Bem, parece que no país do sol nascente, a Toyota ganhou as 24 horas de Tokachi... não com um D4D, mas sim com o velhinho Supra e tecnologia hibrida...
Será que agora, nas corridas de 24hr, só ganham estas tecnologias amigas do ambiente e da carteira? lol
O carro tem um V8 de 4,48lts, 2x motores de 10kW para cada roda á frente e um motor de 150kW para o diferencial traseiro.
Hybrid Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24-Hour race
Posted Jul 16th 2007 8:31AM by Alex Nunez
Filed under: Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Green, Supercars, Toyota
Toyota Team SARD's specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan. The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and in the later hours, it essentially dialed things up a notch and ran away from the rest of the field. After starting from the pole position, the Supra completed 616 laps in the ensuing 24 hours -- 19 more than the second-place finisher. The victory marks the first of its type for a hybrid-powered vehicle. The Supra HV-R began life as a retired 480-horsepower Super GT racing car, which then had regenerative braking technology and a trio of hybrid motors added to it for this event. What bearing, if any, the success of the Supra HV-R has on Toyota's plans for production sports hybrid vehicles is unknown. With reports that the FT-HS concept is on its way to production, however, we'll likely be seeing how well a production-spec hybrid sports car fares soon enough.
[Source: SARD]
Posted Jul 16th 2007 8:31AM by Alex Nunez
Filed under: Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Green, Supercars, Toyota
Toyota Team SARD's specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan. The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and in the later hours, it essentially dialed things up a notch and ran away from the rest of the field. After starting from the pole position, the Supra completed 616 laps in the ensuing 24 hours -- 19 more than the second-place finisher. The victory marks the first of its type for a hybrid-powered vehicle. The Supra HV-R began life as a retired 480-horsepower Super GT racing car, which then had regenerative braking technology and a trio of hybrid motors added to it for this event. What bearing, if any, the success of the Supra HV-R has on Toyota's plans for production sports hybrid vehicles is unknown. With reports that the FT-HS concept is on its way to production, however, we'll likely be seeing how well a production-spec hybrid sports car fares soon enough.
[Source: SARD]
O carro tem um V8 de 4,48lts, 2x motores de 10kW para cada roda á frente e um motor de 150kW para o diferencial traseiro.
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