This is the Toyota GT 86, formerly known as the FT-86, which has been created to lure young, fun-loving drivers back to a Toyota brand that has become dominated by big-selling but bland models. The front-engined, rear-drive 2+2 has been created in a close collaboration with Subaru, in which Toyota owns a 16.5 percent share, and will spawn three mechanically identical but differently styled cars: the GT 86 (its European name; in Japan it will simply be called “86”, the Subaru BRZ and, for the U.S. market, the Scion FR-S.Â
The 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Jan. 28-29, marks a half-century of top-level sports car racing on the high banks and twisting infield of Daytona International Speedway. We’re counting down to that milestone with a series of stories looking at some of the drivers, marques and stories that have shaped those 50 years. This week, The Racers’ Group boss Kevin Buckler and factory Porsche driver Jorg Bergmeister recall an amazing win in 2003 – at the wheel of a GT car.
Kevin Buckler and a few buddies took a winter vacation to Daytona International Speedway in January 1995Â Â …Â More