2024 Author: Eric Donovan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:13
Street cars with racing genes are becoming more and more socially acceptable. Toyota now also has a racing car on offer - as a concept car.
At the Tokyo Auto Show this weekend, Toyota's racing brand Gazoo Racing is showing how technical expertise can also be incorporated into sporty series models. At its core, the Super Sport Concept is an offshoot of the TS050 Hybrid, a racing car for the World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC).
Its carbon chassis contains a combination of a 2.4-liter V6 biturbo gasoline engine and electric motors, which together release up to 735 kW / 1000 hp. The GR Super Sport Concept also has this performance potential.
More civil appearance than Toyota TS050
Externally, the Super Sport Concept is also very similar to the racing car, but offers a more subtle look than the TR050. And the car is not just for loners, because the very narrow passenger cabin even offers two seats.
Nevertheless, the study in this form should hardly have a chance of series production. However, Toyota wants to suggest that future sports cars of the brand - this year, among other things, the new edition of the Supra - will benefit from Gazoo's racing expertise. (SP-X)
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