05/11/2008 08:39. Toyota has taken a somewhat paradoxical tack at creating a stripped-down single-seat club racer out of a front-wheel-drive Yaris econo car. The company says the design harks back to the racing heritage of the Can-Am Group 7 category Toyota 7 from the late 1960s.

The little car certainly looks well-suited to track duty, with its minimalist design essentially doing away with the entire interior except for the cockpit, low-chopped speedster windshield, lightweight alloy wheels and racing stripe paint job.

The engine has had some oomph added by way of a supercharger feeding it extra air, plus a... // Motor Authority