Toyota has revealed the Gazoo Racing Supra Racing
Concept, giving us a preview of the actual Supra road car that’s due in 2019. Toyota saying that “this concept heralds Supra’s return in a fifth
generation”.
As for the concept, it features a rather dramatic
bodywork, including the wide fenders and the crazy aero kit featuring a huge
rear diffuser and a fixed rear wing. Imagine the car without them and you will
get a pretty good idea of what the new Toyota Supra is going to look like.
Composite materials have been used in parts like the
front and rear bumpers, front splitter and rear diffuser, side skirts and rear
wing. The same goes for the louvered bonnet while all the glasshouse is made
out of plastic, because racecar.
The interior is pure competition-spec as its fitted
with a racing dashboard and a single bucket seat for the driver. A full roll
cage, the inner door carbon panels and a quick-release steering wheel are just
some of the concept’s interior features.
It says that the concept, which was created by Gazoo Racing,
employs the classic front engine/rear-drive configuration and perfectly
expresses the return of the fun-to-drive character in its models.
The racing livery of the GR Supra Racing also has
the number 90 on its doors, a historical reference to the Supra’s codename. The
actual road version of the new Supra will arrive in 2019, but if you feel
impatient Toyota will release the GR Supra Racing concept in the Gran Turismo
Sport video game this April.
