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans

2009 Toyota TF109: a car that competed in Formula 1 races

 

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