Alongside the eighth-generation production sedan,
Toyota took the wraps off the NASCAR Cup-spec Camry at the Detroit Auto Show
this week.
You would expect to find a four- or six-cylinder engine, this Camry packs a 5.9-liter pushrod V8 kicking out 725 horsepower to the rear wheels through a four-speed manual transmission.
The design process, undertaken in collaboration
between Toyota Racing Development and the company's Calty Design studio, was
kept highly secretive so NASCAR fans would have no idea what was coming until
its debut.
The new Camry is set to hit the
track next month at Daytona – months before the production model reaches
showrooms in the summer. Star drivers Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin,
and Matt Kenseth are already lined up to drive it in the newly rebranded
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
