Sunday, April 26, 2009

New Toyota chief to race in Nurburgring 24



Toyota scion (pun intended) and new company president Akio Toyoda will don a helmet and Nomex late next month as his company returns to Germany to compete in the annual Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race. Toyoda will be part of the four-driver lineup taking the wheel of the Lexus LF-A (hey, remember that?) as part of its ongoing (and seemingly endless) development. Unlike last year, when the LF-A showed up to race in plain 'ol development-mule matte black, Toyota's got a more proper race livery planned for this year's event (see above). After all, we can't have the boss rolling like every other test engineer, can we? Thanks, Dom!

Gallery: 2009 Lexus LF-A Nurburgring 24 Livery
  • Lexus LF-A in 2009 N24 livery
  • Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota