This 600bhp Toyota C-HR Is A Shopping Car With A Massive Wing

Having just earned itself the unofficial title of 'World's Fastest Crossover,' this 600bhp custom-built C-HR is definitely not your usual urban runabout - and it's manual, too
This 600bhp Toyota C-HR Is A Shopping Car With A Massive Wing

If you had to name a current Toyota that could lap California’s Willow Springs Raceway faster than a McLaren 650S Spider or a Porsche 911 GT3, the quirky little C-HR probably wouldn’t be top of your list.

However, bring expert tuner Dan Gardner (aka DG-Spec) into the equation and things change. A lot. This is the C-HR R-Tuned, and according to the times on fastestlaps.com, it beat the Porsche and McLaren on that track – as well as the Nissan GT-R Nismo, for good measure.

This 600bhp Toyota C-HR Is A Shopping Car With A Massive Wing

Gone is the standard drivetrain, replaced with a fire-breathing 2.4-litre Toyota 2AZ-FE engine. Its four cylinders are blessed with forged Dezod internals and a titanium and Inconel valvetrain to withstand intense forces.

Add to that a DG-Spec Garrett turbo with the boost turned up to 11 (or 23psi, if you like) and you get over 600bhp. Absolutely mental.

This 600bhp Toyota C-HR Is A Shopping Car With A Massive Wing

Because it has so much torque, a simple and strong Toyota E-series five-speed manual gearbox does the business. Handling is boosted massively by an OS Giken limited-slip differential. Brembo brakes some 14 inches across do the stopping. DG-Spec Motion Control Suspension race-spec dampers make sure that this is no straight-line one-trick pony.

The tyres are hefty and semi-slick 275/35/R18 Toyo Proxes RR. Grip is aided further by around the huge rear wing and front splitter, which provide 130kg of downforce at ‘triple-digit speeds.’ It’s a proper little weapon, but don’t expect to see it making production any time soon…

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Comments

BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

Absolutely nuts

11/02/2017 - 12:08 |
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Anonymous

What is with all of these crossover track “cars”? And that wing looks so out of place there, exactly like a shopping cart

11/02/2017 - 12:08 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

They keep trying to make crossovers cool.

11/02/2017 - 12:11 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Toyota GB AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHHA

11/02/2017 - 14:41 |
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Sudip Suresh

insert carrying kids to soccer practice joke

11/02/2017 - 12:10 |
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HAYABUSA

What the heck

11/02/2017 - 12:18 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

Possible Juke R competitor?

11/02/2017 - 12:19 |
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5:19.55

Did nissan launched a new trend?

11/02/2017 - 12:22 |
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Jefferson Tan(日産)

In reply to by 5:19.55

Ah, the Juke R

11/02/2017 - 12:37 |
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Jefferson Tan(日産)

When “fast” isn’t fast enough

11/02/2017 - 12:37 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

In reply to by Jefferson Tan(…

Lol the C-HR was anything but fast

11/03/2017 - 09:54 |
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Anonymous

Here is a thought… Instead of making silly crossovers how about installing that engine in the Toyota 86 instead?

11/02/2017 - 12:41 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Already been done by countless people

11/02/2017 - 12:47 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s already in a Scion tC…

11/02/2017 - 17:11 |
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CS55

If someone could only do the same thing to a Prius…

11/02/2017 - 12:45 |
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Mason Smith 🇺🇸(Mustang Life)(Crowd Killer)

In reply to by CS55

Ohhh ideas ideas.🤔

11/02/2017 - 13:03 |
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Jefferson Tan(日産)

In reply to by CS55

Well

11/02/2017 - 13:48 |
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RustX7 2.0

“Five Cars That Are Riced From The Factory (Updated)”

11/02/2017 - 12:55 |
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when this riced car is faster on track than your track car

11/02/2017 - 17:40 |
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