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Toyota 86 wins first 24 Hours Nurburgring race

TOYOTA 86
By David Zalstein |
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The Toyota 86 has proven its sporting metal at the 40th ADAC 24 Hours Nurburgring claiming two class wins in its first attempt at the motorsport marathon.

Gazoo Racing’s Toyota 86 (pictured top) took first place in its SP3 class while completing 129 laps of ‘The Green Hell’ to finish overall in 46th position.

The V3 class victory went to the Toyota Swiss Racing 86, completing 119 laps for an overall finished of 78th place.

Toyota had even more to celebrate with the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA (pictured above) completing 147 laps on its way to finishing first in its fifth 24 Hours Nurburgring with a class win in SP8 and a 15th place overall finish.

Audi took top honours for the weekend winning its first overall victory in the iconic endurance race with a one-two finish for the Audi R8 LMS ultra (pictured below) in the GT3 class ahead of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and 2011 winner Porsche.

Australians will get their first taste of the road-going Toyota 86 when the car launches on June 4, 2012.


 
  • Smart US

    Gazoo Racing’s Toyota 86 – is behind twin-charged 86 so I bet its this mod car not the atmo… well done – marketing up and running 

    • F1MotoGP

      Overall Toyota finished 46th. 2nd (47th) was Renault Clio. Toyota fastest lap was 10:22.014 on lap 76, Renault 10:13.257 on lap 47. 3rd was Opel Manta 4th another Clio.  The second Toyota 86 finished 65th.
      Lexus LFA finished 15th overall 1st in class. 2nd was Aston Martin Zagato, 3rd Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

      • RSC200

        … and I bet you that Clio is NA.

        Hahahahahaha

    • Phunken

      Well mod car can’t work if the basic ain’t right so it is a good thing. And yes marketing win cos thats what Toyota design brief for the 86 is all about, getting tuners to have fun with it. So yes win win mate.

  • Guest

    The latest Wheels Magazine had a good review of the Toyota 86, but suggested that starting price is expected to be $38K, higher than what was previously anticipated.

    • Roadtard

      Wheels don’t know squat.  They make these bold statements and reveal forthcoming new model designs, which often prove so far wide of the mark it isn’t funny.  Case in point is the VEII SS they “revealed” a few months out from the official unveiling in 2010.  The car itself looks nothing like Wheels’ rendering!

      • Guest

        As if I care what you think. You are delusional.

        • Craig Thompson

          No, I am delusional!

      • Noddy

        Who gives a toss. They can actually write a proper, journalistic article that has the guts to say when a car is bad or not. 

      • Phunken

        Don’t read if you think you know better.

      • Sumpguard

        Agree with Roadtard. They know squat except how to put what I believe to be deliberately misleading crap on their covers to sell magazines. Wheels lost its integrity (and my father’s gift subscription and my own subscription) years ago!

      • Kaas

        Well you’re a nobody as well.

        Its funny, when Wheels awarded Golf GTI Car of the year a few years back, Wheels was Bible in Oz.

        When they credit Holden and Ford, same reaction… most of the time from either Ford or Holden fans.

        When they award Volkswagen awards after awards, they seem respected.

        But a praise to Toyota and they dont matter all of a sudden.

        Actually, ALMOST every car magazine I’ve seen has nothing but praised for the 86… lowest score was 8/10 I think… and thats because they dissed the Interior… wow.

        And regarding the “concept” photos they show…. well GM, Ford etc likes to leak out “early” concept designs to them…. usually 6 months or more after the final styling/design has been chosen…. this way, it keeps interests HIGH without leaking out CONFIDENTIAL information.

        • Roadtard

          Kaas, but why proclaim these early concept designs to be the real deal?  And with ‘SCOOP!’ plastered all over them?

          The offending image I refer to is still available to view on their website.  Search Holden stories.  It’s there – in bright orange!

    • http://www.ozft86.com.au/ OZFT86

      The Wheels article is probably inaccurate as it was probably written a few weeks/months back. The release date in the Calender is said to be an old rumoured date and pricing from Toyota is said to be below that of the GTI.

  • F1MotoGP

    No Lexus LFA and Nissan GTR in Top10. First Japanes is Lexus 15th. BMW engine is smaller than Lexus. Why Lexus is in different class? Lexus this way never beats the German cars!

    24 Hours Nurburgring Top 10

    1.
    Basseng/Haase/Stippler/Winkelhock (Audi R8 LMS ultra), 155 laps
    2. Abt/Ammermüller/Hahne/Mamerow (Audi R8 LMS ultra) + 3m 35.303s
    3. Frankenhout/Simonsen/Kaffer/Arnold (Mercedes-Benz) + 11m 31.116s
    4. Leinders/Palttala/Martin (BMW) – 1 lap
    5. Fässler/Mies/Rast/Stippler (Audi R8 LMS ultra) – 4 laps
    6. Abbelen/Schmitz/Brück/Huisman (Porsche) – 4 laps
    7. Müller/Müller/Alzen/Adorf (BMW) – 5 laps
    8. Hürtgen/Schwager/Bastian/Adorf (BMW) – 5 laps
    9. Klingmann/Wittmann/Göransson/Lamy (BMW) – 5 laps
    10. Zehe/Hartung/Rehfeld/Bullitt (Mercedes-Benz) – 5 laps
     

    • Gank

       Theres is no Toyota in the Top 10, as the Top 10 are top of the range luxury sportscars.  I think 15th for a “daily driver” in comparison to Audi R8 LMS Ultra is more then respectable.  It’s a down right achievement