Toyota to Enter Hybrid GS450h Sedan in 24-hour Race . . .
07-04-06, 10:02 AM
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Toyota to Enter Hybrid GS450h Sedan in 24-hour Race . . .
Toyota to Enter Hybrid Sedan in 24-hour Race
TOKYO — July 4, 2006: Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it plans to compete in Japan's only round-the-clock semi-international racing event with a Lexus GS450h hybrid sedan.
The grueling Tokachi 24-hour Race* race is set to take place at the Tokachi International Speedway in Hokkaido (in northern Japan) from July 15 to 17. By entering a Lexus GS450h, engineers, with an eye toward obtaining technological feedback for future mass-production vehicles, position the race as part of their ongoing developmental efforts, hoping it will provide insight into how to make hybrid systems smaller, lighter and more efficient. They also plan to collect data on the potential of hybrid systems in motorsports.
This marks the first time an automobile manufacturer has played a leading role in entering a hybrid vehicle in a competition that has semi-international status, such as the Tokachi 24-hour Race. Until now, in Japan, only private teams with self-owned hybrid vehicles have competed in independent events at various racing circuits.
source : theautochannel
TOKYO — July 4, 2006: Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it plans to compete in Japan's only round-the-clock semi-international racing event with a Lexus GS450h hybrid sedan.
The grueling Tokachi 24-hour Race* race is set to take place at the Tokachi International Speedway in Hokkaido (in northern Japan) from July 15 to 17. By entering a Lexus GS450h, engineers, with an eye toward obtaining technological feedback for future mass-production vehicles, position the race as part of their ongoing developmental efforts, hoping it will provide insight into how to make hybrid systems smaller, lighter and more efficient. They also plan to collect data on the potential of hybrid systems in motorsports.
This marks the first time an automobile manufacturer has played a leading role in entering a hybrid vehicle in a competition that has semi-international status, such as the Tokachi 24-hour Race. Until now, in Japan, only private teams with self-owned hybrid vehicles have competed in independent events at various racing circuits.
source : theautochannel
07-04-06, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
Toyota to Enter Hybrid Sedan in 24-hour Race
TOKYO — July 4, 2006: Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it plans to compete in Japan's only round-the-clock semi-international racing event with a Lexus GS450h hybrid sedan.
The grueling Tokachi 24-hour Race* race is set to take place at the Tokachi International Speedway in Hokkaido (in northern Japan) from July 15 to 17. By entering a Lexus GS450h, engineers, with an eye toward obtaining technological feedback for future mass-production vehicles, position the race as part of their ongoing developmental efforts, hoping it will provide insight into how to make hybrid systems smaller, lighter and more efficient. They also plan to collect data on the potential of hybrid systems in motorsports.
This marks the first time an automobile manufacturer has played a leading role in entering a hybrid vehicle in a competition that has semi-international status, such as the Tokachi 24-hour Race. Until now, in Japan, only private teams with self-owned hybrid vehicles have competed in independent events at various racing circuits.
source : theautochannel
TOKYO — July 4, 2006: Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it plans to compete in Japan's only round-the-clock semi-international racing event with a Lexus GS450h hybrid sedan.
The grueling Tokachi 24-hour Race* race is set to take place at the Tokachi International Speedway in Hokkaido (in northern Japan) from July 15 to 17. By entering a Lexus GS450h, engineers, with an eye toward obtaining technological feedback for future mass-production vehicles, position the race as part of their ongoing developmental efforts, hoping it will provide insight into how to make hybrid systems smaller, lighter and more efficient. They also plan to collect data on the potential of hybrid systems in motorsports.
This marks the first time an automobile manufacturer has played a leading role in entering a hybrid vehicle in a competition that has semi-international status, such as the Tokachi 24-hour Race. Until now, in Japan, only private teams with self-owned hybrid vehicles have competed in independent events at various racing circuits.
source : theautochannel
Lexus is on it. I am very impressed with their racing efforts as of late, including Team Lexus.
This could REALLY give the GS a nice sporty push if they compete well and market correctly
07-05-06, 03:41 PM
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Toyota Motor has announced that it has entered a race-prepped version of its Lexus GS450h hybrid sedan in Japan's Tokachi 24-hour endurance race. The car (shown above in preliminary livery) will be raced by Sigma Automotive Racing Division (SARD), a group that races Toyotas in the Japanese Super GT series.
The GS450h racecar is spec'd at a maximum hybrid system output of about 345 hp, with peak output of the gas engine of 295 hp, and peak electric motor output of nearly 200 hp. The race-ready Lexus races in a class with a relatively hefty minimum weight of 3,417 lb, and has received the usual top-to-bottom list of race modifications, including:
* reworked suspension
* wheels and tires
* rollcage
* fuel cell
* limited-slip differential
* uprated brakes
* aero modifications
The Tokachi 24-hour race is part of a race series for production-based cars, broadly similar to the U.S. SPEED World Challenge.
Source: Toyota
...did they just add an exhaust or something?
07-05-06, 05:41 PM
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Speaking of race car/upgraded 2IS and 3GS, there will be a new GS and IS pace car coming soon. They have been in the works for a few months now but will be released shortly. Keep an eye out for them. 
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07-06-06, 05:02 PM
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Hey just be happy they have a Crystal White w/Black interior GS450h on hand! 
07-07-06, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
that means our cars have a lot of junk, lol
07-07-06, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
Well, it's supposed to be a luxury car lol, I want to know exactly what they took out . . .
07-08-06, 01:10 AM
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Interior, sound deadening, sound system, things in the trunk and maybe a few more things
sometime i think about it, if i really go and throw out "junks" inside my car, my car is going to get pretty damn light
07-08-06, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
yup, just all the insulation and lining, that's quite some weight already. together with ac/sound, rear seats, that's quite a bit more too. put in a racing battery and that's some more savings.
sometime i think about it, if i really go and throw out "junks" inside my car, my car is going to get pretty damn light
sometime i think about it, if i really go and throw out "junks" inside my car, my car is going to get pretty damn light