Toyota Motorsport GmbH representataives from Cologne are set to attend next week’s Rally Portugal to asses the WRC as a possible future option since leaving F1, according to Motorsport News. What do you think they should enter if they return? The Toyota Auris? Maybe even the Lexus CT200h?

In 1957, Toyota became the first Japanese car manufacturer to enter the world of motorsport. It would be a mammoth task to compete and win against companies who had been racing for years. Shotaro Kamiya, President of Toyota motor sales of the time, spurred on his team with the saying “There will be no progress if you fear failure.”

Welcome back to our brief summary on the history of the BMW 5 Series. With the release of the new 5 Series recently, now seemed as good a time as any to look back at the colourful history of one of BMW’s most beloved marques.