2001 Toyota Supra JGTC




Extra info: Esso Ultraflo

Chassis: JZA80

Mk: 4

Class: Racecar

Origin: JP Japan

Playable and unlockable vehicle
: Only available in the PAL and Korean versions of the game.

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Contributor: Rinspeed


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US GroupB photo_librarymode_comment

2016-05-16 22:29
ItsaUserName wrote
A special hidden car only available through Gameshark or Action Replay on the PAL version. Legend has it that Esso got pissed off with Polyphony not paying them to use a car with their sponsor on it, and cancelled future sponsoring on any new video game, which is why there is now "Exxon" instead of Esso.


Lol the Esso/Exxon thing is way older and bigger than video games. If you check into the company's history of mergers and acquisitions, a legal agreement prevents the Esso name from being used in the USA.
US TWormely photo_librarymode_comment

2016-05-16 19:20
ItsaUserName wrote
A special hidden car only available through Gameshark or Action Replay on the PAL version. Legend has it that Esso got pissed off with Polyphony not paying them to use a car with their sponsor on it, and cancelled future sponsoring on any new video game, which is why there is now "Exxon" instead of Esso.


I think you're right. Had PD added this car to the NTSC-U version of GT4, it would be named the Exxon Superflo Supra (remember, ESSO was referred to as Exxon in America).

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2016-05-17 19:08:33
ItsaUserName photo_librarymode_comment

2012-01-28 17:56
A special hidden car only available through Gameshark or Action Replay on the PAL version. Legend has it that Esso got pissed off with Polyphony not paying them to use a car with their sponsor on it, and cancelled future sponsoring on any new video game, which is why there is now "Exxon" instead of Esso.

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