Toyota will build Hybrid Hypercar linked to Le Mans racer Following company’s historic Le Mans win, Toyota is going to build a road-going ‘super sports car’, using technology from a Le Mans-winning prototype.
Toyota’s GR Super Sport concept packs a 2.4-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine combined with electric motors, to produce 986bhp. Quote:
"Development of Toyota's next generation of super sports car has started," the company said in a press release. "It takes the cutting-edge hybrid electric systems and fuel economy technology that the TGR WEC team has tested and refined during the past six years in WEC, and showcases them in one superb package."
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"Competing in the World Endurance Championship, one of the most demanding motorsports series, and racing at Le Mans, one of the most iconic races, helps us to advance the development of our world-leading hybrid electric technology and enables us to transfer the knowledge we gain into our production cars," said Shigeki Tomoyama, President of 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 WEC," added Tomoyama. "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"
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