Toyota Updates its Nürburgring EV Record Holder to Race at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Say hello to the new TMG (Toyota Motorsport GmbH) EV P002, Toyota's pure electric racecar with which the Japanese brand will compete at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on July 8.

The EV P002 is the racing version of Toyota's road-legal EV P001 prototype that set a new lap record for electric vehicles at the Nürburgring Nordschleife last year with a time of 7 minutes and 47.794 seconds.

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Gazoo Builds Twin-Charged Toyota GT86 Sports FR Concept with 315-Horses

All this time, automotive enthusiasts have been complaining about the lack of power in the Toyota GT86, Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ triplets.

Whilst the three companies have no current plans to address these concerns, Toyota's motorsports partner Gazoo Racing has a solution in the works as previewed by new a concept version of the European market GT86 named Sports FR.

Gazoo Racing's engineers have added both a supercharger and a turbocharger to the GT86's Subaru-sourced 2.0-liter flat four boosting output from 200hp to 315hp (320PS) and peak torque from 205Nm (151 lb-ft) to 421Nm (310.5 lb-ft). A modified six-speed manual pushes power to the rear wheels.

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Detroit Show: Toyota Releases New A-Bat Hybrid Concept Image Gallery

In December we got a first taste of Toyota’s hybrid compact pick-up concept with the release of half a dozen of pics (click here for the press release). For those of you who want to see more today the Japanese carmaker revealed the full image gallery of the A-Bat Concept that consists of 50 high-res pictures.

The A-BAT which is smaller than the Toyota Tacoma pickup, rides on a unibody platform, a departure from what we've seen in standard pickups. The concept utilizes Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive technology, but the Japanese carmaker hasn’t released any specific details on the powertrain. -Image gallery after the jump

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