The Supra HV-R is a hybrid race car based on the Super GT Supra jointly developed by Toyota and Toyota Team SARD. The four-wheel drive HV-R combines a 4.5 L V8 (358 kW, 480 hp) from its Super GT UZ-FE engine, a rear-axle-mounted electric motor (150 kW; 200 hp), and two front in-wheel electric motors (10 kW; 13 PS; 13 hp each) to generate over. The car was equipped with the 3SG engine, a development of the 16-valve, 2.0-litre unit used in IMSA competition (the 503 engine) and in the Toyota Corolla World Rally Championship car (3SGTE).
GT competition regulations allowed the unit in the Supra to be tuned to more than 480bhp. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced today that it will compete with the "Supra" in the SUPER GT GT500 class from 2020. The Lexus "LC" will line up for the final time during the 2019 season, and the Supra, which is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2019, will take over racing duties from the 2020 season.
The 1997 JGTC series saw the Supra lining up against competition in the GT500 class that included Porsche GT1 and 2 models, the Honda NSX, Lamborghini Diablo and Nissan Skyline. The car was equipped with the 3SG engine, a development of the 16-valve, 2.0-litre unit used in IMSA competition (the 503 engine) and in the Toyota Corolla World Rally Championship car (3SGTE). GT competition.
The Toyota Supra GT500 '97 is a race car produced by Toyota. It appears in Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo 6, and Gran Turismo 7. It is the #36 driven by Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa, winners of the GT500 Driver's Championship of the 1997 JGTC season.
This is reflected by the name it had in the PlayStation 3-era games, Toyota Castrol TOM'S SUPRA '97. The GT race series in Japan was renamed. Technology Transfer to Road Cars Innovations developed in the GT500 racing program, such as improved aerodynamics and engine management systems, have influenced the engineering of Toyota's high-performance road cars, including the GR Supra.
51GT3 Racing Car Model Database, Toyota GR Supra GT500 Model specs, photos, events, racers, lap results, etc. Under the hood, the Supra GT500 adopted the legendary 2.1-liter turbocharged 3S-GT engine, derived from Toyota's Group A rally program, instead of the usual inline. Gran Turismo 7's Castrol TOM'S Supra is the JGTC icon that ended the GT-R's reign, powered by legendary Toyota race engineering.
The first generation of the Supra was based largely upon the Toyota Celica liftback, but was longer by 129.5 mm (5.10 in). The doors and rear section were shared with the Celica but the front panels were elongated to accommodate the Inline-6 instead of the Celica's 4.