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PORTUGAL'S SINTRA region is a haven for royalty. The World Heritage-listed National Palace was consistently occupied by Portuguese kings from the early 15th to the late 19th century; the accompanying castle dates back a further 600 years still. In more recent times, primarily the 1970s and ’80s, Sintra played a crucial role in the Portuguese round of the World Rally Championship, motorsport monarchs like Markku Alen, Walter Rohrl, Hannu Mikkola and Michele Mouton mastering the stages, seas of rabid spectators parting just long enough to allow the passage of screaming Group 4 131 Abarths and bellowing Group B Quattros.
THE GR YARIS WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR TOYOTA'S NEXT WRC CAR
It's apt, then, that Toyota should choose the region for our first taste of its new road-going rally car, the GR Yaris. If that
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