Toyota to enter Super GT with the Prius GT300
12-08-11, 03:25 PM
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Toyota to enter Super GT with the Prius GT300
With new entrants like the BRZ, CR-Z and 458 in addition to the Prius, the 2012 season is shaping up to be an exciting one for sure.
EDIT: Oops sorry didn't see that this has already been posted. Please delete this thread thanks.
http://jonsibal.com/blog/2011/11/toy...t300-race-car/
The 2012 season of Super GT racing series is shaping up to be a very exciting one. Subaru officially announced their participation in the series with their BRZ GT300 race car earlier this month. Below is my rendering I did of it before it was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor show yesterday.
Toyota is said to be getting in it with their very own GT300 race car. No it’s not a Toyota 86 but can you believe a PRIUS?!
Japanese weekly publication, オートスポーツ Auto Sport Magazine, reports that a Toyota Prius is being prepped to race in the 2012 season of the Super GT series. The new Prius model will be modified to race in the GT300 class and will begin shakedown testing early next year.
Below is the rendering of the Toyota PRIUS GT300 race car as posted in page 4 of the オートスポーツ – Auto Sport Magazine (no relation with the British magazine of the same name).
Team APR is responsible in bringing up the hybrid PRIUS to GT300 spec. They are the same team that entered a pair of Corolla Axio GT this year.
They placed 6th in the 2011 Super GT Point Ranking with their #74 Corolla AXIO and 14th place with their #31 car.
On the same オートスポーツ – Auto Sport Magazine issue, Team JIMGAINER was reported to be swapping their Ferrari GTC race car with a GT300-spec Honda CR-Z. A few images of a GT300 looking CR-Z surfaced back in August 2010 via GTChannel. Could this be it?!
My best guess is that Team JIMGAINER will retire their F430 GT and replace it with the new CR-Z GT300 and race it along side their 458 GTC race car which placed 2nd in the GT300 Class Team Point Ranking.
We can only speculate as there hasn’t been any official press release from either teams. But a 300HP PRIUS and a CR-Z in full GT300 outfit?! That is exciting!
EDIT: Oops sorry didn't see that this has already been posted. Please delete this thread thanks.
http://jonsibal.com/blog/2011/11/toy...t300-race-car/
The 2012 season of Super GT racing series is shaping up to be a very exciting one. Subaru officially announced their participation in the series with their BRZ GT300 race car earlier this month. Below is my rendering I did of it before it was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor show yesterday.
Toyota is said to be getting in it with their very own GT300 race car. No it’s not a Toyota 86 but can you believe a PRIUS?!
Japanese weekly publication, オートスポーツ Auto Sport Magazine, reports that a Toyota Prius is being prepped to race in the 2012 season of the Super GT series. The new Prius model will be modified to race in the GT300 class and will begin shakedown testing early next year.
Below is the rendering of the Toyota PRIUS GT300 race car as posted in page 4 of the オートスポーツ – Auto Sport Magazine (no relation with the British magazine of the same name).
Team APR is responsible in bringing up the hybrid PRIUS to GT300 spec. They are the same team that entered a pair of Corolla Axio GT this year.
They placed 6th in the 2011 Super GT Point Ranking with their #74 Corolla AXIO and 14th place with their #31 car.
On the same オートスポーツ – Auto Sport Magazine issue, Team JIMGAINER was reported to be swapping their Ferrari GTC race car with a GT300-spec Honda CR-Z. A few images of a GT300 looking CR-Z surfaced back in August 2010 via GTChannel. Could this be it?!
My best guess is that Team JIMGAINER will retire their F430 GT and replace it with the new CR-Z GT300 and race it along side their 458 GTC race car which placed 2nd in the GT300 Class Team Point Ranking.
We can only speculate as there hasn’t been any official press release from either teams. But a 300HP PRIUS and a CR-Z in full GT300 outfit?! That is exciting!
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01-14-12, 07:12 PM
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Some more shots here- http://autos.yahoo.co.jp/news/detail...sports/168352/ it's a confirmation that Team Apr will use it this year in GT300. Big news is that the hybrid system is the same from the road going car, but it's an MR layout.
01-15-12, 06:01 PM
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This is a serious racing machine, this isn't your everyday Prius. It'll have over 350hp with regenerative braking charging the battery probably giving a boost in power and fuel economy. Can't wait to see it in action.
