The the saga of great tourism is one of the world’s most famous video game franchises. started in 1997 year with Gran Turismo 1, it became the benchmark for racing and driving games. A monster of realism, the game recreates some of the world’s most famous race tracks for 25 years. Contracts with various manufacturers also allowed them to reproduce famous models to perfection very early on. The series includes eight episodes and five versionswhich was sold at 80 million copies ! If there’s one thing the franchise is also known for, it’s the many partnerships it’s managed to forge in the past with automakers.

The car of 2025

In effect, since 2013Gran Turismo launched its Vision Grand Turismo programdevoted to derivation futuristic models specially for the game. The idea was to present our stylistic and technological vision to manufacturers the car of 2025. Mercedes-Benz entered the dance with Mercedes-AMG Vision Gran Turismo. It has existed since then Alpine and Hyundai in 2015, Audi in 2018, or Jaguar in 2019 to name a few. Although the program did not exist at that time, we remember the concept GTbyCitroen presented in 2008 year. Developed for Gran Turismo 5, this was a model that ran either on water or with Ford’s 5.4-liter V8. All of these models, of course, never went into mass production. But they were an opportunity to escape and dream to the original future of the car.

Ferrari’s turn

This is Ferrari enters the dance This year ! The manufacturer, in turn, presented his Concept Vision Gran Turismo. It is about a hypercarhybrid carved like a ball, nailed to the road, covered with aerodynamic attributes. She carries a V6 biturbo, as well as three electric motors : one on the rear axle, two on the front axles. His statistics are impressive: 1030 horsepower at 900 Nm of torque ! She can develop speed 350 km/h, acceleration from 0 to 200 km/h in less than five seconds ! Designed specifically for Gran Turismo 7, he will appear in the game on December 23rd, on Christmas Day! Ferrari also plans to carry out a scale model 1 to be exhibited at the Maranello Museum in Italy from 2023. This Gran Turismo concept may well announce some potential stylistic or technological novelties future Ferrari models.