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Toyota GT86 Rally Car For Customer Teams Confirmed
Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), the Japanese automaker's European motorsport division has announced it will build rally car versions of the GT86. It will be officially called TMG GT86 CS-R3 and will be targeted towards private customer teams.
Several automakers manage customer motorsport programmes which cater to private teams which enter specifically developed race specification variants of road cars in events world over. Toyota GT86 rally car will be one such car that will be developed to comply with R3 class specifications.
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This means the GT86 will feature six speed sequential transmission, limited slip differential, larger brakes, a slightly modified engine among other upgrades. The car will continue to be rear wheel driven and will be eligible to take part in all FIA sanctioned rallies including World Rally Championship.
Toyota Motorsport GT86 CS-R3 rally cars will be available for customer teams to purchase.
Nico Ehlert, Principal Engineer Customer Motorsport: "Rallying is in our blood at TMG so it is very exciting to announce that we will be expanding our rally operations. The GT86 CS-R3 promises to be a thrilling car on the rally stages; with rear-wheel drive we can expect some dramatic action which is sure to be entertaining for drivers and fans alike.
"Through our experience with the TMG GT86 Cup and the TMG GT86 CS-V3 race car we have built a solid infrastructure for customer motorsport over the past few years. We will draw on this to deliver a reliable, safe and high-performance car, plus all the required technical support, for our customers. We expect demand to be high so we are looking forward to seeing a lot of GT86 CS-R3 rally cars in action from the beginning of the 2015 season, he added."
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