Hybrid Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24 Hour Race

Toyota Team SARD's specially prepared Toyota Supra HV-R Hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24 Hour endurance in Japan. Last year the team competed with a Lexus GS450h and finished 4th in class and 17th overall. The Supra completed 616 laps in the ensuing 24 hours -- 19 more than the second-place finisher. Hybrid Supra has an 480 horsepower V8 engine.

Toyota FT-HS Coming In 2009

According to Automobile magazine Toyota has given the FT-HS hybrid sports car the green light and it will make its debut in 2009.It's being billed by Automobile as the spiritual successor of Supra.Like the concept, the two-seat FT-HS will pair the company's Hybrid Synergy Drive with an as-yet-undetermined gasoline engine (the concept utilized a 3.5-liter V6).