"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
01/11/2019 at 02:30 • Filed to: Super GT, Super GT 2019, toyota supra, New Supra
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
01/11/2019 at 02:30 • Filed to: Super GT, Super GT 2019, toyota supra, New Supra | 0
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Thanks to the super-heroic users of sportscar racing Reddit (the greatest Reddit community ever), we finally get to see the ultimate form of the new A90 Supra. Meet the 2020
Supra GT500!
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And yes, it’s 2020, so the big JGTC revival is yet to fully happen because the LC500 will have one extra tour of duty, but I don’t mind at all when the upcoming replacement looks like the fucking business.
It also wasn’t the only thing Toyota brought to Tokyo Auto Salon .
Because that’s the new, reborn, front-engine Prius PHV GR Sport GT300. Freshly-homologated, the new car finally complies to GT300 production standards, but the basic concept still remained: taking full advantage of the road car’s inherent aerodynamic design and just kept feeding it all the Sensu beans it can get. Best of all, it’s still a hybrid, so it’s not like much has changed.
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Sure, the livery is, uh, nonexistent, but I reckon that’s the least of APR Racing’s worries. They’re a critically-endangered species of GT300 car, and it’s facing proven international FIA-GT3 competition.
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Finally, we see a new Mark X GT300 car from Saitama Toyopet-GreenBrave, an underdog dealer team. Really do wish they’ve sorted out their reliability woes this year, though.
There’s also a whole slew of news besides.
Honda’s legendary ARTA team will finally run the NSX GT3 after fielding a BMW M6 as a stopgap,
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, a truly sad day for the one Epson NSX fan that’s writing this thing. Modulo, Honda’s tuning arm, sponsors them now. Narain Karthikeyan drives for them now,
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Team Best Waifu still lives on, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Well, that’s all I got fresh from Tokyo Auto Salon. Most marques are committing to racing this year and the cars more or less don’t really change. All you should do, then, is watch Super GT this year.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Wheelerguy
01/11/2019 at 02:38 |
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meh, i’m over the Supra.
they took too long to release it
Flavien Vidal
> Wheelerguy
01/11/2019 at 05:31 |
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I’m leaving the TAS just now, exhausted... The Supra looks alright, but I just can't manage to give a single fuck about it...
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Wheelerguy
> Flavien Vidal
01/11/2019 at 05:34 |
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That’s why I latched on to the Prius. Now THAT is o ne shonen hero that I am not ashamed of being a fan of.
bhtooefr
> Wheelerguy
01/11/2019 at 10:00 |
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...hold up a sec.
Prius PHV GR Sport GT300?
I have questions.
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Wheelerguy
> bhtooefr
01/11/2019 at 10:31 |
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Probably just a way to distinguish itself from the older-gen Prius GT300.
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bhtooefr
> Wheelerguy
01/11/2019 at 11:10 |
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Yeah, but their test car already had the 2019-spec Liftback front bodywork. Add the rear bodywork, and t hat would’ve distinguished it on its own.
If this thing is actually a plug-in, I believe that would make it the first plug-in hybrid to compete against ICE-only cars in a major series. (The Nissan ZEOD RC... I don’t think it actually plugged in (instead charging through the stint off of the ICE, then shutting down and using the stored charge on the in-lap) , and it didn’t compete against ICE cars at Le Mans, it was in its own class and was not competing for the class win.)