Toyota GR86 race automobile priced at $89,990

Toyota has revealed a brand new track-only racing model of its GR86 sports activities automobile for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia (TGRA) 86 Collection, which can debut at the beginning of the 2024 season.

Priced at $89,990, this turn-key racing package deal relies on the road-going Toyota GR86, however is double the value.

The racer has been developed and will probably be constructed and offered by Neal Bates Motorsport to make sure there’s parity throughout the paddock.

It’s out there for rivals to order now and there will probably be roughly 35 produced for the 2024 TGR 86 Collection.

This GR86 racer is absolutely stripped-out and includes a full roll cage, a single racing seat with six-point harness, in addition to a “motorsport spec” steering wheel, digital management unit (ECU) and devices.

There are additionally management wheels and Dunlop tyres, plus upgraded suspension, brakes, exhaust, oiler cooler and clutch.

Toyota claims that most engine energy and torque will probably be roughly 10 per cent greater than the road-going GR86, which produces 174kW of energy and 250Nm of torque from its 2.4-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder boxer engine.

The corporate says that different efficiency specs will probably be confirmed as soon as ultimate testing and validation is accomplished later within the yr.

As beforehand reported, the TGRA 86 Collection has been prolonged till no less than the top of 2026, and it’ll additionally acquire a brand new feeder “Scholarship” collection in 2023.

Class administrator Neil Crompton instructed media in April his focus stays on nurturing expertise in an inexpensive, approachable setting.

It presently prices $1500 per spherical to enter a automobile, and the directors instructed media it’s attainable to compete for lower than $5000 per race weekend.

Groups are solely allowed to make use of one set of tyres per race weekend, and the management Dunlop rubber is predicted to do the job in each moist and dry circumstances.

Sitting under the flagship TGRA 86 Collection will probably be a brand new Scholarship class, which is not going to solely present a house for the previous-generation racers, it would act as a feeder into the flagship GR Collection; itself a feeder into classes similar to Supercars.

The quickest drivers after a five-race championship will probably be put by way of their paces, with a seat behind the wheel of a GR86 Collection automobile throughout a race weekend up for grabs.

The 86 Collection has equipped three of the 4 888 Racing drivers for Supercars in 2022.

As for why Toyota helps the GR 86 Collection? It’s all about constructing curiosity within the burgeoning Gazoo Racing model, which has now been utilized to every thing from the Yaris hatchback to the LandCruiser 300 off-roader.

“You’ll want to be the place the followers are, therefore this type of exercise,” Toyota Australia chief advertising officer Vin Naidoo instructed CarExpert in April this yr.

“Establishing a model takes a number of effort, and it needs to be completed in a number of disciplines. You’ll see us throughout numerous disciplines, and it gained’t be one dimension suits all.”

Toyota Australia solely launched the new-generation GR86 coupe in September this yr and has secured round 1100 items for the primary 12 months of gross sales – which is unlikely to come back near matching demand if historical past is any type of information.

There’s additionally a GR86 tenth Anniversary Version arriving regionally in late 2022, restricted to simply 86 examples. It has a brand new orange exterior paint color that’s matched with a two-tone black and orange inside, in addition to orange embroidery on the door trims.

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