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Toyota building a hybrid to win Le Mans

While it may be too late for Toyota to enter this years running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it may have a hybrid surprise up its sleeve for 2009. Perhaps buoyed by a win in Tohachi last year with their capacitor-equipped Supra HV-R, the company is out to gain some hybrid fame by building a vehicle to snatch the crown from the reigning Audi oil-burners. Toyota hasn't yet formally committed and according to their head of R&D, Kazuo Okamoto, "We want to enter when we are confident of victory," And indeed, victory would be a sweet way to mark ... Read more →

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