Acura, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche will battle out the Rolex24Hours at Daytona next month, but what do their all-new IMSA LMDh hybrid prototypes look (and sound) like on track? 🤔 Find out 👇
The Grand Touring Prototype division will form the top class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar series, which kicks off with the series' marquee event, the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona at the end of January. Cadillac and Porsche will also run these cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship, as they chase the biggest sportscar race of all – the Le Mans 24 Hours in its centenary year.
, who will be a BMW driver in the long-distance events. “I love that. It seems like a really great class, and there’s a lot of talented drivers and cool manufacturers here.” The Acura is the car that looks most like what’s gone before from its super-successful DPi campaigns, despite being a clean-sheet design around the Oreca-built chassis.Photo by: Michael L. Levitt /BMW’s M Hybrid four-liter V8 also packs twin turbos, but it’s the styling that truly catches the eye.
And it looks distinctive too, with its angular lines a stark contrast to its more swoopy rivals – again reflecting the sharp-crease design language of Caddy's street cars – but it’s worth pointing out at this point that the Cadillac shares its base chassis with the BMW, built by Dallara.
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