The Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Super Sport Concept which made its world debut at the beginning of the year at Tokyo Auto Salon, will be developed into a road-going hypercar.
The Japanese giant said that the hypercar uses hybrid electric technology honed through the company’s participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The GR Super Sport Concept is based on the TS050 Hybrid LMP1 race car, and is composed of mostly the same main parts. It features the same (2.4L) twin-turbocharged V6 engine allied to the Toyota Hybrid System – Racing (THS-R). The powertrain delivers a total system output of 1000 hp or 735 kW.
“Competing in the World Endurance Championship – one of the most demanding motorsport series – and racing at Le Mans helps us to advance the development of our world-leading hybrid electric technology and enables us to transfer the knowledge we gain to our production cars,” said Shigeki Tomoyama, President, Gazoo Racing Company.
“We started this project because we believe that creating a super sports car that delivers the same appeal as the TS050 Hybrid greatly adds to Toyota’s involvement in the WEC. And at some point in the near future, customers will have a chance to get behind the wheel of this incredible machine and experience its astonishing power and driving performance,” he added.
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