Advertising The manufacturers are hard at work developing their 2017 FIA World Rally Championship challengers and starred at one of the world’s leading auto shows as they showed prototype versions. Toyota president Akio Toyoda announced a partnership between technology giant Microsoft and the Toyota Gazoo Racing team, which will run its Yaris World Rally Car on the Japanese manufacturer’s return to the WRC after a 16-year absence. Toyoda was accompanied by team principal Tommi Mäkinen and unveiled a Yaris WRC Test Car sporting Microsoft livery (pictured above). He said the collaboration would maximise the competitiveness of the Yaris and help communicate with fans. Mäkinen drove the...
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