Toyota TS010

The Toyota TS010 was a Group C racing car that Toyota built for the Sportscar World Championship, the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. New rules for 1992 required a 3.5 litre naturally aspirated engine, so Toyota replaced its twin-turbo V8 C-V series cars with a new chassis, designed by Tony Southgate, that carried its new RV10 engine. The car debuted at Autopolis, the last round of the 1991 season, where Geoff Lees and Andy Wallace finished sixth. In 1992 it won at Monza after the leading Peugeot crashed, took second at Le Mans behind a Peugeot 905, and helped Toyota finish second in the teams championship. In Japan it won at Fuji and secured Toyota the manufacturers title in the Group C category. After a fourth place at Le Mans in 1993, with no series left to race in, the TS010 was officially retired.