This weekend sees the last of the GT Sport World Tour live events before November’s big final in Monaco. In just a couple of days, we’ll know who the final automatic qualifier is, as 24 drivers scrap for one last spot. There’s also the small matter of the Manufacturer Series, and the final of the GR Supra GT Cup, all packed into two days right in the middle of the Tokyo Motor Show.
If the cat wasn’t already out of the bag, it was certainly sticking its head out yesterday. However today, Jaguar has taken to social media to confirm that it is indeed the brand behind the Vision Gran Turismo car that will enjoy a grand unveiling at the Tokyo World Tour event on Friday.
Last week, Audi released the latest Vision Gran Turismo vehicle in, well, Gran Turismo Sport. Actually, it’s a pair of cars, with a hybrid Gr.1 model and the original EV joining the lineup. We’ve taken both around the track to get an idea of what they’re all about.
Gran Turismo veterans are no stranger to the Vision Gran Turismo project. Starting in GT6, the program gives car makers a platform to design vehicles without any limitations — not a bad way to celebrate 15 years of the franchise.
As we’ve known for a little while now, Audi has become the latest manufacturer to join the Vision Gran Turismo project. It’s just taken the covers off its car at a special Audi Sport event in Neuburg – and we mean literal covers. The Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo is, it turns out, an actual, real vehicle.
In news that should surprise few, Polyphony Digital has scheduled a new Gran Turismo Sport update for early next week. Likely leading the charge is Audi’s Vision GT concept.
The current Honda NSX is a very impressive car. However, it also carries an equally impressive price tag which is out of the reach for most buyers. With the latest Vision GT offering from Honda however, we might have caught a glimpse of what can only be a baby NSX.
After many teases, F1 legend and former Indy 500 champion Emerson Fittipaldi has pulled back the sheets on the latest entry in the Vision Gran Turismo roster on the ground in Geneva: the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision GT.
This month started with news of the Vision Gran Turismo program getting back into gear. Famed Italian design house Pininfarina will be working with F1 and CART champion Emerson Fittipaldi on the EF7 Vision Gran Turismo, the first addition to the project in over a year.
The Geneva International Motor Show is one of the biggest of its kind. All manner of debuts typically happen there, and this year’s brace of new metal will include the latest addition to the “not even halfway done” Vision GT project.
Remember last week, when Motogames.tv dropped a video of the Bugatti Vision GT taking to Polyphony’s new oval circuit? The video coverage continues, this time not from the perspective within the carbon fibre creation, but from various vantage points around the track.
When the Vision GT Project took off back in 2013, nobody really knew how long the collaborative effort between Polyphony Digital and leading automobile manufacturers and design houses was going to last. Speaking with GTPlanet in London last week, Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed the initiative is far from complete, and that players can expect further additions in this year’s Gran Turismo Sport:
Big news out of Melbourne earlier this week: in the run-up to the 2016 F1 season, Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin announced a long-term partnership that will not only see the winged logo of Gaydon adorn the RB12’s of Ricciardo and Kvyat, but the two companies collaborating on a road car. Not just any road car, either: Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s CTO (and designer of 10 World Championship F1 cars), will be working closely with Aston designer Marek Reichman on a range-topping hypercar.
If you thought the Vision Gran Turismo program had come to an end with what Bugatti conjured, think again. High-end French watch brand Bell & Ross have revealed their own stunning concept car that will fall into the VGT stable, and it goes by name of Aero GT.