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The Prince R380 established
an E-Class world speed record in 1965 at Yatabe Test Track and as Japan’s
first mid-ship engine racing car begen its success in the Third Grand Prix in
1966 taking first and second place.
Its gear driven twin-cam 6-cylinder engine, Type GR-8 was later mounted and
tuned for the famous Skyline. The R380 performed well not only in the Grand
Prix, but in many other races as well. The model was still converted to the
Group 7 in 1968, and developed to Nissan R381 model equipped with Chevrolet's 5.5 liter
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Just like the 2000GT and 1600GT
models, which had developed the technology from endurance car racing, Toyota challenged
“Group 7 ” category by releasing the V8, twin-camshaft engine,
two-seater racing car built in cooperation with Yamaha. At its debut in the Japan
Grand Prix in May 1968, it was squeezed out of the contest by Porsche and Nissan,
but it came back the following year to finish third. Although Toyota released
the new 7 equipped with a turbocharged,5-liter engine in 1970 for the Japan Grand
Prix, the 800ps monster never made a run owing to the cancellation of the Grand
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