Toyota Has Made Three Le Mans-Inspired GT86s And We're In Love

Each of these GT86s wears a livery inspired by a famous Toyota sports racing car, and they're all stunning
Toyota Has Made Three Le Mans-Inspired GT86s And We're In Love

I know, I know - we’ve been here before. This isn’t the first time Toyota has done the whole retro racing car livery thing with GT86s, but how can you be mad when the results look like this?

The three cars have been created ahead of the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 86th running of the famous endurance race. What you did there, Toyota…we see it.

So, what’s the meaning behind them? Firstly, there’s the blue Casio-livered machine, which pays tribute to the 3.5-litre V10-powered TS010. Of the three cars that Toyota entered into Le Mans in 1992, two finished, taking 2nd and eighth places overall.

Toyota Has Made Three Le Mans-Inspired GT86s And We're In Love

Next up we have a red, white and black car which is intended to look like the TS020, better known as the GT-One. Finally, we have a GT86 with a wrap that riffs off the 2016 colour scheme of Toyota’s current TS050 Hybrid racer. 2016 was - you might remember - the year Toyota Gazoo Racing suffered heartbreak when the number 5 car retired from the lead just minutes before the end of the race.

Toyota Has Made Three Le Mans-Inspired GT86s And We're In Love

All cars have been given a Toyota high-level accessory rear spoiler, and the ride height of each GT86 has been dropped of 40mm via lowering springs. The fitting of Milltek Sport exhausts should ensure the cars sound suitably fruity, and as a finishing touch, Toyota has opted for three different sets of aftermarket wheels that have been “chosen to replicate the designs of the original racing wheels.”

Expect an up-close look at the Casio car soon, as next week Car Throttle will be driving the fantastically un-subtle beast to Circuit de la Sarthe.

Comments

BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

Wow

06/08/2018 - 11:56 |
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Anonymous

wait, they didnt use the esso livery of the tso20?
why? thats the most well known one of them all

06/08/2018 - 11:59 |
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Curtain Man

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

The red one is the Esso livery. Esso have closed down causing Toyota to improvise.

06/08/2018 - 15:14 |
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TheStigsAmerican Cousin

So would the red one brake down 5 minutes before you get to your destination?

06/08/2018 - 12:22 |
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honye

Probably with the same power output as always…

06/08/2018 - 13:04 |
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57)679&)8

Honda called they want there wing back

06/08/2018 - 13:05 |
11 | 0

lol true

06/08/2018 - 18:34 |
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Griffin Mackenzie

Stock power? Hahaha

06/08/2018 - 13:19 |
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Porsche 959 (CarThrottle's only Facel Vega fanboy, still act

BuT tHErE’s NO moRe PoWEr ThouGh

06/08/2018 - 14:17 |
8 | 0

Yasss. I love it

06/08/2018 - 15:17 |
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Wogmidget

And the best bit is that they can double as backups for when their LMP1s inevitably blow up at Le Mans

06/08/2018 - 15:48 |
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675LT_ftw

Still ain’t got any more horsepower…

06/08/2018 - 19:58 |
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