Toyota›GT-One (TS020)›TS020 GT1 spec (1998)

GT-One TS020 (1998)

TS020 GT1 spec (1998) · 1998–1998RWD

Built by Toyota Team Europe (TMG) in Cologne under designer Andre de Cortanze, the GT-One debuted at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans homologated to the FIA Group GT1 rules, the road-car requirement satisfied by a pair of street-legal examples. Powered by an in-house carbon-fibre monocoque and a twin-turbo 3.6L R36V V8 derived from Toyota's Group C engines, the three cars qualified 2nd, 5th and 8th and ran 1-2 at the front, but transmission failures and an accident sidelined two; the surviving Japanese-crewed car (Katayama/Suzuki/Tsuchiya) finished 9th overall.

592 hpPower

3.8 s0-100 km/h

354 km/hTop Speed

1998-1998Year

Gallery

GT-One TS020 (1998), every angle

Exterior

Photo: Toyota press · via upload.wikimedia.org

Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Engine3.6L (3,578 cc) twin-turbocharged 90-degree V8 (R36V), mid-mounted

Displacement3.6 L

Cylinders8

FuelPetrol

Transmission6-speed Sequential

DrivetrainRWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power592 hp

0-100 km/h3.8 s

Top speed354 km/h

Weight920 kg

Dimensions & body

Length4840 mm

Width2000 mm

Height1125 mm

Wheelbase2800 mm

STORY

The Toyota GT-One (TS020) was a purpose-built endurance racer created for the late-1990s GT1 era at Le Mans. Developed by Toyota Team Europe, it was famously homologated via a single road-legal example exploiting the regulations. It came agonizingly close to winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998 and 1999 before mechanical trouble and misfortune intervened.

Source ↗

Price Evolution

Loading auction history…

Track Records

Loading records…