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BMW M2 CS Racing gets its own endurance racing class

Following the successful start of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) last week, the next event will see teams having more opportunities to compete, thanks to the introduction of the new BMW M2 CS Racing VLN class. This marks the second BMW-only racing class in the NLS, in addition to the BMW M240i Racing Cup. With the introduction of this new class, BMW M Customer Racing continues the tradition of providing opportunities for drivers and teams to break into racing through production-based cus

SanjaySanjay

Jul 6, 2020

Audi pulls out of DTM racing series, upsets BMW

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) is a premier GT racing series based in Germany, racing a silhouette race car that's based on a mass-produced road car since the year 2000. The series used to consists mainly of the big-3 premium German manufacturers, namely Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. However, the DTM series has seen a steady decline, evident by a shock withdrawal from Mercedes-Benz in 2017, leaving only BMW and Audi to carry the torch forward. Few other manufacturers such as Nissan, Opel,

Zamil SyaheerZamil Syaheer

May 6, 2020

Toyota Gazoo Racing to kick off Season 3 in September

UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd has announced that the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Festival will return for its third season this September. As before, the Toyota Vios-only racing series will feature three categories - Promotional class for local celebrities, Sporting for amateur, and Super Sporting for professional racing drivers. By having all drivers competing in identical cars, the TGR series is a true measure of one’s driving talent. Teams/drivers are only allowed to alter the car’s tyres and suspen

RobertRobert

Jul 29, 2019

Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival sets an exciting race weekend at Bandar Malaysia

The Bandar Malaysia track is one of the fastest and longest ever constructed for the series. It features 20 corners and two long straights, the longest being 600 meters. It sets the stage for fastest street racing action so far in three seasons of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival. Higher speeds bring higher risks and that makes for an entertaining spectacle. For those unfamiliar with the Vios Racing Challenge, there are three categories: Sporting Class, Super Sporting Class, and Promotional Clas

ShaunShaun

Nov 11, 2019

Video: Why is Zerotohundred racing in a Toyota Vios?!

Zerotohundred.com is an automotive enthusiast site most popularly known for its automotive forum in the early days of the internet. Look up ZTH on Instagram and YouTube, you’ll be treated with adrenaline-pumping content from the all-new Toyota GR Supra to Ferraris. However, this weekend (9 – 10 November 2019), founder of ZTH, Tom Goh will be behind the wheel of a Toyota Vios for the Season 3 Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Toyota Vios one-make series. We caught up with Tom to find out why are big n

Adrian ChiaAdrian Chia

Nov 9, 2019

Police officers under investigation for drag racing their Dodge Chargers

The Dallas County Sheriff Office is currently facing an unusual, and rather massive, dilemma following a viral video of 2 police cars drag racing on one of Dallas’ most popular drag strips. Two deputy sheriffs from Dallas County, Texas are currently facing charges for unauthorised drag racing with their Dodge Charger patrol vehicles on the popular drag racing strip Yello Belly in Grand Prairie, Texas. According to the Sheriff Office, they had no knowledge of the drag race until they saw the vira

JerricaJerrica

Jul 10, 2020

How much of the Ford Ranger Raptor is inspired by racing technology?

The Ford Ranger Raptor has been on sale in Malaysia since the start of 2019, and by now, many would know that the Ranger Raptor is inspired by desert racing trucks and is a watered-down version of the bigger F-150 Raptor. But how much of the Ranger Raptor is inspired by racing technology? Quite a lot. Starting from the looks, the Ranger Raptor sports vented discs all around the truck for heavy-duty cooling. It also has a much thicker steel underbody guard (approximately 2.33 mm thick), fender ex

JerricaJerrica

Apr 26, 2020

Throwback: Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing Edition, R3's final hurrah

19 hp & 18 Nm increase from the R3 tuned 1.6 CPS engine Only 25 units made priced at RM 115k each back in the day Came with Nappa leather seats from factory If there is a name that is as iconic as the Proton Saga would be the Satria. A three-door hatchback that spanned from 1994 to 2015 across two generations. During the heydays of Proton R3 (Race, Rally, Research), Proton’s own in-house racing development arm, the Proton R3 team made some highly limited, mean machines that tug the heartstrings

Adrian ChiaAdrian Chia

Sep 20, 2019

Imbau Kembali: Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing Edition, sentuhan R3 yang terakhir

Selain Proton Saga, Proton Satria juga merupakan ikon dalam jenama Proton. Ia telah wujud dari tahun 1994 hingga 2015. Sewaktu zaman kegemilangan Proton R3 (Race, Rally, Research), mereka telah membangunkan beberapa model terhad yang mempunyai keutuhan jiwa adrenalin. Kenderaan terakhir yang menerima pembangunan daripada R3 ialah Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing Edition. Hanya 25 unit sahaja yang dikeluarkan, dengan harga yang agak padu: RM 115,000. Untuk maklumat anda, Honda Civic 1.8 mempunya

FaisalFaisal

Sep 1, 2020

This is ZTH’s Tom Goh's new car for Toyota Gazoo Racing Malaysia’s Vios Challenge Cup

Our fellow media friend Tom Goh from zerotohundred.com will once again be participating in Season 4 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Malaysia Vios Challenge. Once again, Tom will be racing in car #33, in the mid-tier Sporting Class, under Team S&D Tama Motorsports. S&D Tama, better known as Toyota Penang, is a Japanese Toyota dealer that has expanded to Malaysia. It’s the local arm of Netz Toyota Tama, which has been operating in Japan for nearly 60 years. The first round of Season 4 will take p

HansHans

Mar 26, 2021

Toyota perkenal Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development. Pupuk bakat tempatan jadi juara dunia!

UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd telah mengumumkan pelancaran Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development (Program Pembangunan Bakat Muda Gazoo Racing) pada 23 September 2020 yang bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti dan memupuk bakat lumba muda Malaysia antara 14 dan 20 tahun yang beralih dari sukan go kart dan perlumbaan simulasi ke perlumbaan kereta saloon. Bakat-bakat muda tersebut adalah Mika Hakimi, 17 tahun dan Naquib Azlan, 20 tahun adalah bakat daripada perlumbaan simulasi. Selain itu Amer Harris, 17 tahun

HarisHaris

Sep 24, 2020

Racing simulator – 6 langkah dan cara mudah untuk anda berlumba bawah RM 1,000!

Adakah anda berhajat untuk memasuki trek Sepang tetapi tidak berani untuk jejak kaki di trek sebenar? Atau anda seorang kaki permainan video yang ingin mencuba benda baru? Takpun, anda dah bosan sangat duduk kat rumah disebabkan PKP? Jika salah satu daripada persoalan ini timbul dalam minda anda, anda bertuah kerana saya sendiri adalah pengguna racing simulator ini sejak dari 2005, dan saya ingin kongsikan 6 langkah cara mudah untuk mulakannya! Perlu kami ingatkan bahawa kos serendah RM 1,000 in

Zamil SyaheerZamil Syaheer

Feb 20, 2021

Toyota Vios GR (Gazoo Racing), pengganti Toyota Vios TRD bakal hadir tahun 2020?

Toyota Vios Sebelum ini, terdapat khabar angin yang mengatakan bahawa Toyota Vios bakal menerima facelift ringkas pada hujung tahun 2020. Tidak mahu diketepikan dari saingan Honda City 2020 serba baru dan Nissan Almera Turbo 2020 serba baru, Toyota Vios dikatakan bakal mengenakan facelift berdasarkan Toyota Yaris Ativ di Thailand. Sehubungan dengan itu, Toyota Vios 2020 facelift tersebut turut dilaporkan bakal menerima varian GR (Gazoo Racing). Gazoo Racing adalah lencana prestasi Toyota yang me

HarisHaris

Oct 21, 2020

New 2020 Toyota Vios to add Gazoo Racing variant, launching in December

If you’ve been following our posts, you would’ve known by now that UMW Toyota Motor is expected to launch a new 2020 Toyota Vios facelift in December. You wouldn’t expect the company to sit idly while watching the all-new 2020 Honda City and 2020 Nissan Almera muscle into its territory right? As a follow up to that, we have received news that Toyota will also be adding a Gazoo Racing variant of the new Vios, possibly wearing the GR Sport badge. It’s a logical move because a Toyota Vios GR Sport

HansHans

Oct 21, 2020

Tengku Djan wants you to get ready for Season 4 of Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Malaysia

After a year-long, pandemic-enforced hiatus, the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival in Malaysia can finally make a return. Mark your calendar folks, season 4 of Toyota's one-make-race is upon us. There will be a total of 6 race weekends, from March all the way till November of 2021. The season-opening round 1 will be held at our very own Sepang International Circuit, from 26-28 March 2021 (that will be next weekend). Tune in to see an array of top-class racing drivers pit their skills against each oth

JasonJason

Mar 19, 2021

Perodua Myvi GR sebenar? Ini imej render Toyota Passo dengan gaya Gazoo Racing!

Perodua Myvi Pilihan 'varian berprestasi tinggi' oleh pengeluar sememangnya menjadi kegemaran sesetengah pembeli prospek. Sebelum ini, terdapat banyak minat mengenai Perodua Myvi dengan kelengkapan Gazoo Racing. Walaubagaimanapun, Perodua Myvi GR yang lebih realistik mungkin bukan seperti apa yang anda bayangkan. Sebuah ciapan di twitter oleh Mr Kuruma memberikan gambaran yang lebih jelas dan realistik terhadap Perodua Myvi GR. Hal ini kerana 2 generasi Perodua Myvi sebelum ini diasaskan oleh To

HarisHaris

Nov 2, 2020

Winner of Toyota Gazoo Racing eSports Championship walks home with RM 20,000 cash!

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has been actively involved in motorsports-driven initiatives such as the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival, Toyota Vios Challenge and more recently, the launch of the first GR Garage outside of Japan. Among these initiatives include the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Velocity eSports Championship. In the grand finals of the second season of the largest national eSports racing event in Malaysia, the overall winners shared a prize pool of RM 70,000. After an intense day battling with

Adrian ChiaAdrian Chia

Sep 23, 2019

ZTH's Tom Goh to aim for another victory at Gazoo Racing Festival in Penang

Founder of Zerotohundred.com, Tom Goh, currently has 28 points in the Sporting Class standings. Representing S&D Tama Motorsports, he took home his first-ever victory at the previous race weekend in Bandar Malaysia. Held at Stadium Batu Kawan from 15-16 February 2020, Tom will be defending his lead in the second to last race of Season 3. The season will reach its conclusion in April at the Sepang International Circuit. "As representative for S&D Tama Toyota Penang, this weekend's TGR Round 3 in

ShaunShaun

Feb 14, 2020

Bos NTS RW Racing GP mohon maaf kepada Hafizh Syahrin, janji bangkit aksi berikutnya!

Susulan kegagalan pelumba negara, Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah untuk menghabiskan perlumbaan Moto2 di GP Qatar minggu lalu, bos pasukan RW Racing GP, Jarno Janssen 'menyusun 10 jari' memohon maaf kepada pelumbanya itu. Ini kali pertama Hafizh, yang pernah berlumba dalam kelas utama, MotoGP beraksi bersama pasukan RW Racing GP yang menggunakan casis NTS pada perlumbaan berkenaan. Begitupun, selepas mengharungi 11 pusingan, pelumba kelahiran Ampang itu terpaksa memasuki pit perlumbaan akibat masalah ya

KhairilKhairil

Apr 1, 2021

6 steps to set up your own racing simulator for less than RM 1k

Have you always wanted to try driving around the Sepang International Circuit but you've never had the car to do so? Or you've reached the highest level in your usual video games and you're now on the look out for something more challenging? Or you're just plain bored because of the lockdown with travel restrictions still in place? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then why not try simulator racing? You can either hire someone to set up the sim rig for you or you can choose to do it

JerricaJerrica

Mar 20, 2021

Toyota Hilux versi Gazoo Racing, harga barang je boleh beli Myvi!

Bab kit badan dan aksesori tambahan, kita kena bagi kredit dekat pengeluar kereta Jepun sebab diorang memang pakar dalam bab-bab ini. Kali ini, divisyen prestasi Toyota Jepun iaitu Gazoo Racing (GR) telah memberi sentuhan yang garang kepada Toyota Hilux! Apa yang ada dekat Hilux GR ni? Untuk harga JPY 305,800 (RM 11,950), pemilik Hilux akan mendapat pelindung bumper bewarna perak, plat skid merah, tangga sisi keluli dan rollbar sports hitam matte di bahagian kabin belakang. Kalau anda ada duit l

Zamil SyaheerZamil Syaheer

Sep 4, 2020

Wet races and drama marks Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge Season 4 opener

Racing is finally back on the menu as the Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge kick-started its fourth season at Sepang International Circuit over the weekend (26th - 28th March 2021). And what a season opener it was - further dramafied by wet races and drivers who, as always, were not afraid to go all out. TGR Race Classification - New rookie class For those of you tuning in to this series for the first time, there are four classes: Sporting, Super Sporting, Promotional, and new for this year, Ro

SanjaySanjay

Mar 29, 2021

Karamjit Singh kembali ke sukan rali dengan Cisco Racing, janji akan masyurkan semula nama Malaysia

Legenda sukan permotoran negara, Karamjit Singh berjanji untuk mengembalikan semula kegemilangan rali Malaysia dalam tempoh beberapa tahun akan datang. Pemandu berusia 59 tahun itu yang juga dikenali sebagai 'Flying Sikh' berkata melalui kerjasama antara agensi kerajaan berkaitan dan pihak penganjur, akan dapat menjadikan Malaysia di peta kejohanan dunia sekali lagi. “Saya fikir penganjur sekarang mempunyai impian untuk mengembalikan semula kegemilangan rali Malaysia. Saya yakin dengan bantuan d

Zamil SyaheerZamil Syaheer

Apr 13, 2021

Red Bull Racing still powered by Honda, to build F1 engines in-house

At the end of the haphazard 2020 Formula 1 season, Honda announced that they will be pulling out of the sport after the 2021 season to focus on their carbon neutral target. This left Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri looking for a new engine supplier. But the teams and Honda has reached a new agreement that will see Honda continue to supply engines until 2025. Honda’s decision to continue on in the sport stems from various factors, one of which is an agreement for Red Bull to take on the o

JerricaJerrica

Feb 16, 2021

The first-ever steering wheel was invented by Mercedes-Benz for racing

The very first automobile in the world made by Carl Benz in 1886 didn’t even have a steering wheel, it was just a lever. It wasn’t until nearly a decade later the steering wheel came about. So let’s rewind and take a step back into the history of steering wheels in Mercedes-Benz, before it was even named as such. In 1886, the aforementioned first car in the world was only equipped with a simple steering lever because at the time, carriage drivers were used to pulling right or left to direct the

ShaunShaun

May 11, 2020

2020 Toyota Hilux gains Gazoo Racing parts, cost as much as a new Myvi!

The Japanese usually jump at the chance to spice up fairly normal cars, and it's especially true for the men and women at Gazoo Racing. Yes, the team behind the Toyota GR Yaris raided their parts bin and dumped some good stuff on a 2020 Toyota Hilux. Lots of tough love GR’s styling package beefs up the Hilux’s already-tough exterior by a notch. For an additional JPY 305,800 (~RM 11,950), buyers will get a silver bumper guard, striking red skid plate, steel side steps and matte-black sports bars

SanjaySanjay

Sep 2, 2020

After-sales won’t improve until we start paying decent wages

During a recent trip back to my hometown in Ipoh, I learned from my dad that the son of the mechanic that he usually visits has moved to Singapore. He recently secured a technical position at the Mercedes-Benz division of Cycle and Carriage. Good for him I say. He is a talented young kid who has been helping out in his father’s workshop long before his peers learn about the theory of combustion engines. I have no doubt about the quality of his work. However his father’s workshop is literally und

HansHans

Oct 10, 2019

Owner Review: My family own this car since I was born and now it's mine - My 1997 (The JET) Proton Saga Iswara 1.3S

** This article is published on WapCar Community. Click the link below to enter the community for car enthusiasts in Malaysia https://www.wapcar.my/forum Basic information about my car 1997 (The JET) Proton Saga Iswara 1.3S Reasons why I bought this car My family needed a car for transporting a baby (which was me by the way). The reason we picked this car because at the time it had massive boot space and ample room in the cabin and we heard stories of how reliable the Mitsubishi version Saga’s w

Wapcar UGCWapcar UGC

Dec 12, 2020

Cub Prix: Pusingan 7 milik Helmi, persaingan makin mendebarkan

Perebutan takhta Kejuaraan Cub Prix Malaysia PETRONAS 2020 makin mendebarkan apabila pelumba pasukan Hi Rev SCK Honda Racing, Mohd Helmi Azman mengambil alih kedudukan pendahulu kelas CP150 susulan kemenangan pada Pusingan 7, hari ini. Lebih mendebarkan, pemenangan yang diraih pelumba Honda di Litar Sepang Utara itu diperoleh dalam keadaan mencabar susulan keadaan hujan lebat yang turun di pertengahan persaingan sepanjang 11 pusingan perlumbaan. Persaingan sengit antara 15 pelumba dalam kelompok

KhairilKhairil

Dec 23, 2020

Young racers can now hone their skills with Toyota’s new young driver programme

UMW Toyota Motor launches its Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development Programme to help nurture young aspiring Malaysian racers. The programme is aimed at youngsters aged 14 to 20 years old. In the past 3 seasons, the Toyota Vios Challenge has been attracting aspiring racers to give motorsports a try. Thanks to its affordable cost of participation, the challenge has done a good job at reaching its goal to bring motorsports to the masses. UMW has also noted that more and more young drivers are sign

JerricaJerrica

Sep 23, 2020