GR Super Sport Concept on Display at the Le Mans 24 Hours

15 June 2018
  • Development is under way for a next-generation Toyota super sports car
  • GR Super Sport Concept features a 1,000hp hybrid electric powertrain, shared with Toyota’s TS050 Hybrid LMP1 race car
  • World-leading hybrid technology has been honed through Toyota’s participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship
  • Concept model is on public view in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Fan Village during this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours race

Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) today unveiled the GR Super Sport Concept at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The concept, which made its world debut at the beginning of the year at the Tokyo Auto Salon, is a next-generation hyper car that uses hybrid electric technology honed through Toyota’s participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Toyota has started development of a new super sports car, making use of the cutting-edge hybrid electric systems and fuel efficiency technologies that the TGR WEC team have tested and refined during six years of competition in the WEC.

The GR Super Sport Concept is powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 engine and the Toyota Hybrid System – Racing (THS-R). Like the Toyota TS050 LMP1 race car, this powertrain delivers 1,000hp.

Shigeki Tomoyama, Toyota Gazoo Racing President, said: “Competing in the World Endurance Championship – one of the most demanding motorsport series – and racing at Le Mans helps us to advance the development of our world-leading hybrid electric technology and enables us to transfer the knowledge we gain to our production cars.

“As the automotive industry is approaching an era of big changes, we will continue our passion for making cars that are truly exciting. No matter how electronics and digital technology will continue to transform vehicles, we will make sure that our cars will not become just another commodity,” he continued.

“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 the WEC. 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.”

Visitors to the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans will be able to see the GR Super Sport Concept in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Fan Village from 9am tomorrow until 2am Sunday, then during Sunday from 9am to 3pm.

GR Super Sport Concept – outline specifications

POWERTRAIN
Engine Twin-turbo, direct injection V6
Engine capacity (cc) 2,400
Max. system power  (engine + hybrid motors, DIN hp/bhp/kW) 1,000/986/735
Hybrid system Toyota Hybrid System – Racing (THS-R)
WHEELS & TYRES
Wheel size (front and rear) 18 x 13J
Tyre size (front and rear) 330/710R18

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GR Super Sport Concept on Display at the Le Mans 24 Hours

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