The roar of the V8 engine! Toyota "GR GT3 Concept" camouflage car is secretly driving at Fuji Speedway?

table of contents
●Toyota unveiled the "GR GT3 Concept" for the first time at the Tokyo Tuning Motor Show 2022
●A successor to the RC F GT3 from the Lexus brand?
●Catch a camouflaged car driving on the Fuji Speedway
●The engine of the RC F GT3?

Toyota unveiled the "GR GT3 Concept" for the first time at the Tokyo Tuning Motor Show 2022

Toyota announced the "GR GT3 Concept" for the first time at the Tokyo Tuning Motor Show 2022 held in January 2022.

The GR GT3 Concept is a "competition-winning mass-produced car" developed exclusively for customers who participate in racing activities, on the premise of participating in GT3-class events.

It is different from ordinary racing cars, adopting the reverse development method of "from a commercial car to a racing car".

RC F GT3 successor from Lexus brand?

Although Toyota has not officially announced the commercial availability of the GR GT3 Concept, Lexus in North America showed information about the GR GT3 Concept when it explained to the dealers at the dealer meeting that it plans to launch models in the future.

The GR GT3 Concept was referred to as "Lexus GT3" at the North American Lexus dealer meeting, which also indicates that the Lexus brand will launch a racing model.

David Wilson, vice president and president of TRD USA Group, a subsidiary of Toyota in North America that conducts racing development and aftermarket parts, once said that the racing model "RC F GT3" sold by Lexus was not developed on the premise of participating in the race, due to factors such as body size and weight , driving performance has also been compromised.

Furthermore, it was previously hinted that the successor model of RC F GT3 was developed on the premise of GT3 racing car, so the GR GT3 Concept with Lexus factory logo, namely "Lexus GT3", is very likely to be the successor car of RC F GT3.

Captured a camouflaged car driving on the Fuji Speedway

Since the GR GT3 Concept was exhibited at the Tokyo Modified Motor Show 2022, Toyota officials have never released information about the car. However, a few days ago, a camouflaged car that looked like the GR GT3 Concept was witnessed on the Fuji Speedway track for driving tests.

Photos and videos record the car from the technical area of ​​the track to the linear acceleration area. The outline of the car, the grille of the radiator, the exhaust port at the rear of the car, and the slender headlights are all the same as the GR GT3 Concept.

Incidentally, there are no other vehicles in the video, and the Fuji Speedway is closed from March 22-23, 2023.

The engine from the RC F GT3?

The exhaust sound can also be heard in the driving test video of the suspected "GR GT3 Concept" physical car. The exhaust sound in the film has the unique timbre of unequal interval ignition, and the exhaust sound of the 5.4LV 8-cylinder naturally aspirated engine RC F GT3 also has the same characteristics.

It was also mentioned earlier that the RC F GT3 was not developed on the premise of competition, so the GR GT3 Concept entity car developed on the premise of competition is likely to become its successor car.

RC F GT3 has encountered bottlenecks in body size and weight. The body is specially optimized for GT3. From the exhaust sound in the video, it is speculated that its power system may continue to use the RC F GT3 engine.

With the concept of "race-winning car", it has been optimized for optimum GT3 performance, while at the same time reducing development costs as much as possible. Therefore, the price/performance ratio of this car is very attractive among GT3 competition cars whose prices are constantly rising from various automakers. .

Original source:Roaring V8! Toyota's "GR GT3 Concept" actual vehicle test car runs secretly at Fuji?
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