Gran Turismo – Creator Kaz Yamauchi Talks Vision Gran Turismo

Jalopnik’s Matt Hardigree presents the opening night kickoff discussion at the Jalopnik Film Festival.
Panel participants include Kazunori Yamauchi, James Glickenhaus,Tamir Moscovici, and Ken Block. Of course you all know Kazunori Yamauchi as the creator of PlayStation®’s best-selling Gran Turismo franchise.

Kaz explains his vision, behind “Vision Gran Turismo” a unique partnership with a number of leading automotive manufacturers, design houses and other leading global brands. Design teams from Alfa Romeo, Alpine, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bertone, GM Design, Honda, Infiniti, Italdesign Giugiaro, JORDAN Brand, Mercedes-Benz, Nike, Nissan, Peugeot, SRT(Chrysler), Volkswagen and Zagato will create concept models giving a unique insight into the future of the automotive sector.

Their designs will then be recreated as working cars for the new Gran Turismo®6 game due for release on 6th December, 2013. The initiative celebrates 15 years of the 70-million-selling franchise and is known as “Vision Gran Turismo”.