2017 SUPER GT ThreadTouring Cars
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That confirms two things, the greatest livery ever continues on and the new GT-R is HOT! 
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Seems like I was wrong and so was the twitter guy who posted no Calsonic, look at the #12 from the Sepang test from yesterday
Ah, I think I've just noticed where ESM got some of the styling cues for their DPi from. The front of the hood looks sort of familiar... but looks much better here.
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I just wish they'd stop using the GT-R for race cars and started using the Z again.
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Is it still a GT-R?
It's a GT-R as much as the Prius GT300 is a "Prius".
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Z needs replacing too.
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Hopefully both cars are replaced and kept, not just altogether replaced! I think the GT-R will go smaller, hopefully and look more sportscar like instead of a 2-door sedan based coupe (like BMW M6).
Anyway, in day two testing the #36 AU Lexus LC500 was the first GT500 car ever to go under the 1:50 mark with a 1:49.858 http://www.as-web.jp/supergt/88694?all
Anyway, in day two testing the #36 AU Lexus LC500 was the first GT500 car ever to go under the 1:50 mark with a 1:49.858 http://www.as-web.jp/supergt/88694?all
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That confirms two things, the greatest livery ever continues on and the new GT-R is HOT!
And barring any huge surprises on February 19 when Nissan announces their driver lineups for GT500 and their GT300 factory team (B-Max/NDDP/Hasemi/whatever it'll be called this year), it's expected that Jann Mardenborough will drive the Calsonic GT-R with Hironobu Yasuda this year.
That's just the stuff of fairy tales, man.
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D'Station Racing are the new name of the #33 KTR Porsche team, with the pachinko & slot hall taking over title sponsorship of a team that broke Porsche's four-year podium drought at Motegi last season.
Tomonobu Fujii, who had already been sponsored by D'Station, rejoins the team for the first time since 2013 as their lead driver. Their second driver is TBD.
Another prolific name who is now part of the ownership group is Kazuhiro Sasaki, the great Japanese baseball pitcher who was inducted into Japan's hall of fame and briefly pitched for the Seattle Mariners in MLB.
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Supercars can learn how to design liveries from Japan.
D'Station Racing are the new name of the #33 KTR Porsche team, with the pachinko & slot hall taking over title sponsorship of a team that broke Porsche's four-year podium drought at Motegi last season.
Tomonobu Fujii, who had already been sponsored by D'Station, rejoins the team for the first time since 2013 as their lead driver. Their second driver is TBD.
Another prolific name who is now part of the ownership group is Kazuhiro Sasaki, the great Japanese baseball pitcher who was inducted into Japan's hall of fame and briefly pitched for the Seattle Mariners in MLB.
Love how much more compact it is.
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Carbon Fibre Monocoque chassis racer you mean.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/dtm-gt500-2014-the-ultimate-touring-cars/
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Or that.
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I didnt think it would be this year.
The Honda HSV never saw a wheel turned on the road, but was still developed. Red Bull are developing the new Commodore before it's sold. Nissan did the same before releasing it or sale.
Wasn't the LFC developed for racing before coming to market? I don't search for Super GT news today, like I did 10years ago.
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Also they have developed a new for this season car so they are unlikely to replace that anytime soon.
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That means the RCF wasn't in that long(2 years?). Toyota has done the most changing. Supra to SC430 to RCF now LC. Compared to Homda and Nissan, that's a lot in 10 years.
I don't know why they couldn't use the LFA. Anyway, I can see how Lexus are promoting their new cars with their Super GT program. Maybe the Supra winds up in GT300.
I don't know why they couldn't use the LFA. Anyway, I can see how Lexus are promoting their new cars with their Super GT program. Maybe the Supra winds up in GT300.
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RC F was 3 years.
In terms of car changes by manufacturers...
Honda: NSX > HSV > New NSX
Nissan: Z > GT-R
Toyota/Lexus: Supra > SC430 > RC F > LC 500
Not really that much different, just one more car change than Honda. And the whole spec change for 2014 basically changed everything so everyone basically started over from scratch. Honda kept trying for a working hybrid, which didn't work, so they've had to make quite a few changes to fix that in the past few years.
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