In last month's Update 1.48, the Gran Turismo 7 developer, Polyphony Digital, graced players with five new cars and some extra tidbits here and there. They were the Honda Civic SiR･II (EG) '93, Honda NSX GT500 '00, Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R31) '87, Volvo 240 SE Estate '93, and Volvo V40 T5 R-Design '13. This week, we're getting six new impressive rides.
The GT7 July 2024 update was announced on July 6 during the Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Round 1 in Montreal, Canada. The official arrival date is Thursday, July 25. Now, let's check out the brand-new cars.
The impressive lineup begins with the 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4. The Dark Age of the economic crisis was enveloping the world back then, and many vehicle manufacturers started pulling their most expensive nameplates off the market for obvious reasons.
Lamborghini followed in the same common-sense footsteps, but at the same time, it placed its survival in the hands of its then-two-year-old Gallardo model. Fortunately, the supercar brand survived to speed another day thanks to Audi and Volkswagen.
The baby Lambo carried a 5.2-liter V10 engine that produced 552 hp or 560 ps and 398 lb-ft or 540 Nm of torque. It was also four-wheel drive, hence the name. Local folklore speaks of a 0 to 62 mph or 100 kph acceleration time of 3.7 seconds, with a top speed of 202 miles per hour or 325 kph.
Next on our hitlist is the superb 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia. According to myth, this model was the fastest track-oriented horse from the Ferrari stable at the time. In fact, by the time other manufacturers caught up performance-wise, the Italian brand was already shipping a 220 lbs. or 100 kg lighter version with extra oomph.
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The standard version, if you can name such a beast remotely "standard," had a mid-mounted 4.3-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine that produced 490 hp. However, the updated version had 510 hp and 347 lb-ft or 470 Nm of torque. It could have reached 62 mph (100 kph) from a standstill in 3.6 seconds, and if it kept going straight, it could have hit 199 mph or 320 kph.
The 1997 BMW M3 is next. Part of the E36 generation, this front-engine rear-wheel drive German-engineered machine weighed 3,219 lbs. or 1,460 kilograms and, thanks to its 3.2-liter engine, produced 316 horsepower and 258 lb-ft or 350 Nm of torque. Here is a fun fact about this M3: in Europe, it was sold at 286 hp under the hood, but in the United States, it only produced 240 hp because of regulations and so forth.
It's a far cry from today's M3 Competition xDrive, which delivers 503 horses and 479 lb-ft of torque. Its 8-speed auto gearbox and AWD system help it reach 60 mph in 3.4 seconds. Funnily enough, it hits 60 mph faster than the Gallardo and F430, which says something about the evolution of "speeeeeeeeed."
The rest of the pack contains the 517-hp RWD 2016 RUF RGT 4.2, the 299-hp 1998 Subaru Impreza Rally Car, and the long-awaited, hard-to-pronounce-three-times-fast Genesis X Gran Racer Vision Gran Turismo Concept.
After Sony announced Update 1.48 on May 29, fans eagerly awaited Update 1.49, and from the initial looks of it, it seems like there should be at least one new item for every player, if not the entire new pack of vehicles.
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