With more than a 1000 cars and breathtaking graphics, there’s no shortage of impressive features when it comes to Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3. Now, a new feature can be added to the list as Sony hasannounced that GT5 will be one of the first titles to be available in 3D.

According to Sony’s Quore online magazine, Gran Turismo 5 will be among the six first titles that will be available in 3D this summer, joining other high-profile titles such as Killzone 2 and LittleBigPlanet.

Interestingly, the other five titles included in Sony’s maiden 3D push have all been released already, suggesting that Gran Turismo 5 would need to be released by summer to be part of this launch as announced. The summer release has not been confirmed by Sony apart from GT5 being listed as part of the 3D launch though.

To experience the first ever driving game in 3D, players need a pair of active-shutter 3D glasses, a Playstation 3 with the new 3D-enabled firmware that is due to be out this summer and a 3D-ready HD TV. The latter is the most expensive requirement, Sony’s range of Bravia HD 3D TVs starts around $3500 for a 46 inch model – It will take a while until this new experience will be affordable for everyone.

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi is currently in the United Kingdom, meeting the winners of the recent GT Academy competition. As usual, Yamauchi is a sought-after interview partner for various media outlets who are looking for more details on the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 title for the Playstation 3.

One of those interviewing Yamauchi was Autoblog UK that published the following statement:

AutoBlog UK: Can you explain more about the difference between premium and standard cars in the new GT5?

Yamauchi: Standard models won’t have an interior view, less detailing and no crash model. The problem is that premium models take a lot of time to create and we wanted to include many more vehicles than before. To make premium versions of all the cars we want to put in would take ten years or more and I don’t think people are prepared to wait long!

That statement directly contradicts the January article in the Official Playstation Magazine that confirmed that all cars will be having a cockpit view and the difference between premium and standard model is about the latter having a less sophisticated damage-model including no cockpit damage.

Keep in mind that Yamauchi usually relies on a translator for these kinds of interviews so this might just be a case of something getting lost in translation. Assuming it is true indeed, this statement would be a huge blow for Gran Turismo 5 as most of the title’s 1000 cars are what Polyphony Digital calls standard models that would be coming without a cockpit view.