SARD heavily modified the front half of the MR2s chassis and completely replaced the rear with a custom setup in order to fit a twin-turbo version of the 4.0-liter 1UZ-FE V8 producing 600 bhp (447 kW).

[1] This is the first car which only used the frontal chassis of production and was effectively a purpose-built semi-sports-prototype that successfully got GT1 homologation.

Since the custom rear chassis and numerous dedicated components will lead to significant differences from the original MR2, a homologation car was constructed.

Only a few things like the relocated exhaust pipe and tires were modified for road legal use.

[1] After being seen at a few JGTCC races in 1997 & 1998 and featuring in a few Japanese magazines, it disappeared and was last seen seemly abandoned in a garage yard minus its powertrain [2]