Tenrai Solstice GTS

The **Tenrai Solstice GTS** is a Trophy Tourer created by The Cherrybomber.

## Details

The Solstice GTS is a touring car/GT3 Race car developed by Tenrai in collaboration with Magnum.
It is based on the platform of the Argon sports sedan, boasting a turbocharged 2.4L VR4 engine that was able to be tuned to produce a hefty 340 brake horsepower. When it all came to the drivetrain, the car was all wheel drive, with 60% power going to the front wheels, and 40% going to the rear wheels, while producing 430 ft-lb of torque.

The body was lightened with an aluminum body, and a heavily stripped chassis, while a light aero kit was fitted, complete with a sizeable boot mounted rear wing and bolted-on fender frames. The car was relatively light weight, weighing in at 2,157 pounds, which gave it an impressive 0-60 of four seconds, which at the time was the average time of a supercar to go from a standstill to sixty miles per hour.

The car was regarded as a very impressive vehicle, despite being front wheel drive, as it had managed to humiliate Wulff's Presto Nova B5 Trophy Tourer in the Mid Ohio 400 mile race, as well as the 6 hours of Laguna Seca and the 10 hours of Sonoma races, which gave it the reputation of being the *Wulff Killer.* It was able to easily outrun almost anything made by Gyoza, Wulff, Logan, Patriot and Ozutsu, to the point where it was completely outlawed from racing in professional-amateur racing in 1995, after it had managed to garner three wins out of five in the 1995 Thundersaloons racing championship, against multiple V8 powered rivals, also giving it a reputation of being *a four banger with the power of an eight banger.*

The vehicle raced in the North American Touring Car Championship and had even competed in the 24 Hours of Thunder Hill race, finishing in an impressive 2nd place in the 24 Hours of Thunder Hill, behind a Bluebird Tantive, despite still putting up more than a fight against the V8 monster, and was able to hold a lead over it until the final three laps. In due course, it went on to compete in the 1999 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT3 category. The car's engine was remapped from 340 brake horsepower to 630 brake horsepower while the drivetrain was converted to be completely all wheel drive rather than front wheel drive, where it was able openly finish first place, about three seconds ahead of a custom built Italia Tauromachia, and another Bluebird Tantive. Eventually, it went on to compete in the British GT Championship from late 1999 to 2003, where it was officially retired after the 2003 British GT Championship, where it raced alongside a Tenrai Xylem VII bearing a Fallen livery.

Eventually in 2006, Tenrai collaborated with Magnum once again to produce a limited-edition of the Solstice GTS, which was badged as a Magnum vehicle, under the name of the *Magnum Blackhawk TSM.* The limited edition trim still featured certain parts of the Solstice GTS, such as the fenders and the hood. Despite the trim only produced 350 brake horsepower for legal reasons and produced 70% power to the front wheels and 30% power to the rear wheels, and featured a relatively simple but racing oriented interior. Only 600 examples of the TSM-II were produced, each one having a retail price of $20,000 USD, and only being sold at corporate verified Magnum dealerships in the Southern United States.

After a very successful life of being a race car, Tenrai comissioned RalliSport to manufacture eight replicas of the Solstice GTS, where three were sold to private collectors, and seven were eventually purchased by Mash in 2019 for the Pandrosian MotorStorm rally, for $75,000 dollars each. The MotorStorm Race Authority (M.R.A.) Had the mechanics specially modify the car to be able to survive impacts, by reinforcing the car's chassis and body, at the price of making it a heavier car, while remapping the power to 700 horsepower in an attempt to retain the car's impressive performance, despite the 0-60 time went from four seconds to six seconds.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* It is based on the Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-X, but with widebody wheel arches, the headlights of the FTO (also made by Mitsubishi), and the taillights of a BMW 540i.
* The Solstice GTS is based off of a Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-X that raced in the 1999 24 Hours of Daytona, where it had managed to achieve an impressive first in class, despite placing 24th overall.