Toyota Europe Vice President, Karl Schlicht, said Toyota will have a high performance car models within the next two years. Rumors that Toyota will make a division of Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), which acts as a sub-brand in the sports section, Toyota sports car.
"Toyota is very eager to make a decent performance car," said Schlicht told AutoExpress, Friday (09/13/2013). Schlicht stresses that the Yaris Hybrid-R is no more than a concept car. But the system is owned Toyota hybrid technology, the move seems to be to be successful in the future as Toyota Sports car.
All Toyota performance cars that will be born will have to use the emblem TMG. Responding to the agenda Schlicht also revealed the latest edition of the Supra replacement is still under consideration, while the open roof version of the GT86 also has not been determined.
Toyota is also currently working on Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). This new architecture will be used in every model of Toyota in the future, debuted be accomplished through new Prius 2015.
"Over the advantages of cost, you also will get a more rigid chassis and you will sit lower in the car," said Schlicht again. Using TNGA in every model will facilitate the development of technology for a bigger car was applied to a smaller car.
