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Toyota has just teased its 2017 TS050 LMP1 car, showing off the car's re-designed rear-end for the very first time. Despite the low-resolution and darkened teaser, a slightly different shape to the TS050's rear is clearly visible with re-designed air vents and a more curvaceous area directly below the prominent shark fin. Few other details about the 2017 car are known at the moment but this year, it will only compete against the updated Porsche 919 during the World Endurance Championship following Audi's shock exit from the sport last year in the fallout of Volkswagen's dieselgate scandal. Additionally, Toyota will hope to claim a victory at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours following its heartbreaking loss last year where the No. 5 TS050 came to a sudden stop while leading the race with just 3 minutes and 21 seconds left on the clock. Carscoops

It's the end of an era, folks, if we've ever seen one: Audi is pulling out of the FIA World Endurance Championship  – including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Over the past 18 years, Audi's front-line Le Mans prototypes have won 106 races (out of 185 contested), including an amazing 13 wins in the headline endurance race in western France. It also won the World Endurance Championship twice and the American Le Mans Series title nine times back to back. That all comes to an end, however, with the closure of this season. The announcement comes at a time of upheaval for Audi, still recuperating from the diesel emissions scandal. All the while, sister company  Porsche  has taken Audi's place in the winner's circle, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans the last two years running, securing both the drivers' and manufacturers' titles in the WEC last year and currently leading in the standings too. Instead, the German automaker will  focus its energies on Formula E , which a...