Can you handle a 2500-plus hp SRT? Video game will let you try - Automotive News
DETROIT -- Fiat Chrysler has joined the parade of video game concept cars with the hulkish SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo. The single-seat hybrid powerhouse will have three trim levels when it is released this summer for the “Gran Turismo 6” video game on Sony’s PlayStation 3 system. The X trim, the most beastly of the three variants, generates a combined 2,590 hp -- 2,168 hp from the V-10 engine, plus a front-wheel drivetrain that contributes 422 hp at peak. The Tomahawk’s base S trim for streets boasts 1,007 hp, while the GTS-R trim is considered the racing version with 1,450 hp. The X and GTS-R trims’ extreme performance require that the character drivers wear G-suits to handle the force. FCA is the latest automaker to participate in Vision Gran Turismo, an ongoing creative festival that calls for automakers to dream up concepts for PlayStation 3 gamers in a celebration of the “Gran Turismo” franchise’s 15th anniversary. Mercedes-Benz was the first automaker to unveil a Vision GT concept when it showed a physical version of the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo in November 2013 at the Los Angeles Auto Show before the game’s release the following month. “At the end of the day, it’s really turned into a friendly competition between the global automakers to see who can have the coolest car,” said Ralph Gilles, FCA’s head of design, during the Tomahawk’s unveiling today at the automaker’s... Source: www.autonews.com
