The trendsetting hybrid V8 all wheel drive Toyota Supra

[@TankSlappr]

That Cadillac startup is just 👌

[@turbo_marc]

The new LMDh car startups are beautiful.

[@amandeepbaa6978]

Only for racetrack not for mass production

[@KhaiGK]

👌🏻

[@KhaiGK]

@@amandeepbaa6978 no shit

[@amandeepbaa6978]

@@KhaiGK doing good in China

[@emdotrod]

"It's like bringing an intercontinental ballistic missile to a knife fight" is the best metaphor of Supra HV-R. The chase for efficiency and durability is one of the most interesting aspect of endurance racing. I remember when diesel engines was the best engine to beat in primary class of endurance racing. But when hybrid starts showing its potential, there is no looking back

[@camryt]

That was mostly because diesel LMP cars were allowed to use bigger fuel tanks

[@K9RacingAndStuff]

​@@camryt that was only for 2006 (which really was a stupid decision from the ACO, given their previous ability to compensate for fuel energy density with tank sizes; see the Nasamax LMP1 that ran on E100) When the ACO fixed that, nobody was really building a great petrol LMP1 from the ground up, and the Toyota was genuinely the first petrol car that wasn't over two seconds a lap slower than the Audis on race pace alone at Le Mans.

[@AbrahamArthemius]

​@@K9RacingAndStuff I can remember how the TS030 just shot through the Mulsanne straight overtaking one of the Audi. Considering how Toyota was forced to enter the class one year early because of Peugeot's sudden leave, it's done pretty good (although they eventually retire because of incidents)

[@K9RacingAndStuff]

@@AbrahamArthemius Which is incredible considering the nature of development in motorsports and the nightmare that was the Porsche 919 development. Shame the 2013 car was just an utter disappointment imo; Toyota talked themselves up that year and has a very promising Spa, only to be even further behind at Le Mans than they were with the debut car. But that's my point; the Toyota was the first _good_ petrol LMP1 car to race against the Audis that itself wasn't an Audi (or basically an Audi) since Audi's debut.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

Now, this is a car to add to GT7. It would fit in nicely next to the Tom's Castrol GT500 Supra in my garage.

[@SetsunaTheFandom]

Speaking of the Prius, we don't see the car coming to the motorsport world until 2010s where it entered Super GT's GT300 class and also use the Hybrid system, and quickly became fan favorite there. This particular Prius (and all its iterations until the last year of operations) is basically one of the "be careful of who you call ugly in middle school" cars for this reason, given how panned the Prius was by the automotive world back then. Will definitely miss that car. It's crazy to think Supra HV-R would start Toyota's successful hybrid campaigns, especially looking at how well the technology worked.

[@Tyindel]

yeah that prius was a monster, pretty sure it used a similar setup to the supra with 2 small low powered electric motors and a super capacitor but went through a few engines, including the 3UZ from the GT500 cars and the TS030's V8. complete spaceframe chassis, mid engined, rear wheel drive and bonkers. There was also a CR-Z with a similar hybrid set up and the engine from Honda's Superformula car. more modern rules forced the prius to become front engined in i think 2017 (the honda was retired before the change happened) but i think it kept the v8. If it wasn't able to pull away from GT3 cars then it likely would still be racing as the supercar manufucturers were rightly annoyed that their cars were being beaten by a prius

[@effisjens1776]

It's a genuine bummer the Prius was retired last year and is now replaced. The same team now has a Lexus i believe. Never forget the Prius!

[@SetsunaTheFandom]

@@effisjens1776 The saddest part is that the reason was the resources (parts et cetera) for the next Prius became scarce following the Russia-Ukraine war.

[@Tyindel]

@Rendy Andrian Y ah damn. Didn't know they had to retire it due to the supply issues caused by the war. It's such a wonderful car and one of those amazingly absurd one off's that worked (like the purgeot 806 van that raced the spa 24h in the 90s as a supertourer) I'll miss the thing and really hope that we see it back in some form eventually

[@JoshuaC923]

Coolest Prius ever

[@dasgtr]

Oh how I wish SuperGT never went away from the 05-08 spec of GT500 when the base chassis and engine were unique. The Nissan GT-R was allowed to run the 09 specification alongside the Toyota-Lexus SC430s and Honda NSX-GTs which were evolved 07 cars. Sure, they inherited nothing from the road cars except for the main cabin, but they were distinct in their performance characteristics. The mythical Supra HV-R should have been the benchmark test car for GT500 if it ever went down the hybrid powertrain route.

[@adriWRC_]

Amazing what Toyota can do from a crazy idea. This innovations and experimental stuff now reflects in all the success of Toyota Gazoo Racing in motorsport (and their road cars too). No matters if is WRC, WEC, rally raids or whatever, they win and that's it. And now they are doing exactly the same with the hydrogen powered Corollas in the Super Taikyu series (oh, what a coincidence).

[@stijnpaspont]

I know right? Super taikyu really allows them and other brands to just do whatever they want. The best motoring video on that hydrogen toyota is really really interesting. And its pretty fast too

[@acecombat2shill]

bringing a gt500 car to a super taikyu event is like bringing a formula one car to an indy pro 2000 event

[@tohruberthon47]

Or bringing Toyota GR010 into GT4 European series

[@TheOz91]

Toyota really pioneered the use of supercapacitors for a hybrid system instead of batteries, and we will now see supercapacitors in the IndyCar series in the upcoming 2024 season with its very compact hybrid system designed to fit inside the existing drivetrain design. It is mentioned that the system is capable of deploying a maximum of 150 horsepower, so it's similar to the HV-R for just rear wheels. Right now in the postseason, the system is currently being tested for optimization and driveability

[@effisjens1776]

Another interesting story of a "singularity" (why have i turned into cpt. Mattias torres) in motorsport! I get most car enthousiasts think the Supra these days is overrated (i don't, i think it's a cool car) but they can't deny this weird little accolade of being the pioneer of mainstream Hybrid race cars!

[@Robintalesfighter]

this is one of those hybrid cars that most people don't know about, so really interesting. Seems like during that race toyota had the same competition they've had over the past couple years lol.

[@speedhunter7156]

Its the same with the jeep wagoneer and Audi quattro the quattro wasnt the first AWD/4WD vehicle to rally even in the rally championship but the wagoneer was and was the reason why it got banned XD

[@drmaulana2600]

I love this story, the story when European teams mocked huge unassuming wagon only to be destroyed by the said wagon lmao. I mean, look at the wagooner and compare it to other 70s rally cars like Fulvia or other, it looks comically large lmao. Alas, wagooner is the first AWD/4WD rally car and also the first AWD/4WD car to won a rally.

[@speedhunter7156]

@@drmaulana2600 its the Best thing ever makes me wish the wagoneer was in horizon 5 just so i could charge down dirt roads at group 4 speeds

[@EmyrDerfel]

An idea for another SuperGT-based video would be the Mother Chassis used in that series with bodyshells of various designs. Sam Collins wrote some good articles for Racecar Engineering magazine about it and some of the cars.

[@aojracing4885]

Well, another crazy and influential car I didn't know about! This channel is perfect for discovering these obscure racing stories, keep it up!

[@turbo_marc]

I'm gonna be honest, hybrids are just as cool as cars without hybrid systems.

[@D3mander]

I had a feeling this would be related to the TS030 one way or another, brilliant stuff

[@divecolosio4988]

And all traced back to Prius

[@90sanime52]

Oh man! That Cadillac sounds so good😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@tohruberthon47]

Stijn Paspont, the HITC Sevens of Motorsport Honestly a deep dive into something like this felt like a gold mine. Keep it up XD

[@versedi]

Great stuff as always. Thank You

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

I swear my friend you find the most unexpected stories in motorsports like le mans camaros or v8 viper at 24h of Nuremberg are the best videos on your channel but the hybrid v8 supra is going to be the biggest one yet so thank you my buddy and see you later bye now 😊😊.

[@Subwaygoonfree]

This is the best racing/car channel on KZbin, straight to the point with racing images and footage, keep it up bro you gonna be big

[@stijnpaspont]

Thanks!

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Speaking of pioneering technology, I blame audi and the r18 for all the insanely bright led headlights on road cars now that absolutely blind you at night. Thanks alot audi lol

[@vxarea3822]

ACE combat BGM >>>>>>>>>>>

[@himmelhero]

Yes new Stijn video :D

[@mikkelnielsen5893]

Another great video!

[@saitama34]

How did you find the story that almost no one remembers it even in Japan. I enjoyed your video really well. Thank you for this!!

[@luissalgado9378]

Good video as always man .

[@Abelito722]

incredible video again Stijn ! Thank you for ur work u have the power to take some so small details of motorsport and make a fantastic sotory about it

[@Balenciiiii]

Always appreciated how Toyota makes evolving car technologies appeal to motorsport fans. Stijn, would you happen to know anything about the Mitsubishi evo 9 EV project? Always had a fond appreciation of Toyota & Mitsubishi, I always hold out for them to make a breakout project, much like the EVO, and with the trend of Japanese companies bringing back iconic JDM cars in variants of EV and Hydrogen; would love to see some CT9A models make a re-run.

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

As always, great video Stijn and thank you for the insight! These videos give me a lot more context when watching races, and thus make it a lot more interesting :) Also as a petrolhead with an r33 skyline, I really think the hate for the Prius came not from the car itself but from the people driving them. You had hollywood celebrities driving them just to give themselves a pat on the back, and early prius adapters felt smug and better than the average car owner (South Park also made a parody of this). The Prius itself is a very interesting car, and it's amazing how reliable they are considering the complex hybrid system. I've seen Priuses with over 400.000 km on the clock, and they're still running like a dream with almost no issues during their lifespan.

[@as2552as]

First time to know there is v8 in GT500 supra chassis

[@samueldowney2806]

Fantastic video! So many obscure motorsport stories out there and can't wait for you to bring them all to us! Great work.

[@StarChaser027]

Loving it...bought all the cars... Double

[@dimitrisvarvakis7724]

Great video and channel. Facts, interesting, aka not commonly discussed stories and sharp commentary. Got fed up with all the look-at-me-talking-to-a-webcam/funny meme/misinformed "race car" related yt video creators. Carry on the good work.

[@yada1626]

I love they had to dump ice to cool down its hybrid system on the Lexus😂 I love it, & thanks for making the video ❤

[@4thImpulse]

Absolutely awesome vid, much appreciated and great to actually learn something new.

[@crestedisland]

amazing video, i love watching you go over weird and cool cars like this and the zakspeed viper. but my question is: what about the pescarolo hybrid? that thing was a monster in its own right, winning the 2005 lmes against everyone and even an audi r8 just two years before 2007

[@Rayners-R]

As always an amazing video ! One story that could be interesting to cover is the first (and only ?) African automobile to have ever won a major race : the Algerian Sonacome M210 truck at the Dakar 1980 ! Would be happy to help you on this subject with info !

[@minibus9]

awesome video

[@renatodigiamb8308]

...my eyes looked at cars, my ears was hearing fighter jets from my childhood... I hope you going to give us some aircraft content too 🦅

[@brunotorres3202]

Great video! So, when do we think they'll introduce hybrid to the GT3 class, it's illegal right now, but we shouldn't be far off.

[@blinco1539]

Babe wake up there’s a new Stijn video

[@Uniongamers]

Is the music in your videos from a video game? (Great videos btw)

[@lmao-ev6nz]

its from ace combat

[@stijnpaspont]

yup, just added the songs to the description.

[@Uniongamers]

@@lmao-ev6nz thanks dude! Now listening through all the Air Combat/ Ace Combat soundtracks. Some pretty kickass music ngl. Not quite on par with the F-Zero X soundtrack, but still pretty epic.

[@Uniongamers]

@Kuromori cheers!

[@Uniongamers]

@@stijnpaspont thanks man. Appreciate that you appreciate your fans.

[@azi9_ity]

This was AWESOME! The new Lamborghini uses a super capacitor for the same reason and ever since learning about it, I've been wondering where the idea came from

[@oscarwright8864]

Your my fav KZbinr man keep it up👍👍

[@Soph1593]

Great vid

[@bigbuckoramma]

Is it weird that i get hyped by the Ace Combat music?

[@stijnpaspont]

You're not alone. I purposefully turned the last song down a bit cause there was too much guitar shredding going on

[@bigbuckoramma]

@@stijnpaspont there is no such thing as too much Guitar Shredding. 🤭

[@japaneseracingcars]

Great video!

[@zorb7171]

The ace combat music🤌

[@ElPJSaapeee]

supra con 2GayZ 😑🤚🏻 Supra con V8 😌👈🏻

[@thandontantiso3744]

Can you do a video on the Ford gt gt2. It's relatively unknown

[@batman9592]

Bugger, thought it was gonna be something like a Aristo 4WD system with the xUZ V8 and Supra body. I'd love to make a tube frame chassis with only Toyota spare parts for everything else and a fancy e-diff design i came up with. More like a CZ V16, i guess, than say Audi.

[@blinco1539]

6:41 Idk I think if you pulled up on the guy in the missile silo and all he had was the nuke to combat your knife you could take him

[@CDeuce152]

Hell, Toyota could've called it Supra Nasty Green if they had the chance.

[@CatchiestWorm12]

The people that dislike the video were members of the other teams during the 2007 race

[@alexander1485]

4wd (4x4 in uk speak) is a different system than awd... google if needed.

[@williamsuharja29]

Didn't they also bring this car to compete in 24h Nurburgring?

[@roadstar_na6]

Falken Motorsport brought a regular GT500 spec Supra to the N24 in 2000. It probably would've won by light years but unfortunately crashed during the night and had to take a long repair stop.

[@alexander1485]

The prius is still made fun of, except the very first prius

[@dochammer3047]

To bad the supra is slow AF out of box. Unless you put $100,000 into it, you might as well buy a Porsche.

[@roadstar_na6]

and that was exactly the aimed competiton of the Supra. It's a GT car, not a sports car.

[@slonjdmsupra]

Well not slow AF still running as fast as a 997 carrera stock to stock

[@rolux4853]

Think what you want but for me the hybrids destroy real racing. It’s just to easy to use and build these days! No technical finesse in it at all! To me and many others today’s hybrids destroy the spirit of racing! I want back to the diesel era of Le Mans, bio diesel is the power of the future! It grows on fields and is unbelievably cheap! You could raise and distill it on your own! But stupid politicians ruined it (and the whole worlds ecosystem) like always and demanded the use of highly toxic and dangerous lithium ion batteries who kill the environment and exploit third world countries. Despicable like always! Biodiesel is the future but unfortunately it’s completely suppressed by the governments and industries around the world, since farmers would produce it and not those greedy managers! Despicable!

[@pmayo7894]

So, not quite like you claimed.

[@alsa4real]

Great video