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Toyota often gets criticized for having only won Le Mans without competition and some may roll their eyes at their current domination, but during some of the lowest moments of the WSC and later WEC they kept racing while so many manufacturers were quick to pack their bags and leave. They committed to the late Group C rules while everyone was leaving, then immediately looked for a way to race GTs, and after their unsuccessful run at F1 they returned and kept LMP1 alive for as long as they could before being one of the first teams to commit to hypercar regs. Massive respect.

the followup of this story about the 2010s toyotas LMP1 and the current LMH cars better be called "Try, Try again."

Something about hearing those background GranTurismo songs just makes me smile. Great vid by the way.

Toyota is the literal embodiment of *NEVER GIVE UP* in endurance racing and they deserve full respect for that

I've been to the toyota gazoo racing museum in cologne, where Toyota allows outsiders to visit their racing museum from time to to time(very rarely) and stood next to one of the TS010, the street homologation and one of the Racing GT1/LMGTP TS020, and one of the Le Mans winning GR010, and was even allowed to hold the original Le Mans winning steering wheel, as well as a few F1 steering wheels. It was beyond amazing, and we basically overstayed for over one and a half hours, in part because the tour guide was super exited and knowledgeable about every little detail. I kinda started that by asking the question if all TS020 had been converted to LMGTP regulations or if they kept at least one TS020 in 1998 GT1 spec, and we discussed in details which car had what problem, for example the TS010 was too thirsty to be able to go fast for the entirety of Le Mans. And no, the TS020 had been used as testbeds for countless technologies and improvements, so basically they wouldn't even pass homologation for the 1999 race. It was a amazing time and I'd love to go again. Also, thanks for talking (at least a little bit) about the SARD MC8 Le Mans car, appreciate you keeping my request in mind. Keep it up, you're nailing your style and it's really fun to watch and listen to you talk about some of my favorite cars. Also, nice Haircut, looks good on ya.

I like how all these Japanese Group C cars were unsuccessful outside Japan but Gran Turismo games made them look dominant. The same goes with other Japanese cars too

This was a very enjoyable and informative video! I have stood next to a GT-One at the Sinsheim technik museum and it stunned me how long that car was, even in comparison to a 962C

The GT-One is one of those race cars that has always stuck clearly in my mind ever since I first saw it in Gran Turismo as a kid. It looks so so awesome, and even though I don't support Toyota in current WEC, I'll always love that car.

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The Celica GTO was fairly dominant in 86 & 87 and the Eagle Mk3 became the most dominant car in IMSA’s history by 93.

On the other hand, the story is far rosier for their American counterpart in IMSA with Toyota had a successful & dominant run with the Celica GTO. Then there's something i like to call "The Big White Brick" a.k.a the AAR Eagle Mk.III which was so overwhelmingly dominant in IMSA and continued to do so even after Jaguar entered the series. It effectively killed the class. It won 21 of 27 races they entered (14 of them are consecutive), won Daytona 24H 3 times, and held Daytona's track record for nearly 26 years until finally beaten by a modern DPi machinery (Mazda RT24-P)

Another banger! Keep up the great work ❤

Just noticed the framed Circuit de la Sarthe track layout in the background. Times have changed. Toyota couldn't keep up with Peugeot. Now Peugeot is being dominated by Toyota Gazoo in FIA WEC. Also interesting note about the sponsor Esso. Stands for English letters "S" and "O" as in Standard Oil. Due to court ruling in the United States it's more commonly know as Exxon.

Once again you made an excellent work, thanks a lot for this video, as a Toyota fan I really appreciated it

It seems that no one noticed how deftly you use english... Proficient language usage is one of the most downplayed skills.

Excellent video! Now for one on the Nissan R92CP. 😁

Please more videos on the history of Le Mans. I’m addicted!

Thank you for this video. I used to think Toyota would never win Le Mans lol.

Something that I suspect will be highlighted in the next video is the importance of Toyota's european racing division, situated in Cologne. They built and operated the GT-One, and would later become the F1's team headquarters until 2009, before adapting the facilities once more for the TS030 program. And they also support the WRC team to boot. Truly one of motorsports best teams and facilities.

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Always love catching automobilistic content when it comes out although now I run on delay due to a new puppy at home 😂

YT did their work for once and Im here early ;)

25 minutes video about sportscar racing? Yes please

Another Automobilistic banger, especially interesting for this lover of all automobiles - especially Toyota. Been a fan since your first vids, keep it up. Love your style :) ✌️ Cheers from Finland!

wow man.. just came across your channel, looking for some motorsport, essay style videos.. your channel perfectly fits what i was looking for. now to get comfy and binge your videos!😉 cheers👍

Another fantastic racing video. What an effort!

2016 was tough to swallow. I mean last lap...

Your best work so far! Very informative and entertaining. Also, nice cut.

Not sure if anyone else here corrected you, but Toyota's 2.1L Group C/IMSA GTP/WRC engine was the bespoke racing only 503E (factory Group A touring and Group B/N rally Celica GT-Fours had same 3SGTE as road cars, only with intercooler spray and setup for anti-lag system) which shared nothing with the production 2.0L 3SGTE other than similar design philosophy, layout, and a common ancestor (I believe they had to give it a similar bore/stroke to the actual 3SG for homologation reasons in WRC and called it as such, but none of the factory WRC cars used the production engine or 4WD system even). The common solution to racing a modified road car with an expensive modified high power 3SG that never held up, was to just replace it with a cast-off 503E from some defunct race team that was already setup for 300-500+ hp, and as much as 700+ for qualifying runs. The 503E was physically larger, heavier, obnoxious to mate with any production transaxle, dry sump, had additional oil/coolant channels in the head/block and different deck design, and a sensor/ignition/timing setup closer to the previous 3T engines than 3SG (it's really like some overbuilt pre-production 3SGTE in design, a mix of the two), and naturally lacked provisions for common accessories. Hardly a well documented or cheap turn key solution, but neither is a built dry sump 3SG that just won't stop cooking cylinder 3 no matter what you do. It's exactly what Rod Millen did building his Pike's Peak "Celica," used a 503E with a setup more IMSA GTP than WRC, made it decently responsive with more modern engine/boost control to push around 700hp if memory serves me right. About $8k would get you a complete spare longblock in the early 00's, usually left over from Toyota Team Europe's former operations.

Hard work beats talent, every time.

Welcome back dude! Missed your videos over the holidays!

We all know the ts020 aka the gt-one deserved to win le mans especially in 1999

Superb work. Very enjoyable to watch, liked and subscribed.

Love your work! Informative and entertaining! I try to watch every one of them!! Maybe dial the clicking noise back a bit though.

why was none of the TRD/AAR collaboration mentioned? it seems weird to leave out one of the most important bits of information out, gtp was under group c regulations which should be more than enough reason to cover them if the japanese series was also covered

Thanks for keeping this era of motorsport alive. I miss these days.. Been watching since your first video and always excited when I see you've uploaded another video. Thanks for your QUALITY work.. right from the start it was quality.. and yes, the Gran Turismo music still works for me too. My name USED to be "fatgoat"... I've actually forgotten what this channel was orignally called... back before we seen your face. Great to see you still uploading.. you're a natural.

Every new upload from you makes for great entertainment for my lunch break

Anyone else here appreciate his rounded corners on the 4:3 footage

You really need to check out the Eagle Mk 3 Toyotas. They were beasts.

Dudes videos are so cool I never knew anything about the old endurance series

Great video. Thank you!

When the video started it felt like a movie, that's how strong your voice is😮😮 Love hearing about the Gt-One bc the road going version is what I used to beat most of Gran Turismo 3 🤣🤣

Like always great video!!

Love it!! Great video

Incredible work 👏

Great video as always! And man that hair is fabulous!

that was a great video! well done!

Youre very talented, after your videos i feel educated and energised. Thank you for being one of my favourite creators 😊

You should do a video on their involvement in IMSA with AAR

Automobilistic does it again!! Fantastic!!!

Ok the classic gran turismo music and great race cars content, i had to subscribe !!

Great video and commentary

Can't wait to see the follow up to this

Sorry, what about that year they drove against Dauer Porsche at Le mans 1994?

A video on Toyota prototypes in GTP would be a good complement to this video. Like the Electromatic Nissan team, Dan Gurney utilized the Group C Dome built cars for a time, but then went to his house built Eagle chassis, which ended up becoming such a dominant force in the early 90's. If the Eagle came along before the 3.5L rules, it likely would have been competitive at Le Mans.

Toyota proved multiple times with endurance that they were capable (the ts020 would've won if it weren't for tire failure), and now all their stifled success is coming back

Your daily reminder that Toyota was the only manufacturer team between 2018-2022.

Lovely video bro

Great channel👍

Your back ground looks a lot better. Hair looks good too. ❤ keep doing what you’re doing. Your videos keep getting better and better.

Great video🙂

I remember using a lot the Toyota Group C white and blue Minolta in Gran Turismo 4. It was super fast and had a lot of grip. No idea it wasn't successfull given it was really powerfull in the game. The only car that could keep up was the Mercedes Sauber C9.

the 88c-v is by far my favourite group C car. thank you gran turismo for the memories

The 1982 and 1983 Toyota Group C cars are still as gorgeous as GR010 HYBRID cars.

Nice new haircut, and great vid.

Can you make a video about renault rs-01.... The first ever turbo charged f1 car

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minolta toyota carried me in gran turismo 5, made me fall in love with group c and hypercars

Now if only they had this same motivation to stay in Formula 1.

0:35-:055 I love how you bookend your _proper_ suh-LEEK-ah pronunciation with the _correct_ pronunciation 😉

I’m kinda surprised he didn’t talk about the 1994 Le Mans event. Despite Toyota not competing in a full factory effort, SARD had entered a car and was leading the race until about the final hour, where the car had a mechanical issue, which ended up giving the lead to the Dauer 962.

OH MY THANK YOU FOR EVEN MENTIONING MC8R THAT CAR IS SO MYSTERIOUS ID LOVE TO KNOW WHAT TOYOTA THOUGHT WAS GOOD USING A TT 1UZ AT LE MANS

Great video, thanks. One flub: the contemporary Porsche flat 6 in the 1985 962 was 2.6L, not 3.6.

Omg that Gran Turismo music is so nice😢😢

There are a couple amazing YT videos of Toyota testing TS010 at Eastern Creek, highly recommended

If you get a chance, you should look into the story of how toyota created an american off-road endurance racing legend on a shoestring budget that helped them go from a niche truck brand in america too the third most popular truck brand in north america in just six years. Mr Toyoda himself credited their driver Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart and his legendary exploits out on the baja fighting with other legends like walker evans and rod millen for wins during the 500 and 1000 year after year with doing more for the brand in a few years than their entire marketing budget over the previous 15 years.

worth noting, Toyota was not the only manufacturer to use the fuel-tank loophole, Sauber-Mercedes used it too

The Minolta 88C-V is THEE car i think of, whenever i think of or play a Grand Turismo game

"Dust the car off and try again"

18:32 I like how these Toyotas are sponsored by Piero Guidi

They finish 5 laps before second place nah that crazy

Geoff Lees deserved a Le mans win, shame it never came

The minolta is one of my favorite cars 🚗 😍

Gran Turismo, introduced me to the the GT one

Failing to mention the bag fumble by SARD in 94 at Le Mans with the 94CV is crazy. It was their first true near miss.

I want to see them have another go at F1.

its hard to believe that a company only known for their reliability has managed to win 7 24h of lemans Again amazing video from automobilistic :)

1990s ACO/FIA regs are so similar to wild west

I wish F1 wasnt the most popular. These cars look so much cooler

*Will you ever do a video on the Audi Quattro?*

@7:50 IS THAT F1 WORLD CHAMPION ALAN JONES?

now we need a deep dive into trd's american effort .....mostly because i never understood the eagle protoypes :P was that a sponsor? a joint venture? imsa gtp rules and naming conventions have always confused me...i want to know! the gto celicas were absolute beauties, too.

People tend to dismiss Toyota's success in the late 2010's to them not having competition. And while it's true, it's not exactly their fault that Volkswagen fumbled the bag so badly, that Audi immediately abandoned the WEC and Porsche followed one year later, leaving Toyota on their own, pretty much singlehandedly avoiding Le Mans to end up having LMP2 as its top class. And props to the WEC for not nerfing the TS050 to the ground so that other cars could keep up like the ALMS did to the Audi R10 in the late 2000's because they had no competition, so they allowed the LMP2 to pose battle by giving them a massive weight advantage.

23:37 did sombody leave a suitcase in the fuel tank?

RAAAAAHHH TOM’s 82C MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️ LONG LIVE THE CELICAS 🤝👍🙏💪 WHAT IS AERODYNAMICS WE HAVE A WEDGE CHEESE 🧀

12:04 Quite unfair to put Ballestre there when this was Eccleston and Mosley's doing.

Anyone know what song starts playing at 19:05?

You think 50 tabs is a lot? I regularly have 300+ tabs opened. :D

I have never heard anyone say Celica like you do 😂 Brits are a hoot