Toyota Giving Prius Much Needed Street Cred With GT300 Hybrid Racer

Believe it or not, the Prius actually has some racing pedigree in its blood, having competed in Japan's GT300 championship.

On the back of the latest-generation Prius debuting, the GT300 variant has just been revealed at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Developed by APR Racing, the all-new Prius GT300 uses some technologies from the new road car and mates them to systems from the, now retired, previous-gen racer.

Toyota says that the electric motor of the new GT300 is derived from the one of the production model but, at this stage, no further details about the electric motor have been released.
 

MDarringer - 1/18/2016 12:46:25 PM

+1 Boost

It is related to the Prius in name only.

Agent009 - 1/18/2016 1:05:04 PM

+2 Boost

It technically is still as hybrid derived from the street technology

MDarringer - 1/18/2016 3:05:03 PM

+1 Boost

And technically pigs can fly, but I will reiterate that the street Prius and this are related in name only.