Toyota has just released an advertising video for GR Supra in the United States that is very likely to be one of the best we've seen recently.
In order to promote the driving pleasure that the GR Supra is capable of generating, Toyota has placed its sports car in several different situations, from entering a drift competition by mistake to… distributing pizzas.
And as expected, the Japanese sports car always responded in the affirmative. But the team wanted to “end up big” and decided to have him do a 30-meter jump with the Los Angeles sunset in the background.
And indeed it did, but not in the way many of you think. With Andy Bell — from the Nitro Circus group — at the wheel, this Toyota Supra effectively jumped a real ramp, but contrary to what you see in the ad, it landed over 500 cartons.
Yes that's right. One of the cars in the ad was modified by the Papadakis Racing team, who had access to the footage and published a video with the “making of“.
The jump was a success, but it “blew” the rear suspension, the tires and the side mirrors. It could have been worse…
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