Toyota has revealed a brand new track-only racing model of its GR86 sports activities automotive for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia (TGRA) 86 Collection, which can debut in the beginning of the 2024 season.
Priced at $89,990, this turn-key racing package deal is predicated on the road-going Toyota GR86, however is double the value.
The racer has been developed and can be constructed and bought by Neal Bates Motorsport to make sure there’s parity throughout the paddock.
It’s obtainable for opponents to order now and there can be roughly 35 produced for the 2024 TGR 86 Collection.
This GR86 racer is totally 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 can 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 can be confirmed as soon as closing testing and validation is accomplished later within the yr.
As beforehand reported, the TGRA 86 Collection has been prolonged till at the very least the top of 2026, and it’ll additionally achieve a brand new feeder “Scholarship” collection in 2023.
Class administrator Neil Crompton advised media in April his focus stays on nurturing expertise in an inexpensive, approachable setting.
It presently prices $1500 per spherical to enter a automotive, and the directors advised media it’s potential 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 anticipated to do the job in each moist and dry situations.
Sitting beneath the flagship TGRA 86 Collection can be a brand new Scholarship class, which won’t solely present a house for the previous-generation racers, it can 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 can be put by way of their paces, with a seat behind the wheel of a GR86 Collection automotive throughout a race weekend up for grabs.
The 86 Collection has provided 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 part from the Yaris hatchback to the LandCruiser 300 off-roader.
“It is advisable to be the place the followers are, therefore this sort of exercise,” Toyota Australia chief advertising officer Vin Naidoo advised CarExpert in April this yr.
“Establishing a model takes numerous effort, and it must be executed in a number of disciplines. You’ll see us throughout quite a lot of disciplines, and it received’t be one dimension suits all.”
Toyota Australia solely launched the new-generation GR86 coupe in September this yr and has secured round 1100 models for the primary 12 months of gross sales – which is unlikely to come back near matching demand if historical past is any form of information.
There’s additionally a GR86 tenth Anniversary Version arriving domestically 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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