Toyota Motorsport Gmb H

Toyota Motorsport Gmb H

Toyota Motorsport GmbH is a Toyota division based in Köln, Germany. It was renamed from Toyota Team Europe (TTE) to Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) in 1993. It currently employs around 200 people in a 30,000m2 factory and provides motorsport and automotive services both to fellow Toyota companies and outside clients.

TMG was responsible for Toyota's World Rally Championship cars starting from the 1970s right up to the 1990s. In addition, since 1994, TMG has developed a tuning business for road cars, offering complete vehicles or tuning and sports accessories. In 1999 the company stopped participating in rallying, in order to prepare for a switch to Formula One in 2002. From 2002 to 2009, TMG participated in Formula 1 under the team name Panasonic Toyota Racing, starting 139 Grands Prix. In that time, they finished on the podium 13 times, earned three pole positions and scored a total of 278.5 points. On November 4, 2009, Toyota announced their withdrawal from Formula 1.

In the meantime, they entered sports car racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd in 1999 with the Toyota GT-One. TMG recently has moved back into sports car racing as an exclusive engine supplier from 2011 onwards to Lola Cars, currently powering Rebellion Racing. In 2012 TMG fully returned to sports car competition with the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.

In 1997, it became the first motorsports business in the world to be ISO 9001 certified. TMG continues with a new business model, offering high-performance development, testing and production facilities for clients in the motorsport and automotive sectors

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