Toyota has established itself as a manufacturer of reliable cars, but cars like the GT-One prove that the automaker has a different side. How fast is it?

The 1990s GT1 category was dominated by greats. The Toyota TS020. The Mercedes CLK GTR. The Porsche 911 GT1. But the best cars were actually not these racers. They were the road cars borne out of ...

Yet one project pushed the limits further than all others and as a result stands as the most insane “road-going” Toyota ever made: its 1998 GT1-class homologation special, codenamed the TS020 ...

The TS020-inspired throwback honors a 1999 run that came close to getting Toyota its first overall win in the race.

It had moved on from the F1 GTRs, and gone from even the cracked-out Mercedes CLK GTR and Porsche 911 GT1 to cars like the Toyota TS020, which barely even bothered with the homologation regulations.

This classic Toyota MR2-based sports car is a one-of-one conversion into a GT1 race car, then back to a road-legal supercar.

Toyota Gazoo Racing will mark 40 years of participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans by running two specially liveried GR010 Hybrid race cars at this year’s event, which takes place on June 14–15.

Unlike most prototype-style cars, the GT1-class TS020 had to meet some small homologation requirements, so there are actually two “production” examples—though both now live in museum ...

Arguably a more spectacular road car than the CLK GTR or 911 GT1 in terms of looks, the GT-One remains the most outrageous and most fascinating street-legal Toyota of all time.

Also known as the GT-One, the TS020 was initially developed for grand touring (GT1), but later adapted into a Le Mans prototype (LMGTP).