Many automotive firms like Toyota wished to compete within the 24 Hours of Le Mans because it's one of the crucial status and grueling races ever. In the course of the 90s GT1 class, a rule said that you simply can not compete within the class with no homologated, street-legal model of the race automotive. SARD (Sigma Superior Analysis Improvement) spearheaded the manufacturing of the MC8, a souped-up model of the legendary Toyota MR2. The MC8 was the road-going model of the MC8-R race automotive pushed within the GT1 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
