#068 Toyota prototypes

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Published October 26, 2024 | Last update September 10, 2026 | 25 models online

This collection contains the Group C cars from Toyota such as the screaming TS010 and many turbo cars. Also I have models of the IMSA Eagle-Toyota’s in this collection. Other Toyota’s such as the famous GT-One can be found in #009 and the 21st century hybrids and hypercars are in #032.

1983 – 1985

1983 Fuji 1000 km, Tom’s 83C – Toyota
One of the first Japanese producers of Group C cars was Dome. Their cars were used by Dome but also byTom’s, a tuner that is in close relation with Toyota. Tom’s renamed the Toyota engined car and used it in a number of races in the Fuji Long Distance Series and All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.
Tom’s #19: Masanori Sekiya (J) / Keiji Matsumoto (J) / Kaoru Hoshino (J)
Results: Start-grid unknown / race DNF engine – 98 laps
Tom’s 83C – Group C: Powered by 2.1 liter Toyota 4T-GT straight-4 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 920 kg. Aluminium monocoque, chassisnr. #unknown (Dome)

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1985 Fuji 1000 km, Tom’s 85C-Toyota
The first Group C Toyota was the 83C which wasn’t that successful. In 1985 the second generation appeared on track. The chassis were built by Dome and raced by Dome and Toyota’s partnerTom’s in the Japanese championship and also the 1000 km race that counted for the world championship.
Team Ikuzawa #37: Tiff Needell (GB) / James Weaver (GB)
Results: Start-grid 8th / time 1:22.480 / race 5th – 214 laps
Tom’s 85C – Group C1: Powered by 2.1 liter Toyota 4T-GT straight-4 turbo, approx. 500 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 950 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #unknown

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1985 Le Mans 24h, Tom’s 85C-Toyota
Tom’s adjusted the rear bodywork and spoiler of the Dome and renamed it Tom’s . The car used Bridgestone tires, the all Japanese driver line-up finished 12th. That seems a long way back, but they were only the 4th non-Porsche.
Tom’s Team #36: Satoru Nakajima (J) / Masanori Sekiya / (J) / Kaoru Hoshino (J)
Results: Start-grid 29th / time 3:48.670 / race 12th – 330 laps
Tom’s 85C – Group C1: Powered by Toyota 4T-GT straight-4 turbo, approx. 500 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 950 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #85C-01

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1985 Le Mans 24h, Dome 85C-Toyota
The Dome car had the original bodywork unlike the Tom’s entry and ran on Dunlop tires. It retired after 141 laps with a broken clutch.
Dome Team #38: Eje Elgh (S) / Geoff Lees (GB) / Toshio Suzuki (J)
Results: Start-grid 22nd / time 3:43.770 / race DNF clutch – 141 laps
Tom’s 85C – Group C1: Powered by Toyota 4T-GT straight-4 turbo, approx. 500 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 950 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #unknown

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1986 – 1989

1986 Le Mans 24h, Tom’s 86C-Toyota
Again Tom’s and Dome operated separately from each other and both entered a Dome 86C with Toyota engine in this year’s Le Mans. The Tom’s entry in Leyton House colors retired with a broken engine. The new 3S-GTM engine delivered much more power than the old one, despite still being a small 4-cylinder compared to the 6-cylinder Porsches, Sauber V8 and V12 Jaguars. Unfortunately it also was the cause of retirement.
Tom’s Co. Ltd. #36: Geoff Lees (GB) / Satoru Nakajima (J) / Masanori Sekiya (J)
Results: Start-grid 40th / time 3:54.850 / race DNF engine – 105 laps
Tom’s 86C – Group C1: Powered by Toyota 3S-GTM straight-4 turbo, approx. 650 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 890 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #unknown

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1986 Le Mans 24h, Dome 86C-Toyota
The new Dome 86C was lighter and much more powerful than the underpowered 1985 version. Also the chassis was stiffer thanks to the use of honeycomb aluminum panels. But the car was not classified at Le Mans. It’s last lap – after a very long pitstop – took much too long.
Dome Co. Ltd.#38: Eje Elgh (S) / Beppe Gabbiani (I) / Toshio Suzuki (J)
Results: Start-grid 30th / time 3:45.250 / race DNC – 296 laps
Dome 86C – Group C1: Powered by Toyota 3S-GTM straight-4 turbo, approx. 650 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 890 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #unknown

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1988 Le Mans 24h, Toyota 88C
In 1987, the Domes, operated by Tom’s ran under the official Toyota name for the first time. Both cars didn’t finish and I don’t have a model. In 1988, Toyota entered two 88C which were slightly improver 87C-chassis’. The cars were quite strong in qualifying, starting 8th and 10th. This year they both did finish but on a huge distance from the victorious Jaguar.
Toyota Team Tom’s #36: Geoff Lees (GB) / Masanori Sekiya (J) / Kaoru Hoshino (J)
Results: Start-grid 8th / time 3:25.390 / race 12th – 351 laps

Toyota Team Tom’s #38: Paolo Barilla (I) / Hitoshi Ogawa (J) / Tiff Needell (GB)
Results: Start-grid 10th / time 3:26.570 / race 24th -283 laps
Toyota 88C – Group C1: Powered by Toyota 3S-GTM straight-4 turbo, approx. 650 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 880 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #87C-008  & #87C-007.

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1989 Le Mans 24h, Toyota 89C-V
Toyota entered no less than three cars this year. Two were equipped with a new 3.2 liter V8 engine. It still lacked speed and reliability compared to Jaguar, Porsche and Mercedes. The blue Minolta car retired with a broken engine. The Taka-Q car is the 37T which was used in practice only but was blistering fast. The #37 without T crashed early in the race.
Toyota Team Tom’s #36: Paolo Barilla (I) / Ross Cheever (USA) / Hitoshi Ogawa (J)
Results: Start-grid 24th / time 3:28.320 / race DNF engine – 45 laps

Toyota Team Tom’s #37: Geoff Lees (GB) / John Watson (GB) / Johnny Dumfries (GB)
Results: start-grid 17th / time 3:25.600 / race DNF accident – 58 laps
Toyota 89C-V – Group C1: Powered by Toyota R32V V8 90° twin turbo, approx. 700 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 900 kg. Carbon + aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #07 & #08

1989 Le Mans 24h, Toyota 88C
The third car was the older 88C with 4-cylinder engine and Nippondenso advertising that also crashed early in the race. A year to forget for the Japanese brand!
Toyota Team Tom’s #38: Kaoru Hoshino (J) / Didier Artzet (F) / Keiichi Suzuki (J)
Results: Start-grid 25th / time 3:28.640 / race DNF accident damage – 20 laps
Toyota 88C – Group C1: Powered by Toyota 3S-GTM straight-4 turbo, approx. 650 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 880 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #87C-009

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1989 Japanese Sports Car Championship Fuji 1000 km, Toyota 89C-V
The Japanese Goup C championship was still very much alive in 1989. Porsche, Nissan, Toyota and Mazda were present with strong teams and especially the Japanese brands ran with factory support. SARD team Toyota entered a 89C-V for Roland Ratzenberger and two Japanese drivers.
Toyota SARD Racing Team #50: Roland Ratzenberger (A) / Kouji Satou (J) / Keiichi Suzuki (J)
Results: Start-grid 4th / time 1:18.380 / result 10th – 205 laps
Toyota 89C-V – Group C1: Powered by Toyota R32V V8 90° twin turbo, approx. 700 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. Carbon + aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Dome #04

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1992 – 1994 turbo cars

1990 Was no success story for Toyota either, so they skipped Le Mans 1991 to focus on new cars in 1992. In fact they developed two completely different concepts at the same time; the 92C-V turbo charged V8 car that was the successor of the previous cars and originally designed for the Japanese Sports Car Championship and the brand new 3.5 liter normally aspirated TS010 which I show in the next chapter. In the same time, All American Racers dominated in the IMSA with a GTP car that used the older 4-cylinder engine.

1992 Le Mans 24h, Toyota 92C-V
1992 was the year with the smallest number of contenders in many years; only 30 cars started the 24-hour race. The new category 1 cars with F1 technology engines were the fastest, behind those, the (fuel restricted) turbocharged group C cars were in category 2 (new cars) and category 3 (old group C cars). The two Toyotas were the only cars that were entered in category 2 and finished 5th and 9th overall and of course took double victory in their category …
Toyota Team Tom’s / SARD #34: Roland Ratzenberger (A) / Eje Elgh (S) / Eddie Irvine (GB)
Results: Start-grid 11th / time 3:39.850 / race 9th – 321 laps / 2nd cat. 2

Toyota Team Tom’s / Trust #35: Stefan Johansson (S) / Steven Andskar (S) / George Fouché (SA)
Results: Start-grid 15th / time (3:44.984 / race 5th – 336 laps / 1st cat. 2
Toyota 92C-V – Group C, category 2: Powered by 3.6 liter Toyota R36V V8 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 900 kg. carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnrs. 92C-V #005 & #001

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1992 Japanese Sports Car Championship Fuji 500 miles, Toyota 92C-V
Trust Racing Team also competed in the Japanese Sports Car Championship with this Toyota 92C-V, the same car that ran at Le Mans in NISSO livery. They had some retirements over the season, but in the JSPC 500 miles race at Fuji they almost scored a podium.
Toyota Team Tom’s / Trust #99: George Fouché (SA) / Steven Andskar (S)
Results: Start-grid 6th / time 1:15.861 / race 4th – 178 laps
Toyota 92C-V – Group C1: Powered by 3.6 liter Toyota R36V V8 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnrs. 92C-V #001

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1994 Le Mans 24h, Toyota 94C-V
1994, the last year that group C cars could take part, Toyota customer teams SARD and Trust again both entered a 94C-V. These were 92C-V chassis that were adapted to the latest regulations. Group C cars were restricted on engine power but the Toyotas were still the fastest cars on track. Some small technical problems prevented them from winning and they finished 2nd and 4th and got beaten by the Dauer Porsche 962. Another group C car but homologated as a GT1 because of a loophole in the regulations.
SARD Company #1: Mauro Martini (I) / Jeff Krosnoff (USA) / Eddie Irvine (GB)
Results: Start-grid 4th / time 3:53.010 / race 2nd -344 laps / 1st LMP1/C90

Nisso Trust Racing Team #4: Bob Wollek (F) / Steven Andskar (S) / George Fouché (SA)
Results: Start-grid 8th / time 3:55.020 / race 4th – 329 laps / 2nd LMP1/C90
Toyota 94C-V – LMP1/C90: Powered by 3.6 liter Toyota R36V V8 twin turbo, approx. 550 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 900 kg. carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnrs. 92C-V #005 & #001

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1992 Sebring 12h, Eagle MkIII – Toyota
While Toyota tried to make impact at the Le Mans 24-hours, the All American Eagle team built a whole new GTP car using the well known 4-cylinder 2.1 liter Toyota engine for the IMSA Series. The car was successful right away and it broke the dominance of the Nissan V8 GTP’s. All American Racers would win the IMSA championship in 1992 and in 1993.
All American Racers #99: Andy Wallace (GB) / Juan-Manuel Fangio II (RA)
Results: Start-grid 5th / time 1:48.004 / race 1st – 360 laps
Eagle Mk III – IMSA GTP: Powered by 2.1 liter Toyota 3S-GTM straight-4 turbo, approx. 750 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 850 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Eagle #WFO 91-004

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1993 Daytona 24h, Eagle MkIII – Toyota
The Eagle won the IMSA championship in 1992. The 1993 version had a narrower restrictor and thus some 50 hp less power and was also 60 kg heavier, but it still won the championship in 1993 also. This car won the 24 hour race at Daytona.
All American Racers #99: P.J. Jones (USA) / Rocky Moran (USA) / Mark Dismore (USA)
Results: Start-grid 1st / time 1:33.875 / race 1st – 698 laps
Eagle Mk III – IMSA GTP: Powered by 2.1 liter Toyota 3S-GTM straight-4 turbo, approx. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 910 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Eagle #WFO 91-003

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Toyota TS010 – 3.5 liter

1992 Le Mans 24h, Toyota TS010
The grid was very small this year due to the change in regulations. Both Jaguar and Mercedes had pulled out after the 1991 season and only Peugeot, Toyota, Mazda and Lola entered works cars with a 3.5 liter V10 engine. These new sports cars were much lighter and sleaker than the turbo charged legacy group C cars. There were enough doubts if the high revving V10’s would hold for 24 hours, but surprisingly most of them did. Peugeot took a convincing victory with a 6 lap advantage over the Tom’s entered #33 TS010.
Toyota Team Tom’s #7: Geoff Lees (GB) / David Brabham (AUS) / Ukyo Katayama (J)
Results: Start-grid 3rd / time 3:26.411 / race DNF engine – 192 laps

Toyota Team Tom’s #8: Jan Lammers (NL) / Andy Wallace (GB) / Teo Fabi (I)
Results: Start-grid 4th / time 3:27.711 / race 8th – 331 laps

Toyota Team Tom’s #33: Pierre-Henri Raphanel (F) / Masanori Sekiya (J) / Kenny Acheson (IRL)
Results: Start-grid 5th / time 3:29.300 / race 2nd – 346 laps
Toyota TS010 – Group C, cat.1: Powered by 3.5 liter Toyota RV10, approx. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 750 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnrs. #006, #005 & #004

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1992 Mine 500 km, Toyota TS010
Popularity of Group C was decreasing. The new 3.5 liter engines couldn’t change that, or may even have caused it. The Toyota TS010 was no match for the Peugeot 905. The japanese competed in the World Champonship and Le Mans, but could’t win. They also entered a car in the Japanese Championship for some events. There it competed against new 3.5 liters but also the ‘old’ group C sports car. Lammers and Lees won the final race of the season at Mine.
Toyota Team Tom’s #36: Jan Lammers (NL) / Geoff Lees (GB)
Results: Start-grid 7th / time 1:14.841 / race 1st – 155 laps
Toyota TS010 – Group C, cat.1: Powered by 3.5 liter Toyota RV10, approx. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 750 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. #002

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1993 Le Mans 24h, Toyota TS010
1993 was the second and last year for the 3.5 liter group C cars. Peugeot and Toyota both entered 3 cars for the 24-hour race. The Tony Southgate designed TS010 was slightly changed since last year; new air-intakes and a different rear end where the wheel covers had disappeared. But Peugeot also introduced an evolution version of their 905 and scored an easy 1-2-3 victory. Toyota TS010s finished 4th and 8th.
Toyota Team Tom’s #38: Jan Lammers (NL) / Geoff Lees (GB) /  Juan Manuel Fangio II (RA)
Results: Start-grid 4th / time 3:28.210 / race 8th – 354 laps / 5th cat.1
Toyota TS010 – Group C, cat.1: Powered by 3.5 liter Toyota RV10, approx. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 750 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. #008

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Daytona prototype

2006 Daytona 24h, Riley Mk XI – Lexus
Chip Ganassi Racing entered two cars with Lexus V8 engines this year. The #1 car retires, but this one wins the 24 hour race. It was the first of three consecutive wins for the Japanese engine provider.
Chip Ganassi Racing #2: Scott Dixon (USA) / Dan Wheldon (USA) / Casey Mears (USA)
Results: Start-grid 2nd / time 1:44.609 / race 1st – 734 laps
Riley Mk XI – Daytona Prototype: Powered by 4.4 liter Lexus (Toyota) V8, approx. 500 hp. Hoosier tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Riley #002

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