The Toyota GT 86 may have lost some of its appeal since arriving in 2012, but it's still capable of making the right kind of headlines. One of those times arrived when German driver Harald Muller set a world record->ke1948 for the longest drift. His car of choice? A specially prepared Toyota GT 86.

The record-breaking attempt happened in Samsun, Turkey on July 15th. During the event, Muller was able to drift the GT 86 a grand total of 89.55 miles, shattering the previous record of 51.278 miles set last year by BMW->ke178 Performance Center instructor Jeff Schwartz. Muller's performance is pretty incredible, one that was made even more impressive when you consider that he completed 612 laps in a somewhat continuous drift. The feat also took 2 hours, 25 minutes and 18 seconds, which is a pretty long time to go around in circles without even taking so much as a water break in between.

It's a pretty cool feat even though it seemed like the GT 86 appeared to lose momentum on a couple of occasions. But hey, a record's a record and Muller's performance was good enough to receive the Guinness Book of World Record's stamp of approval. Harald Muller now holds the record for longest drift, setting a new benchmark that a lot of drifters will probably try to break in the near future.

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