The Sard MC8-R was a modified and lengthened version of the Toyota MR2 (SW20) built for GT racing by Toyota's SARD (Sigma Advanced Research Development) works team. SARD heavily modified the original MR2 frontal chassis deriving with custom rear chassis in order to fit a twin-turbo version of the 4.0-liter 1UZ-FE V8 producing 600 bhp (447 kW). This is the first car which only using the frontal chassis of production car was effectively a purpose-built semi-sports-prototype that successfully got GT1 homologation. The MC8-R was lacked pace and very unreliable that makes it often at the bottom of the race and even the 'traditional' GT1 Toyota Supra also faster than it and let alone with McLaren F1 and Ferrari F40. However, the overall construction method of this car (a heavily-modified product