Honda HSV-010 GT
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The Honda HSV-010 GT is a race car manufactured by Honda
and designed to compete in the Super GT
racing series.
racing due to new Super GT regulations that allowed the use of only front engine, rear drive cars. On November 15, 2009, Honda announced that, despite withdrawing the NSX from Super GT competition, it would campaign a car for the 2010 season. Honda revealed that the car will be based on the cancelled 'New NSX' production vehicle. It is reported that although the Super GT normally requires racing vehicles to be based on production cars, the use of a production-ready car is also allowed.
Then, on December 22, 2009, Honda announced the HSV-010 GT as the successor to the NSX Super GT in the Super GT
series. Unlike typical Super GT cars, the vehicle is not based on any production vehicle that is made available to purchase by the general public.
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
and designed to compete in the Super GT
Super GT
The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC , is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association...
racing series.
History
On October 23, 2009, Honda officially announced the end of the mid-engine NSX Super GT's participation in Super GTSuper GT
The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC , is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association...
racing due to new Super GT regulations that allowed the use of only front engine, rear drive cars. On November 15, 2009, Honda announced that, despite withdrawing the NSX from Super GT competition, it would campaign a car for the 2010 season. Honda revealed that the car will be based on the cancelled 'New NSX' production vehicle. It is reported that although the Super GT normally requires racing vehicles to be based on production cars, the use of a production-ready car is also allowed.
Then, on December 22, 2009, Honda announced the HSV-010 GT as the successor to the NSX Super GT in the Super GT
Super GT
The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC , is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association...
series. Unlike typical Super GT cars, the vehicle is not based on any production vehicle that is made available to purchase by the general public.
External links
- Honda Worldwide | HSV-010GT official site
- Honda HSV-010 GT | 進化したHSV-010 GT 本格化する2011年モデルの熟成 in Japanese
- Honda HSV-010 GT | GTプロジェクトリーダー 瀧敬之介 現場レポート in Japanese