Super GT
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The redesigned 2023 Nissan Z is the basis of Nissan's next Super GT GT500 racer.
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2022 Subaru BRZ spawns Super GT racer
The redesigned Subaru BRZ has spawned a race car for the GT300 class of Japan's Super GT touring car series.
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DTM and Super GT's first joint race to run this weekend at Fuji Speedway
The cars will race under Class 1 rules already in use in DTM and due to be adopted by Super GT in 2020.
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Toyota reveals wild Supra race car for 2020 Super GT season
Toyota, together with Honda and Nissan, has revealed its race car designed for the new Class 1 rules being adopted for Super GT's 2020 season and beyond.
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Toyota GR Supra Racing concept previews 2020 Super GT entry
Toyota's reborn Supra is scheduled for its world debut on January 14 at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. However, a version of the car was shown Friday in Japan at the 2019 Tokyo Auto Salon. The version is a concept previewing the new Supra-based race car that will...
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Jenson Button to race NSX-GT at Suzuka round of 2017 Super GT Series
Following Fernando Alonso’s stint in last weekend’s Indianapolis 500, his former teammate at the McLaren Formula One team, Jenson Button, plans to test out Japan’s Super GT touring car series. Honda has confirmed that Button, who is currently a reserve driver for the McLaren F1...
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The third and final race car for the 2017 season of popular Japanese touring car series Super GT, the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500, has been revealed. The will compete in the premier GT500 class alongside the new-for-2017 Honda NSX-GT and Lexus LC GT500 race cars, which replace the respective NSX-GT Concept and RC F GT500 cars that competed in 2016. (The 2016 title went to Lexus Team SARD and star drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Kohei Hirate.) The basic design of the GT-R Nismo GT500 carries over from the previous season, though there have been some key changes, mainly in the area of aerodynamics...
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Honda reveals new NSX-GT Super GT racer
Acura’s new NSX is the basis of Honda’s 2017 entry for the Japanese touring car series known as Super GT, replacing the NSX-GT Concept that Honda has used since 2013. Honda in October conducted the initial shakedown of the new NSX-GT race car alongside the rival Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500...
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2017 Lexus LC Super GT racer revealed
Lexus has unveiled the new race car based on its upcoming LC flagship coupe. The car has been designed for the popular Japanese touring car series known as Super GT and will compete in the premier GT500 class. It will make its debut in the 2017 motorsport season and replace Lexus’ current...
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Lexus LC race car spied testing
Lexus is developing a race car based on its new LC coupe. A prototype was spotted recently in Japan by Twitter user @Lexusracing_36, and although it’s heavily disguised we can clearly see the car is based on the LC. Lexus’ LF-LC GT Vision Gran Turismo concept from 2015 hints at...
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First GT Academy Winner To Drive For Nissan In Super GT & Le Mans, Another Being Prepped For F1
The original winner of Nissan’s GT Academy, Lucas Ordonez, has certainly come a long way since his student days of 2008. After winning the first-ever round of GT Academy that year, Ordonez was propelled into the world of GT4 racing where he competed in a Nissan 350Z and then the 370Z. In 2010...
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Lexus Reveals 2014 RC F GT500 Race Car For Japan’s Super GT
Lexus has revealed the race car that will take on similar-spec cars based on the likes of the Acura NSX and Nissan GT-R in Japan’s premier touring car series, Super GT. The new race car is based on Lexus’ recently revealed RC F and will be competing in the top GT500 category of Super...
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Nissan is the third automaker this week to reveal its new racing car for the 2014 season of Super GT. The car’s official title is the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 and it recently underwent its initial shakedown alongside rivals from Lexus and Honda at the Suzuka Circuit. To develop its new 2014-spec GT-R race car for Super GT’s top GT500 class, Nissan worked closely with longstanding motorsport partner NISMO. Compared to Nissan’s previous Super GT race car based on the same R35 GT-R, the new 2014 GT-R NISMO GT500 more closely resembles its road-going cousin. In particular, the...
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2015 Lexus RC To Go Racing In Super GT
Lexus is working on a new coupe that will go up against the Audi A5, BMW 4-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe in the luxury arena, however, the car will also do battle with the likes of the Acura NSX, Nissan GT-R and a few European exotics in the world of Super GT. Super GT is Japan’s...
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Honda Previews New NSX Super GT Race Car
Honda has given us our first look at the new race car it plans to compete with in the premier GT500 class of Japan’s Super GT touring car series from next year onwards. The new race car is still in the concept phase but it already closely resembles the final version due on the grid next year...
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Subaru Outlines 2013 Motorsport Activities
Subaru’s motorsport activities in 2013 will center on three main competitions, with once again the sporty BRZ and Impreza WRX STI representing the automaker in its endeavors. The three competitions include the Super GT touring car series, the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, and...
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Honda To Race CR-Z Hybrid In Japan’s Super GT Series
The racing version of the Honda CR-Z gets a twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter V-6 and custom hybrid system.
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Toyota Prius Super GT Car Burns In Testing
Last December we brought you the unlikely news that the Toyota Prius had been approved for competition in Japan’s Super GT series. The Prius was named as a replacement for the Toyota Corolla Axio, and was set to run in the GT300 class, which restricts output to 300 horsepower. If you get the...
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The Nissan GT-R has proven itself time and time again, both on and off the race track, but nowhere has it been such a formidable force than in its domestic market’s Super GT race series. The iconic Japanese supercar has numerous Super GT and previous JGTC titles under its belt but all of these are from the series’ top-end GT500 class for vehicles with output capped at 500 horsepower. Super GT also has a GT300 class for vehicles with outputs capped at 300 horsepower, and until now Nissan has happily campaigned a number of its other models in this class, most recently with its 370Z...
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Nissan GT-R GT500 In Full Race Livery
The race cars of the GT500 class in the Japanese touring car series (JGTC) have some of the most extreme aerodynamic packages in the business and the latest iteration of one of the event's legends, Nissan’s GT-R super sports car, doesn’t fail to live up to the standard of past heroes...
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