The Toyota GT 86 is becoming a favorite race car for a lot of upcoming racing series and apparently, it's headed for another one.

The Japanese automaker recently announced that they're bringing their new sports coupe to the Production Class of the British 24-hour Endurance Race. It will see action dressed with a livery inspired by the 1980's British Touring Car Championship-winning AE86 Corolla GT. As it currently stands, the car is still under development at the Buckinghamshire Technical Center of GPRM, these are the same folks responsible for building the BTCC Toyota Avensis racer from a few years ago.

Full specifications have not yet been revealed, but according to Toyota, the race-spec GT 86 will carry a host of racing modifications that the company explains will turn the sports car into a "competitive track machine" that will retain as much of the production version's specification as possible.

"We are concentrating our efforts on stripping back the chassis, lightening and strengthening it and of course equipping it with a roll cage and all the other safety gear required, as well as quick-refuelling equipment," said GPRM’s Gary Blackham.

"Other than that, the GT86 will remain essentially in road car form."

Since the British 24 Hour Endurance Race won't begin until the weekend of September 22nd at the Silverstone Grand Prix, we'll have more time to find out more about this race-spec GT 86 race car before it makes its endurance debut.

2013 Toyota GT-86 MSA British Endurance Race Car

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