Rally Prius

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT is a World Rally Championship (WRC) team based in Finland that serves as Toyota's official factory team. Its team principal is four time World Drivers' Champion Tommi Mäkinen. The team made its début during the 2017 season, where it entered the Toyota Yaris WRC. The team is a separate entity from the Toyota Gazoo Racing team led by Toyota Motorsport GmbH that competes.

Rally prius. Rally Prius. Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Killedseth, Sep 3, 2017. Tags: prius rally performance racing; Killedseth New Member. Joined: Sep 3, 2017 4 1 0 Location: Ithaca ny Vehicle: 2005 Prius Model:----USA----I've been a Prius owner since 2006 my current 05 Prius has 265000 miles on it. I have recently acquired another 05. Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team opened their 2020 account with a double podium result in Monte Carlo. Their all-new driver line-up was immediately on the pace on the opening round of the new season, finishing the event on Sunday with a brace of podium places. Rally Prius On The Road http://john1701a.com/prius/album/prius-album_rally.htm. last updated: Fri. 12/17/2010 This record was set as part of Prius Records , a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011.

Episode 64 - Jeff Evans Tells Us How To Rally A Prius. To answer your first question, no this isn’t a joke and we have the pics to prove it! Jeff Evans of Throttle Grotto tells us about RallyCross in the PNW and how he started doing it with a Prius. More importantly, he was competitive! Just goes to show, you really can race anything. I took a rented Prius on a 3,000 km tour of the Australian outback a few years ago - probably not the best choice of vehicle, but I had been curious about the car. At one point we were probably 300 km from the nearest paved road and found ourselves amongst a bunch of competitors in an outback rally. Prius and the technology within it have won Toyota many awards around the world, but competition was never part of the plan for this most eco friendly of cars until Nik Berg had the idea to enter one in the Midnight Sun to Red Sea Rally. The Toyota Prius finished the gruelling 5,000 mile, three-week Midnight Sun to Red Sea Rally in 14th place. Current Word Rally Championship holder, with 58 Rally wins, 4 manufacturer championships and 5 driver championships over the history of WRC. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing engineers strive for the ultimate performance under the toughest conditions.

The Prius has more significantly more interior room, FAR more trunk space, better seats, along with outstanding fuel economy. At the end of the day it’s a great family car, even though maybe not the most excited to drive or look at. Sure it’s a bit of an appliance, but that’s why I have fun vehicles too. 2002 Toyota Prius Rally Two rallying amateurs will enter the motor sport record books in June as the crew of the world’s first petrol/electric hybrid rally car. Londoners, Nik Berg (32) and Tim Bampton (33) will compete in a Toyota Prius, the world’s first mass production petrol/electric hybrid car, on a three week, 8,000km marathon. Engineered for real world efficiency, the Prius PHV achieved a consistent average fuel consumption of 3.9L/100 km during the rally. Key to the win was the efficient lithium-ion battery which houses 4.4 kWh of energy. The Prius PHV's battery offers three key advantages. The first is its light weight. Ok, now you may rage against me, revoke my gear head card, and burn me at the stake. Fact of the matter is the prius is an excellent road trip car. Used examples are getting cheap, and while I would rather stay at the Ritz and drive an e39 m5 through out the USA, the prius is better suited to those on a budget.

An international rescue effort saw parts flown from the UK and installed at a Czech rally team HQ where the Prius looked very tame next to their works WRC Corollas. We drove through the night and caught up with the field to race through Hungary and Romania – including the incredible Transfagarasan Highway. They took their Prius to the Gambler 500—the insane navigational rally for cheap, impractical cars—and demonstrated once and for all that their Prius is living its best life. The A.V. Club. Plug-in Prius wins Rally. Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by crewdog, Nov 2, 2011. crewdog Acting Ensign Prius Prime. Joined: Jul 23, 2009 492 385 6 Location: Woodstock, GA Vehicle: 2017 Prius Prime Model: Prime Advanced. This is kinda cool: A Toyota Prius has driven from Paris to Dakar. flame-spitting Peugeot 405 T16s and Rothmans-liveried Porsche 959s smashing across the desert during the infamous Dakar Rally. Well, here’s.

Rally Prius anyone? 36 comments. share. save hide report. 94% Upvoted. This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Sort by. best. level 1. 43 points · 1 year ago. I can only imagine how many people would die on the track because you cannot hear it coming around the corner. Rally/Time Attack Prius | PriusChat or B&G S2 springs REVIEW | PriusChat Car was fun, but once I heard the new prius had 4 wheel disk brakes, more HP, and a power button I had to get it. The V was an obvious choice for a man with 2 kids. The extra room is nice and a sacrifice in weight and MPG did not discourage me. You are at a rally event, you hear a 3SGTE(ST185) and its anti-lag going mad, you think, oh, celica, but then you see a Prius. What APR Racing did with this Prius is similar to what Renault did to its utilitarian Renault 5 hatchback to make it a Group B rally car: put a much more capable engine behind the driver.

Engineered for real world efficiency, the Prius PHV achieved a consistent average fuel consumption of 3.9L/100 km during the rally. Key to the win was the efficient lithium-ion battery which houses 4.4 kWh of energy. The Prius PHV's battery offers three key advantages. The first is its light weight.