Alongside the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500, Toyota has also pulled the wraps off the most highly-awaited Super GT racer of all, the GR Supra GT500. Set to make its racing debut in the 2020 season, the new car marks the return of the Supra nameplate to the top-flight category of the series after a 14-year absence.
Replacing the Lexus LC, the Supra GT500 is essentially the finalised version of the Super GT Concept shown earlier this year. The road car’s curvaceous body has been slammed to the ground and given massive wheel arch extensions to house the fat slick tyres, along with a plethora of race-spec aerodynamic addenda.
These include a whole manner of splitters, flics and scoops, along with a side-exit exhaust and the obligatory ginormous swan-neck rear wing. One change from the show car is a prominent U-shaped inlet now found under the Toyota badge. There are also centre-lock versions of Rays’ iconic Volk Racing TE37 wheels.
Of course, the Class One regulations that the GT500 class has adopted since 2014 means that this silhouette race car shares absolutely nothing with its roadgoing namesake. It will continue to run a 2.0 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine that has now also been adopted by the German Touring Car Masters (DTM) as part of the unification of the two rulebooks.
Now, while this display unit is finished in bare carbon, the actual race cars will of course feature the liveries of the respective teams. A return of the classic Castrol livery, perhaps?
GALLERY: Toyota GR Supra at GIIAS 2019
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I hope our brother does not come here and say Proton X50 is better than Toyota GR Supra GT500 and Mazda RX-8. This is trully a game over statement as X50 is a B-Segment SUV and Supra & RX-8 are sports car.
No one saying that except you.
Oh? and why not?
X50 better in volume space.
X50 better in user friendliness.
X50 better in transporting families & friends.
X50 better in fuel consumption.
X50 better in servicing duration & pricing.
X50 better in going cross country.
X50 better in going over rough roads.
X50 better in hauling goods.
X50 better in long distance driving.
X50 better in safety features.
X50 better in wallet friendly to buyers.
So why not X50 is better? Becoz it is obviously better!
What else is better than X50? The X70 lah!
You are right, if not for China, our Proton will not be anywhere. Hail China!
P1 must be happy as their cars are now being compared with custom built super gt race cars. I din’t know their cars have so much potential!
Looks a lot better than the road version but hopefully it can last in the race
As it is the Lexus LC500 (GT500)is conquering the JapanGT ranking board,this SupraGT should be better than the LC500, im wondering what ever happened to he NissanGTR..