Toyota’s custom cars for SEMA, ready for rallies, drag and more

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After completing its lineup of GR sports cars this year with the launch of the GR Corolla 2023, Toyota didn’t miss an opportunity to show what it could do for SEMA. Alongside the Corolla, the GR86 and GR Supra received the custom treatment this year, and the cars’ styles span almost every type of sporty driving: rally, drift, drag, and street racing. Let’s take a look.

GR Corolla Rally Concept

This one (pictured above) might be our favorite of the Toyota cars on display. The GR Yaris might have been the car designed for international rally racing, but the bigger and more powerful GR Corolla we’re getting is just as deserving. The Corolla name also has rally heritage, with examples in Castrol livery racing in the WRC in the late 1990s. This car isn’t exactly designed for world rallies and lacks the Castrol colors, but it’s still cool and dirt and gravel ready. It’s based on the Circuit Edition fairing, and the body is the obviously updated part. It has flared steel fenders that add six inches of width overall. They have functional air vents and the aerodynamic improvements are completed with carbon fiber side skirts, front splitter and rear wing. Tein Rallye coilovers are mounted along with 17-inch OZ wheels with fat tires. The engine is mostly untouched aside from a high-flow intake and magnaflow exhaust. Transmission and engine oil coolers are fitted for extended racing use, and a Wilwood handbrake setup is provided for tight corners. Interior features are mostly stock except for the roll cage, racing seats, fire suppression system, spare tire mount and rally intercom. Actually not the Warehouse.

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GR Supra 10 second twins

We didn’t even say Toyota owed us a 10 second car, but we got two. The company wanted to show what was possible with the car on a “modest” budget of $10,000 (in addition to the cost of the car, of course). The Toyota Motorsports Garage team applied this requirement to a pair of Supras, each of which featured the same modifications. The straight-six gets a single-turbo conversion from Pure Turbo, along with dual intercoolers, a catless downpipe, a 3.5-inch exhaust, and ECU tuning. The changes bring the power to 620 horsepower and 590 pound-feet. Sweat wheels are used front and rear, with fat 305mm Mickey Thompson ET Street Drag tires in the rear and skinny up front. The rear axles have been upgraded and it gets a new radiator and transmission cooler. The suspension has been upgraded with adjustable coilovers, but the brakes are almost stock except for new Hawk pads. Inside, the only changes include a six-point harness and harness bar.

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GR86 Daily Drifter

This GR86 drift car was put together by automotive and motorsport photographer Larry Chen. It was designed to be a good balance between a drift car and something that can be used for regular commuting. It puts out around 300 horsepower with the addition of an intercooler kit from HKS along with a MagnaFlow cat-back exhaust. The engine is better cooled with an improved radiator. The suspension is highly adjustable with new coilovers, wishbones, stabilizer end links and a steering angle kit. A 1.5-way limited-slip differential is helpful for getting the car sideways. Additional struts stiffen the chassis. The interior features a Sparco racing seat and six-point harness, as well as a Vivid Racing steering wheel and short-shift kit. The exterior looks race ready with a Seibon carbon fiber hood and a range of carbon parts from HKS including a front splitter, side skirts, rear fascia and wings. It is rounded off by Motegi wheels, Type S underbody lighting and custom vinyl wrapping.

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