Official: Toyota reveals TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype

Filed under: Coupe , Toyota , Racing The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. So, apparently, do the world’s automakers. At least, that is, when it comes to Le Mans .

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Official: Toyota reveals TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype

Video: First Toyota FT-86 coupe dyno’d

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Japan , Videos , Toyota Well, that didn’t take long. The First Toyota FT-86 (a.k.a. Scion FR-S ) has made its way to the dyno courtesy of the good people at HKS .

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Official: Nissan taking orders for new GT3-spec Nismo GT-R

Filed under: Coupe , Nissan , Racing What would a Nissan GT-R be without the racing pedigree that’s helped make it what it is today? The truth is that we don’t even want to know. But we don’t have to, because the car known as Godzilla is as devastating on the race track as it is on the street. Very different racing versions have been made to challenge the FIA GT1 World Championship and for Japan’s own Super GT series, the latter powered by a naturally aspirated V8 to satisfy regulations instead of the twin-turbo V6 in the production model.

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Video: Infiniti teases M hybrid drag race against Porsche Panamera S Hybrid

Filed under: Motorsports , Hybrid , Sedan , Performance , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Hatchback , Infiniti , Porsche , Luxury Infiniti has started throwing stones at the Porsche Panamera S Hybrid . The Japanese luxury brand aims to pit its M Hybrid against the electrified German five-door in a fight for the title of the world’s fastest-accelerating production full hybrid. How’s that for a mouthful?

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Video: Nissan-wielding Bloodmasters wreak havoc on Raceway Park

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Videos , Nissan , Racing At some point, drifting made the shift from counterculture revolution to the sponsor-laden vehicular equivalent of figure skating. We’re not sure when it happened, but we certainly miss the days of watching grainy videos of mountain pass heroes piped over from Japan .

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Report: Toyota getting help from Gazoo Racing to bring downsized turbo engines to market

Filed under: China , Europe , Technology , Toyota According to a report by TheDetroitBureau.com, Toyota is teaming up with Gazoo Razing (full name: Gazoo Racing Masters of N