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You lose some, you win some. About a week after Peugeot unexpectedly axed its Le Mans racing program, Toyota revealed its all-new TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype, which is the spiritual successor to the TS010 and TS020 cars that participated at Le Mans during the 1990s.
- What Is It Like To Drive The Nissan Gt-r Lm Race Car? [w/video]
Nissan has recently announced its plans to elbow its way into what was once a three-way battle between the Audi R18 e-tron Quattro, Porsche 919 Hybrid, and the Toyota TS030 Hybrid for the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In order to get the...
- Next-gen Prius To Get Technology Tested In Toyota’s Le Mans Racer
on-track success and the models they actually sell to the public. The truth is, though, that these days racing technology is so sophisticated, and thus costly, that its use on everyday cars is all but prohibited. Sure, some of it eventually trickles down...
- Nissan Deltawing Hit By Porsche Rolls Over But Gets Fixed In Time For Road Atlanta’s Le Mans Race
Apparently, Porsche and Nissan’s radical DeltaWing racer mix like oil and water. At this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, the DeltaWing retired after hitting the barrier at the Porsche Curves following a collision with a Toyota...
- Peugeot 908 Hybrid4 Racer Undergoes Its Maiden Track Test
At the Geneva Motor Show last March, Peugeot unveiled a new version of its 908 LMP1-class endurance racer called Hybrid4 and as its name suggests, it uses a hybrid powertrain. Peugeot did not enter its new diesel-electric endurance racer in the last...
- Peugeot Previews 908 Hdi Diesel – Electric Hybrid At Le Mans
At the final round of the 2008 Le Mans Series at Silverstone on Saturday, September 13, Peugeot Sport presented an electric-hybrid version of its 908 HDi FAP diesel race car equipped with a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) similar to the one that’s...
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Toyota Introduces its New TS030 Hybrid Le Mans Endurance Racer
You lose some, you win some. About a week after Peugeot unexpectedly axed its Le Mans racing program, Toyota revealed its all-new TS030 Hybrid endurance prototype, which is the spiritual successor to the TS010 and TS020 cars that participated at Le Mans during the 1990s.
The Japanese firm's new endurance racer features the THS-R (Toyota Hybrid System – Racing) powertrain that couples an all-new 3.4-liter normally-aspirated V8 petrol engine to a hybrid system with capacitor storage developed by official team partner Nisshinbo.
Read more »- What Is It Like To Drive The Nissan Gt-r Lm Race Car? [w/video]
Nissan has recently announced its plans to elbow its way into what was once a three-way battle between the Audi R18 e-tron Quattro, Porsche 919 Hybrid, and the Toyota TS030 Hybrid for the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In order to get the...
- Next-gen Prius To Get Technology Tested In Toyota’s Le Mans Racer
on-track success and the models they actually sell to the public. The truth is, though, that these days racing technology is so sophisticated, and thus costly, that its use on everyday cars is all but prohibited. Sure, some of it eventually trickles down...
- Nissan Deltawing Hit By Porsche Rolls Over But Gets Fixed In Time For Road Atlanta’s Le Mans Race
Apparently, Porsche and Nissan’s radical DeltaWing racer mix like oil and water. At this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, the DeltaWing retired after hitting the barrier at the Porsche Curves following a collision with a Toyota...
- Peugeot 908 Hybrid4 Racer Undergoes Its Maiden Track Test
At the Geneva Motor Show last March, Peugeot unveiled a new version of its 908 LMP1-class endurance racer called Hybrid4 and as its name suggests, it uses a hybrid powertrain. Peugeot did not enter its new diesel-electric endurance racer in the last...
- Peugeot Previews 908 Hdi Diesel – Electric Hybrid At Le Mans
At the final round of the 2008 Le Mans Series at Silverstone on Saturday, September 13, Peugeot Sport presented an electric-hybrid version of its 908 HDi FAP diesel race car equipped with a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) similar to the one that’s...