story by: Toyota South Africa 02 July 2010 2 July 2010
 
TOYOTA AT THE 2010 GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED
 
KEY POINTS

• The greatest cars from Toyota’s World Rally Championship heritage in action 
• First Goodwood appearance of the Dakar Rally-Raid Land Cruiser 
• British debut of the Toyota FT-86 sports concept 
• 560 kW Toyota Sprint Series Celica targeting fast hillclimb time 
• Auris Hybrid will lead the way in Moving Motor Show 

 
Toyota celebrates the glory years of its World Rally Championship campaigns at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed from 2 to 4 July with a roll-call of some of its most celebrated and successful WRC cars.
 
Ready to burn up the Goodwood rally course, they represent 16 years of success at the pinnacle of the sport. They include:

• Celica Twin Cam TA64, the 283 kW Group B machine (1983 – 1986) that was hailed as the “King of Africa” for its dominance of the Safari and Ivory Coast rallies
• Celica ST185, the Group A car that was driven to consecutive driver’s championships by Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol from 1992 to 1994, and Toyota’s first manufacturer’s championship with seven victories in 1993.
• Corolla WRC,  which claimed 25 podium finishes between 1997 and 1999

 
With an eye on setting one of the fastest hillclimb times of the festival, Jonny Milner and Adrian Smith will be charging up their 2010 Toyota Sprint Series Celica GT4. Not content with its 447 kW engine, the car also boasts a nitrous oxide system that can add an extra 111 kW when required. At the other end of the scale, the tiny iQ will be in action, in a new prototype supercharged version created by Toyota Motorsport.
 
There will also be Goodwood debuts for rally-raid specialist Ronan Chabot in his Dakar 2010 Land Cruiser, and for Latin America’s all-conquering 671 kW Supra GT, brought all the way to Sussex  from Costa Rica by Javier Quiros.
 
Toyota’s Auris Hybrid will also mark its official on-sale date in a new curtain-raising attraction for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Five of the full-hybrid family hatchback models will be taking part in Goodwood’s Moving Motor Show.
 
The driving route through the grounds of Goodwood Park will include the famous hillclimb course, set to be the arena for high performance action through the following weekend.
 
Toyota Pavilion
 
Toyota’s static display at Goodwood represents a complete spectrum of technical and design innovation, ranging from the mighty GT One that competed in the 1999 Le Mans 24 hours, to the Polar Hilux that became the first car to be driven to the Magnetic North Pole, courtesy of the BBC’s Top Gear team.
 
Visitors will also be the first in the UK to see the FT-86 concept, Toyota’s vision for a new, compact rear-wheel drive sports car. Aygo Crazy and Gazoo Racing’s eye-catching take on iQ demonstrate that being small is no barrier to performance, while the new Auris Hybrid will fly the flag for British manufacturing excellence.
 
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