Talk:Toyota Sports 800

Sports 800 Gas Turbine Hybrid

I've been researching the Toyota Sports 800 Gas Turbine Hybrid but have got stuck on the date. At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show it was shown in the nostalgia section with a placard that says it was originally shown at the 1977 show. But according to 'Japanese Showcars 2 Tokyo Motor Show 1970~1979' it was shown at the 1979 show. I haven't found any other errors in this book but mistakes can happen. The Tokyo Motor Show website doesn't mention the Sports 800 GT hybrid for 1977[1][2] or 1979[3][4]. The Toyota brochure from the 1977 show[5] says nothing about the vehicle but does have brief mention of the GT24 engine. The Toyota brochure from the 1979 show[6] has no mention of the vehicle either but the back page has a diagram of all the 1979 show cars and the GT hybrid isn't among them. Does anybody have any other evidence of the correct show date for this concept vehicle?  Stepho  (talk) 10:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Related

Why is this marked as related to the Honda S800? The Honda isn't marked as related to the Toyota either. 84.248.106.251 (talk) 21:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I have removed it.  Stepho  (talk) 00:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)