We Can't Rent This Camry, But Maybe We Can Track It

by Derek Kreindler

Published: November 4th, 2014

we can t rent this camry but maybe we can track it

TTAC’s authorial corps have been the lone contrarian element in their praise for the Toyota Camry – but not even Jack Baruth could have imagined a Camry XSE like the one that debuted at the SEMA show.

The “Camry” seen here is little more than a tube-framed dragster with the V8 engine and driveline out of a Toyota Tundra, along with a nitrous oxide system. The 850 hp dragster is said to be good for a sub-10 second quarter-mile. If it weren’t a one-off concept that is in no way street legal, it could almost be Toyota’s Hellcat.

#SEMA #Toyota #ToyotaCamry

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Stumpaster on Nov 05, 2014

How stupid

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Willyam on Nov 05, 2014

The perfect next vehicle for "Street Outlaws"...Farm truck and Azian?

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- NoGoYo on Nov 05, 2014
  
  Azn was the guy who put some huge turbo motor in a sh*tty VW Beetle? That thing was interesting.
  
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- 05lgt on Nov 05, 2014
  
  @NoGoYo Interesting, quick, and squirrelly as all get out. Short wheelbase, a$$ engined, anti-aero... Dude has serious huevos driving that thing fast, beside another car, and ("street" or closed course) without barriers.
  
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