Aia kekahi kaʻa haʻuki Toyota hou e hiki koke mai ana? ʻO 2022 Toyota GR GT Concept i lilo i Porsche 3 e hiki mai ana, BMW M911 a me Mercedes-AMG GT mea hoʻokūkū i hoʻololi ʻia he kaʻa heihei.
ʻOi aku paha ka manaʻo GR GT3 ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
E neʻe aku, Supra, aia kahi kaʻa haʻuki hou e hele mai ana i nā keʻena hōʻikeʻike Toyota, a ua kuhikuhi ʻia i nā inoa nui loa o ka hana, me Porsche, Ferrari, a me Aston Martin.
Ua wehe ʻia ma ka Tokyo Motor Show, ʻo ka Toyota GR GT3 manaʻo, e like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, he manaʻo… akā no kēia manawa wale nō. ʻOiai ʻo kāna mau hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi i huki ʻia i ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻike mua, ʻaʻole pono e ʻeli nui i ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano maoli a me ke kumu e hōʻike nui ai ia no Toyota a me kāna brand Gazoo Racing.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻo Toyota i nā kikoʻī, ʻo ka GR GT3 Concept ʻaʻole ia he kit kino Supra wale nō, me nā ʻano like ʻole a me ke ʻano kū hoʻokahi. Hōʻike kēia e hoʻomākaukau ana ʻo Toyota i kahi kaʻa haʻuki hou loa e kū ma luna o ka GR Supra e hoʻokūkū me nā inoa nui loa o ka ʻoihana.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Toyota i kēia ma kāna hoʻokuʻu kūhelu o ke kaʻa, e hoʻopili ana i ka papahana GR Yaris, ka mea i ʻike i ka hui e hana i kahi hiʻohiʻona ākea ʻekolu puka ākea no kāna papahana World Rally Championship.
"E like me ka GR Yaris, ma ke kālepa ʻana i nā kaʻa no nā kaʻa kaʻa, ma mua o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kaʻa hana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Toyota ma kahi ʻōlelo, "Ua manaʻo ʻo TGR e hoʻohana i ka manaʻo a me ka ʻenehana i hoʻonui ʻia ma o ke komo ʻana i nā hanana motorsport, no ka ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā kaʻa ʻelua GT3 a me nā kaʻa hana hana, a e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā kaʻa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka motorsport.
No ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole, ʻaʻole ʻo GT3 ka inoa o ka Porsche 911 wale nō, akā he ʻano o ka heihei kaʻa honua e hōʻike ana i nā kaʻa haʻuki e like me 911, Ferrari 488, Mercedes-AMG GT, Audi R8 a me Honda NSX. ʻO kēia ka māhele i hoʻohana ʻia no ka papa kiʻekiʻe o ka makahiki ʻo Bathurst 12 Hours, akā mai 2024 e lilo ia i ka lāhui GT honua maʻamau, me ka 24 Hours kaulana o Le Mans.
He mea nui ia e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka ʻāpana i nā kaʻa hana, ʻaʻole nā manaʻo a i ʻole nā prototypes, no laila inā makemake ʻo Toyota e hoʻokūkū, pono ia e hāʻawi i ka lehulehu i kahi mana hele o kāna heihei GT3.
ʻO ia ke kumu e kūkulu ai ʻo Toyota i kaʻa haʻuki hou a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻolauna i kahi kaʻa heihei bespoke e like me ka GR GT3. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole maopopo inā e ʻimi ʻo Toyota i hoa no ia papahana, e like me ka GR Supra a me GR 86, a i ʻole e hele wale ia e hōʻike hou i ka ikaika o ka ʻoihana Gazoo Racing.
ʻO ka hana ʻana o Gazoo Racing kahi hana nui e Toyota i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia ma muli o ka Gazoo Racing he papahana pilikino a Akio Toyoda, ka pelekikena honua o Toyota. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomaikaʻi ka heihei ʻaʻole wale i ke kiʻi o ka brand, akā i ka lawelawe ʻana i kāna mau kaʻa.
I ka wā o kona noho ʻana, ua hoʻololi ʻo Gazoo Racing iā Toyota Racing Development (TRD) ma ke ʻano he mahele honua o ka hui a mālama i nā hana motorsport Toyota a me Lexus.
Ua hoʻonui ka brand i kāna ʻano kaʻa me ka hoʻolauna ʻana o GR Supra a me GR Yaris, me ka GR 86 e hele mai ana ma hope o 2022. Akā ʻo kēia ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻomaka wale nō me ka GR Corolla, GR HiLux a me ka MR2 i hoʻōla hou ʻia (me ka mana uila) i wānana ʻia i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Pono ʻo Toyota e hoʻolauna i kahi mana hana o ka GR GT3 Concept e 2024 i mea e hoʻokūkū ai i nā heihei lipine uliuli e like me Le Mans a me Bathurst. Ma muli o ka manaʻo, me he mea lā e lilo ia i ka huila mua, ka hope huila GT coupe, i hoʻohana ʻia paha e ka ʻenekini V8 turbocharged i haʻi ʻia ka hui e hana nei i nā makahiki i hala.
ʻO kekahi mea e like me kēia e hoʻokō pono i nā koi o kahi hoʻokūkū kūpono no nā kaʻa e like me 911, ka AMG GT, ka Aston Martin Vantage a me nā mea like. A inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻokūkū me kēia mau ʻano kaʻa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia i kūʻai aku iā lākou akā hoʻokūkū wale i nā mea hoʻokūkū kūpono, e lilo ia i mea hoʻoikaika nui i ke kiʻi o Toyota a me Gazoo Racing.
A inā ʻoe e manaʻo nei ʻo ke kaʻa haʻuki a Toyota e hoʻokūkū nei iā Porsche (ʻo ia paha ke kumu kūʻai ma ke kūkulu ʻākau o $150), he aha kāu e ʻōlelo ai i ʻelima mau makahiki i hala aku nei inā haʻi kekahi iā ʻoe e kūʻai aku ʻo Toyota i ka Yaris no 50…
