{"product_id":"honda-nsx-gt3-team-upgarage-n-188-gt300-class-super-gt-2020-takashi-kobayashi-kosuke-matsuura-179329","title":"Honda NSX GT3 Team Up Garage No. 188 Kobayashi Matsuura Super GT GT300 2020 Spark Model 1:43","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 1:43 scale model car from Spark Model capturing the Up Garage-liveried Honda NSX GT3 of Kobayashi and Matsuura, raced in the 2020 Super GT GT300 class during an unusually compressed championship calendar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe No. 188 Honda NSX GT3 is one of the more recognisable GT300 entries in recent Super GT history. Running under the Team Up Garage banner, the car carried the branding of Up Garage — a well-established Japanese used-car parts retailer — and entrusted the wheel to Takashi Kobayashi and Kosuke Matsuura for the 2020 campaign. Spark Model has documented this entry in resin at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e, adding it to the brand's ongoing SGT series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"nsx-gt3-platform\"\u003eThe NC1 Platform Built for GT3 Competition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Honda NSX GT3 is derived from the NC1-generation NSX road car and developed in collaboration between JAS Motorsport and Honda Racing Corporation. For GT3 homologation, the road car's SH-AWD hybrid system was removed entirely, leaving a rear-wheel-drive configuration powered by a 3.5-litre twin-turbocharged V6. Output is managed under Balance of Performance regulations, as is standard across the GT3 class globally. The result is a purpose-built racing machine sharing its fundamental architecture with a road car produced in low volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"super-gt-2020-gt300\"\u003eCar No. 188 and the 2020 GT300 Season\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Super GT season ran a reduced schedule of seven rounds due to COVID-19 restrictions, visiting circuits including Fuji Speedway, Autopolis, Sugo and Motegi. Within this condensed calendar, the No. 188 Team Up Garage entry — fielded with Takashi Kobayashi and Kosuke Matsuura sharing duties — competed in the GT300 class throughout the season. The Up Garage livery has a consistent presence in the GT300 paddock across multiple seasons, making it immediately identifiable to regular followers of the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"spark-model-143-resin\"\u003eSpark Model's SGT Series at 1:43\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpark Model produces this replica in resin, the material consistent with the brand's \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e racing car range. The SGT series represents one of the very few sources for \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e scale model coverage of GT300 machinery — a segment that attracts relatively limited attention from other manufacturers at this scale. The model reproduces the No. 188 car's livery and race number, with Kobayashi and Matsuura listed as the drivers for the 2020 Super GT GT300 entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"display-cabinet\"\u003eIn the Display Cabinet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e, this model sits naturally alongside other Spark SGT releases from the 2020 season — such as the No. 360 Team Mach entry — as well as earlier Up Garage and Team Mach NSX GT3 models from the 2018–2019 seasons. For collectors focused on Japanese domestic motorsport, the Up Garage livery carries strong visual identity across multiple years and makes a coherent thematic group with other GT300 NSX GT3 entries from the same era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPARK MODEL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56285939630464,"sku":"SGT002","price":78.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-sgt002-front34.jpg?v=1792087376","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/honda-nsx-gt3-team-upgarage-n-188-gt300-class-super-gt-2020-takashi-kobayashi-kosuke-matsuura-179329","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}