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Originally Posted by T Bone
Minor rathole.... No one really touches the racing heritage of Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren...
But other than the horrible F1 effort and the pushrod V8's in Nascar, where has Toyota participated?? There was a celebrity Celica series in the 1990s.....
BMW DTM and the 1980's F1 efforts stands out....
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TTE in WRC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Team_Europe
http://homepage.virgin.net/shalco.com/tte_ban.htm
TTE at Le Mans:
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/gtone.html
And for the record, Toyota still has a Scion celebrity race.
http://www.startribune.com/entertain.../41034852.html
As for F1... BMW bought Sauber out... they didn't start their F1 team from the ground up, unlike Toyota F1 (which came from TTE). They were great in 2005 (they could have beaten Ferrari if not for the USGP debacle); dropped the ball for a couple of years, and came up w/ decent results in 2008.
And who seriously buys an M3 these days knowing about BMW's DTM and BRABHAM (not a wholly-engineered BMW car) F1 car?