Vision Gran Turismo

Vision Gran Turismo is a project lead by the creator of the series, and the CEO of Polyphony Digital, Kazunori Yamauchi, involving 19 of world's leading automotive companies.

The Project
The description was taken from the Gran Turismo Official Website.

The project started from the words of Kazunori Yamauchi. "Would you be willing to design your rendition of Gran Turismo for us?" The name of the video game "Gran Turismo"=GT, refers to a 2 door sportscar, a grand touring car in the automotive world.

The worlds automotive manufacturers who have answered the call are now delivering new Gran Turismo's one after another. Vision Gran Turismo is a 15th anniversary festival that will be hosted by automotive manufacturers, Gran Turismo, and users around the globe. The cars delivered will appear one after another in Gran Turismo 6, and as everyone drives these cars, the ring of the festival will continue to grow.

Participating Companies
So far, there are 19 companies from around the world that are participating in Vision Gran Turismo. (As of 20 August 2013)
 * Alfa Romeo
 * Alpine
 * Aston Martin
 * Audi
 * Bertone
 * BMW
 * GM Design
 * Honda
 * Infiniti
 * Italdesign Giugiaro
 * Jordan
 * Lexus (listed in the Asian version of the trailer, but not listed at the US website)
 * Mercedes-Benz
 * Nike
 * Nissan
 * Peugeot
 * SRT
 * Volkswagen
 * Zagato

Concept Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz was the first manufacturer to release it's "Vision Gran Turismo" concept car, with it's Mercedes-Benz Vision Gran Turismo Concept Car that was unveiled at the 2013 LA Auto Show. All vehicles made in the project will be added to GT6 by updates.