Toyota GT86 Dressed in Retro Liveries for Festival of Speed - AutoGuide.com
A sextuplet of Toyota GT86 coupes have been modified to resemble key cars from the Japanese automaker’s storied motorsport heritage. Five of the six cars that will be heading to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed have vinyl graphics laid over their factory body colors while the Esso Ultron Tiger Toyota GT86 received a full vehicle wrap to achieve the corrent orange base. The first of the six models is a Toyota GT86 inspired by the Yatabe Speed Trial Toyota 2000GT, which set three world records and 13 new international records for speed and endurance during a 72-hour event at the Yatabe High Speed Testing Course. Inspired by the Shelby Toyota 2000GT, the GT86 sporting a blue and white theme along with the number-33 on its doors pays homage to an SCCA race car that was prepared by racing legend Carroll Shelby. The third Toyota GT86, sporting a majority red shade was inspired by Ove Andersson’s Toyota Celica 1600GT that competed in numerous rally events including taking the class win and ninth position overall in the 1972 Daily Mirror RAC Rally. The early Team Toyota Andersson rally Celicas were the only cars in Toyota’s rallying history to never wear the automaker’s white base color livery. Instead of 17-inch wheels as found on the other two GT86s, this coupe wears 18×8. 5-inch Rotora RKR wheels. Source: www.autoguide.com
