Smallshinyant Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Just picked this up off twitter. Seems that a group of students in Japan decided to build a Shelby GT500 using a MKIV as the base http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/01/tokyo-2010-toyota-supra-iv-dressed-up.html Dont know how smart the idea is but clever work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Chip Foose will be rolling in his... er... roller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 This to me is just as pointless as converting an MR2 to look like a Ferrari.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Haha, some of those comments: Anonymous » January 17, 2010 wasted a supra such dumbasses >.> steve » January 17, 2010 I just threw up in my mouth a little. Anonymous » January 19, 2010 I own a '94 MKIV, and this just broke my heart. Seriously, you could've found an owner for that car who would've kept it like it was and not have wasted such a remarkable car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multics Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oh dear they killed both the Supra and the Shelby in the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Think they liked tokyo drift a bit too much, skyline mopar rings a bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Supra cross with a GT500 - On paper it sounds like a great idea. In reality - NO!!!! Shame too as the Gt500 is such a great looking motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Comon guys do you expect anything else from some people who do this to their cars.... http://failads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/japanese-cars-mod.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Comon guys do you expect anything else from some people who do this to their cars.... http://failads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/japanese-cars-mod.jpg Quite pretty that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Comon guys do you expect anything else from some people who do this to their cars.... http://failads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/japanese-cars-mod.jpg That must handle like a dream!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Not a bad effort, but the supra is the wrong base car. It makes no sense when people say such things as 'such a waste of a supra'. How does anyone know what condition that supra was in the first place? They might of taken it from the scrappers? Or the body work might have been aweful... or it might have been any N/A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Not my cup of tea, I'd rather the original of either but this caught my eye... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/S1SRUAqlt_I/AAAAAAACbXo/fodLG6GpUp0/s1600/Honda-HSV-010GT-18.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oh my! Thats nice! NXS isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanc Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Not my cup of tea, I'd rather the original of either but this caught my eye... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/S1SRUAqlt_I/AAAAAAACbXo/fodLG6GpUp0/s1600/Honda-HSV-010GT-18.jpg Omg! I think I just wet myself............ twice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 From the website... Today, Honda officially introduced its all-new HSV-010 GT racing car with which it will compete in the GT500 class of the Japanese 2010 Super GT series. The HSV-010 GT, which will take the place of the racing variant of the NSX, is all that has been left from Honda's V10 powered supercar project that got canned at the end of 2008 due to the recession. Instead of wasting all the work that went into the development of the Honda / Acura NSX's spiritual replacement, the Japanese firm decided to use the supercar as a base for its Super GT contender. Although the HSV-010 GT keeps the unfinished production model's front-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive layout, Honda's engineers ditched the V10 powerplant in favor of a naturally-aspirated 3.4-liter V8 unit that churns out more than 500-horsepower and over 392Nm or 289 lb-ft of peak torque. Honda says that the blacked-out racing model tips the scales at a little over 1,100 kg or about 2,425 pounds and features a double wishbone suspension all around, steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters for the transmission and a rack and pinion system with electric power steering. The letters "HSV" stand for Honda Sports Velocity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 i respect the amount of skill to make it so custom but its a bit silly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraturbochris Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 that looks amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I don't think it's a bad effort with the Shelby. Considering the Supra is so different, must have taken a while to do that. But it still doesn't look quite right. As for the HSV, very Zonda like in that pic. Be interesting to see some performance stat's for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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