Toyota will present the concept at 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Toyota plans to make the 986-horsepower GR Super Sport Concept. Toyota Gazoo Racing will be responsible for the vehicle’s design and will draw on their endurance racing expertise to create what will basically be a road-going Le Mans competitor machine.
The GR Super Sport will utilize tech derived from TS050 hybrid racing car. The 2.4-liter biturbo V6 will provide the power, as well as what the company calls the Toyota Hybrid System Racing. This setup will produce 986 horsepower (735 kilowatts).
Toyota has not announced when the GR Super Sport will arrive, other than stating in its announcement that it is currently being developed. This year, the concept will be displayed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The machine uses a lot of carbon fiber, as shown in the photos. The entire monocoque is made of lightweight material underneath the low-slung body. It appears that the company is using rear-mounted cameras rather than mirrors. This would need to change in the production , as only Japan has allowed them to use instead traditional glass pieces.
We started this project because we feel that creating a super-sports car with the same appeal and driving performance as the TS050 Hybrid will greatly increase Toyota’s participation in the WEC. Customers will soon have the opportunity to drive this amazing machine and enjoy its incredible power and driving performance. In the announcement, Shigeki Tomoyama (president of Toyota Gazoo Racing) said that the model was now available.
Surprise! The production announcement for the GR Super Sport is quite surprising. The machine was first unveiled by Toyota in January 2018 at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Although Toyota expressed an interest in the hypercar, Tomoyama stated that it would take some time before everyone could get behind the wheel. However, the GR Super Sport Concept will give a glimpse of what Toyota plans to do with the next-generation sports cars. Although the statement did not make it appear that a road-going version would be possible, it was clear that this is unlikely to happen anytime soon.