Real VGT cars!

[seadog777]

OMG, my Son just pointed me to a car review YouTube channel - turns out some of the VGTs are actually real!
This lady also looks at some spectacular cars too...... enjoy!
EDIT - there are others there too, just search for VGT on her channel.....

 

[pedrocor]

Kind off...
It's a promo prototype based on the VGT that appeared in GT Sport.
When appeared in GT Sport it wasn't a real thing.

 

[BrunUK]

Looks more like a 1:1 scale model that rolls round a car park a bit.

 

[Famine]

turns out some of the VGTs are actually real

Only three and a half of them, and the Lamborghini isn't one of them.

Like so many others, the Lamborghini is a full-size, non-functioning mockup. There are also full-size, non-functioning mockups of the Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Chaparral, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Mazda, Mercedes and Nissan VGTs, and full-size but functionality unknown models of the Fittipaldi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Peugeot L500/750 (original VGT only a 1:8 model), Subaru, and Zagato cars.

The only ones that were made as functional cars were the Audi, Bugatti, and Volkswagen Roadster. A version of the Mercedes also exists as a functioning car but it is an adapted SL made to look like it and used in the Justice League film:

How a Vision Gran Turismo Became Justice League's New Batmobile

The Vision Gran Turismo project has always been a bit of a divisive one. Some fans like the idea of manufacturers making cool concept cars for the game, some dislike the wacky Wipeout cars and would prefer a focus on reality. Well, now Hollywood is taking notice of Vision GT cars. One of the stab

www.gtplanet.net

 

[Meythia]

Not directly related and not VGT, but funny:
There is a moving Lego Bugatti Chiron

 

[Famine]

Not directly related and not VGT, but funny:
There is a moving Lego Bugatti Chiron

LEGO Makes a One Million-Piece Bugatti Chiron... And Then Drives It!

It was only in June that LEGO released its model of the Bugatti Chiron. That 3,599-piece kit looked like a bit of a challenge, but LEGO has already one-upped it with a new model. You're not going to find this one in the shops though, as it's a one-off project. That notwithstanding, it's also a li

www.gtplanet.net

 

[MatskiMonk]

There's a least one body kit available for the 2 series coupe that does a reasonable job of imitating the BMW VGT.

 

[seadog777]

Only three and a half of them, and the Lamborghini isn't one of them.

Like so many others, the Lamborghini is a full-size, non-functioning mockup. There are also full-size, non-functioning mockups of the Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Chaparral, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Mazda, Mercedes and Nissan VGTs, and full-size but functionality unknown models of the Fittipaldi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Peugeot L500/750 (original VGT only a 1:8 model), Subaru, and Zagato cars.

The only ones that were made as functional cars were the Audi, Bugatti, and Volkswagen Roadster. A version of the Mercedes also exists as a functioning car but it is an adapted SL made to look like it and used in the Justice League film:

How a Vision Gran Turismo Became Justice League's New Batmobile

The Vision Gran Turismo project has always been a bit of a divisive one. Some fans like the idea of manufacturers making cool concept cars for the game, some dislike the wacky Wipeout cars and would prefer a focus on reality. Well, now Hollywood is taking notice of Vision GT cars. One of the stab

www.gtplanet.net

Oh thanks, that's really interesting - wondered why she didn't get to drive them!! 😃

 

[BloodRaven]

Not a VGT.....but Citroen made a real GT based on the one from the game. I think it was on the channel linked in the OP's post.

 

[Famine]

Not a VGT.....but Citroen made a real GT based on the one from the game. I think it was on the channel linked in the OP's post.

So... technically not, on a few levels.

Firstly, the car was already in development by the time Prologue came out. It was a design drawn for Style Citroen by Takumi Yamamoto, who also happened to know Kazunori Yamauchi (they'd been friends for years). Yamamoto got his boss to submit the design to Citroen and he also shared it with Yamauchi.

The car hit Prologue first, in December 2007 (March/April 2008 in Europe & USA), with Citroen presenting the car as a "hydrogen-powered" concept at the Paris Motor Show in October 2008, then confirming it would build a very limited production run - I forgot how many but it was single figures (six maybe?).

That concept model actually had a Ford V8 and was the only one made as Citroen canned the project in 2010.

 

[Voodoovaj]

There's also a widebody kit for the VW Beetle that turns it into the GR3 Beetle. Rotiform makes the wheels.

https://www.fastcar.co.uk/cars/widebody-vw-beetle-inspired-by-gran-turismo/

 

[Nuschel01]

Wasn't the Merc VGT a 1/1 scale RC car?

 

[GTvsForza]

I think Jay Leno did a review on the Mercedes and he had a remote to control the lights and other stuff.

Also, my new dream build is going to be a Golf GTi with a kit to make it look like the VGT Supersport

 

[Samus]

In short, there are zero real VGT cars in terms of the performance depicted in GT.