GT4 2002 Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car

By way of an introduction and as I mentioned earlier, my summer villa has a working PS2 console (slim version) plus a copy of Gran Turismo 4 so this summer (2016) I am making and posting some GT4 car pictures.  

Today's car is the 2002 Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car.

The GT4 photo travel location is Sagano.

Sagano, Kyoto, "the hidden world of Kyoto where ancient temples and shrines dot the landscape between the abundance of nature. This stage shows one of the narrow roads that run through the bamboo forests".

This car is my fat cash cow. Easy to win it at Costa di Amati Easy and sell for over Cr. 260,000 and buy whatever you really want. I must have flogged dozens of them already.

 In-game description says:

"A dream car that converts the durable RSC coupé into a rally spec machine."


Designed by the company's CALTY Design Research facility in Newport Beach, California, and debuting at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show, the Toyota RSC ("Rugged Sport Coupe") was a rally racing-inspired concept car that looked ready to do battle in the African desert in the legendary Paris-Dakar Rally, and quite possibly the inspiration for BMW's X6 model.

Looking a bit like a muscular version of the Toyota Celica, this concept car measured 162 inches long, 72.8 inches wide and a somewhat tallish 61 inches in height. But its pugnacious front end and blistered wheel wells made room for large 19-in. wheels for increased stability on or off the road. Under its muscular exterior resided numerous components sourced from the Toyota Celica GT-Four rally racer. A full 414 HP (with the air restrictor removed) was provided by Toyota's turbocharged 3S-GE 2-liter DOHC inline-4 beneath the wide hood.

Like many rally cars, the RSC featured an all-wheel-drive system, accompanied in this instance with a conventional center differential (today's competition cars in the top-flight World Rally Championship use sophisticated active electronic differentials for maximum tractability). Other elements for off-road travel included a raised ride height, beefed-up suspension arms, springs and shocks all around. You never know what you'll encounter cruising at high speed in the middle of nowhere.

All this bamboo and it looks like a fat panda.