Gran Turismo 7’s next new car, the Caterham Seven, spotted in-game

Ahead of today’s (15th August) Gran Turismo World Series event, recorded at Polyphony Digital’s Tokyo offices, the game’s social media team have published a brief video of the drivers receiving a tour.

Led by Series Producer Kazunori Yamauchi, the clip is filled with obscure Gran Turismo references, such as an old CRT monitor playing one of the original games and model cars on shelves.

These include a Lotus Elise, Panoz Esperante GTR-1 and the headlight from a first-generation (E85) BMW Z4.

Among the paraphernalia is a very deliberate shot of a Caterham Seven Superlight R500.

This will be one of the cars in the next Gran Turismo 7 update, and it’s seen very clearly in-game.

Following the traditional teaser of cloaked cars by Yamauchi last week (Sunday 9th August), it was known that one of these gossamer sports cars would be included; now we know for certain it’s the Superlight R500.

This model was first created in 2008 before production ceased in 2014, with one of its biggest markets being Japan.