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Toyota, "SUPRA" two conditions and that it is an inline 6-cylinder FR drive
Results that responded to many voices of the world wishing for resurgence.
At the famous international car show held in Geneva, Switzerland, Toyota announced the "GR Supra Racing Concept".
Supra is a sports car representing Toyota, it was stopped production in 2002. That will be the first time in 16 years.
Supra has long been a popular model to drive Toyota's sports image and has continued to advance in the world of motor sports.
He also shined the championship at the All Japan GT Championship and also played an active part in Germany's harsh race, Nürburgring 24 hours. As an individual (Takayuki Kinoshita), I fought with the steering of that machine, so I have a deep emotion.
There are lots of surprises in this announcement. One of them is that the name "SUPRA" was reinstated.
I talked to Mr. Tetsuya Tada who is the development manager. What is the definition of Supra in the first place?
"There are two conditions for Supra to be SUPRA: there is two conditions, one is to drive FR, the other is to install an in-line 6 cylinder engine, so we have been developing with this combination from the beginning "
How do you feel about the resurrection this time?
"Toyota has revived 86 and gained popularity, from that time a lot of people from the world made love calls to SUPRA, and we responded to that feeling." A full-fledged Toyota brand sports car is sought It was being done. Production cars capable of running on public roads are expected to be announced in the autumn of 2018.
There was a big surprise in Supra development
Actually, this model has a big sub-rise. It is a jointly developed car with BMW of Germany with a reputation in the development of a touring car.
The engine is equipped with inline six cylinders that BMW is good at. The backbone of the platform is also designed jointly with BMW.
"By developing in collaboration with BMW, it became possible to tailor each other's good points, the speed of development will also increase and we can also reduce the cost" Mr. Tetsuya Tada
BMW It seems that this packaging will be used to release an open car called Z4. The door has adopted a hatchback style in which the rear gate opens widely, with two doors on the left and right.
Although the engine is estimated, it is rumored that 3-liter in-line 6 cylinders and a high-power specification with a turbocharger incorporated in the 3-liter engine are prepared.
If that is the reality, it will be a model that has more power and higher speed than 86.
The surprising chain reaction will continue, Le Mans 24 Hours race! What?
There are other surprises. Before mass-produced cars were announced, racing cars were announced.
Generally, mass production cars are first announced, followed by racing carr who remodeled mass-produced cars to start running the circuit. However, this time, mass-produced cars are not released at all, but the racing car first debuted. That is unusual.
Moreover, SUPRA is developed in accordance with the provision of LM - GTE which can participate in Le Mans 24 hours as well.
"We chose the LM-GTE regulation because the range of remodeling is wide, so I chose this category because I wanted to remodel thoroughly, but when I tried to increase the fighting power of a racing car, I wish I had done this at the stage of ... Because it is because we develop racing cars in advance, we will work on mass-produced cars in advance, "Mr. Tetsuya Tada) In fact It is not announced whether to participate in the game, but already the scenario to win has been completed.
It was a very popular model at the venue of the Geneva show. There was always a crowd of people in Kuroyama around the machine. There is no doubt that it will be the center of the topic of the future.
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