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| 2025 | Toyota Gazoo Racing unveiled the GR LH2 Racing Concept, continuing their exploration of innovative racing technologies. |
| 2025 | Toyota Gazoo Racing plans to introduce the Aygo X GR Sport in the European market. |
| 2025 | Carlos Sainz Jr., his son, signed a contract to race for Williams Racing in Formula One for the 2025 season. |
| January 2025 | TGR director of global motorsport Masaya Kaji revealed that Toyota is exploring the possibility of returning to Formula One, following their previous participation from 2002 to 2009 as a factory team. |
| 2024 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Introduction of a new transmission option for the G-Class, indicating ongoing technological updates to the vehicle.
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| 2024 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz announced a specially modified W465 G580e G-Class as the official Trophy Carrier for the League of Legends World Championship, featuring a custom livery and a module designed to safely transport the Summoner's Cup to The O2 Arena in London for the final tournament.
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| 2024 | Peugeot Sport participates in the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Peugeot 9X8 EVO, finishing 6th in the championship. |
| 2024 | Peugeot Sport introduces the Peugeot 308 TCR racing car for touring car competitions in the TCR category. |
| 2024 | Brad Binder finishes 5th in Rider's standings with 217 points |
| 2024 | KTM Factory Racing maintains 6th place in Team standings with 304 points |
| 2024 | KTM retains 2nd place in Manufacturers standings with 327 points |
| 2024 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing continues MotoGP campaign with Dani Pedrosa, Brad Binder, Jack Miller, and new rider Pol Espargaró |
| 2024 | Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the fourth time. |
| 2024 | As president of Porto, won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup). |
| 2024 | On the 20th anniversary of the coup attempt, Simon Mann provided The Daily Telegraph with emails and unpublished memoirs that included information showing that Mark Thatcher negotiated a profit-sharing arrangement related to the coup plot. |
| October 11 2024 | Toyota and Haas F1 Team announced a technical partnership where TGR will provide design, technical, and manufacturing services. Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda emphasized that this is not a full comeback to Formula One, but an opportunity for engineers, staff, and drivers to experience the sport. |
| October 7 2024 | Received Great Gold Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Progress [SEP] from France |
| May 14 2024 | Awarded Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit by France |
| April 27 2024 | Won the Porto club elections with 80% of the votes, defeating incumbent president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who had been in office for 42 years. |
| April 24 2024 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz launched the electric G 580 with EQ Technology, the first electric G-Class and inspired by the Concept EQG. Despite being an innovative model, it experienced poor sales with only 1,450 units sold in its first year.
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| March 2024 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Daimler AG announced the end of production for the current W463 generation of Mercedes-Benz G-Class, marking the conclusion of its six-year production run, which is the shortest for any G-Class version except the special W462 production.
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| March 26 2024 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz introduced the new W465 generation of G-Class with three engine options: a 3-litre petrol I6, a 2.9-litre diesel I6, and a 4-litre petrol V8. The new models are fitted with a 48-volt hybrid system.
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| January 2024 | Announced his candidacy for the presidency of Porto, nearly three years after his last managerial stint at Marseille. |
| 2023 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Production of the Final Edition G 500 V8 begins, limited to 1,500 units with three unique paint colors: metallic obsidian black, Manufaktur opalith white mango, and Manufaktur olive mango (500 units per color).
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| 2023 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz G-Class achieved significant sales of 10,342 units in the United States, marking its highest annual sales figure in the provided data.
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| 2023 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-AMG released the G 63 Edition 1 special edition to commemorate the launch of the second-generation G 63. The edition features Designo Night Black Magno paint, matte Graphite Grey sports stripes, red exterior mirror stripes, Night Package with gloss black trim, matte black 22-inch forged wheels with red-painted rim flanges, and red interior accents.
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| 2023 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz announced plans to launch a smaller version of the G-Class, named 'little G', though no definitive launch date was provided.
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| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing revealed multiple concept models, including the Prius 24h Le Mans Centennial GR Edition, GR H2 Racing Concept, and FT-Se Concept, highlighting their commitment to diverse racing and performance technologies. |
| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing added Agya and C-HR GR Sport models in Indonesia and Europe respectively. |
| 2023 | Peugeot Sport continued competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, finishing 5th in the championship and gradually developing their racing program. |
| 2023 | Peugeot earned their first podium finish in the World Endurance Championship at the 6 Hours of Monza. |
| 2023 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing competes in MotoGP with KTM RC16 motorcycles, featuring riders Dani Pedrosa, Brad Binder, and Jack Miller |
| 2023 | KTM secures 2nd place in Manufacturers standings with 373 points |
| 2023 | KTM Factory Racing achieves 4th place in Team standings with 456 points |
| 2023 | Brad Binder finishes 4th in Rider's standings with 293 points |
| 2023 | In the 2023 season, Acciona | Sainz XE Team started strongly at the Desert X-Prix, qualifying the fastest, achieving a super sector, and finishing the race in second place. |
| 2023 | Acciona | Sainz XE Team won their first race in Extreme E during Round 2 of the 2023 season. |
| 2023 | In the final two rounds of the 2023 season, the team finished in second place in one round and suffered a DNF in the other, ultimately losing the championship to RXR by 11 points. |
| 2023 | The team won their second race in Round 7 at the Island X-Prix II during the 2023 season. |
| 2023 | As president of Porto, won the Taça de Portugal (Portuguese Cup) for the 2023-24 season. |
| November 27 2023 | Received Order of the Crown of the Realm from Malaysia and renewed his 1st class membership in the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang |
| November 2 2023 | Became Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation from the House of Savoy |
| September 6 2023 | Extreme E announced the cancellation of the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix for the 2024 season, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix. |
| June 2023 | Dismissed Claude Palmero as the manager of the Prince of Monaco's assets after over two decades of service, leading to a €1 million lawsuit and media leaks. |
| June 27 2023 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Mercedes-Benz announced the end of production for the G 500 V8 model, marking the 30th anniversary of the first G-Class with a V8 engine (500 GE V8).
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| June 26 2023 | Named Paganini Ambassador by the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy. |
| April 2023 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
The 500,000th G-Class unit was produced, featuring a special one-off model with agave green paintwork, black front end, and amber turn signal indicators, paying tribute to the iconic 1979 press release photo.
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| January 2023 | Carlos Sainz Sr. suffered multiple spinal fractures after a crash at the Dakar Rally and was subsequently replaced by Mattias Ekström for the 2023 season. |
| January 1 2023 | Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2023 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Sea Camp. |
| 2022 |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
The W464 G-Class begins production, featuring a new 2.9-litre six-cylinder inline diesel engine designed for Euro III-compliance and capable of running on low-quality diesel fuel with high sulphur content.
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