How Can Toyota Race A V8 In Nascar (sprint) But Doesn’t Offer A Choice Of V8 In Its Camry?

10 Responses to “How Can Toyota Race A V8 In Nascar (sprint) But Doesn’t Offer A Choice Of V8 In Its Camry?”

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   Hawk M said:

   Feb 08, 10 at 12:42 am

   The same way Ford and Chevy race “front wheel drive” cars.
   How long do you think THAT drive train would last, in NASCAR?
   If the manufacturers had to race real cars, the Charger would win every week.
   (Hemi and tru rear wheel drive)

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   John H said:

   Feb 08, 10 at 7:05 am

   That would be really slick if Toyota offered one of their truck V-8′s in the Camry.
   I think that NASCAR rules have gone down hill in the modern era. Once upon a time, a manufacturer had to offer for sale to the public at least 500 units with the same body/engine configuration that was to be raced.
   I think the first really big deviation came from Ford when they got NASCAR to approve the 2 door / V-8 Taurus model. Then came the Lumina Chevy along with the Olds Cutlas, which had deteriorated into a front wheel drive V-6.
   I think NASCAR ought to go back to the old days and make manufacturers race what they build. That was when they raced STOCK cars. Once upon a time the public could identify with and judge the performance of cars by what happened in NASCAR and the drag strip. Nowadays, they are racing nothing but formula built vehicles. I find it really hard to relate any more.
   But I did have one helluva good time turning a few laps at Charlotte while attending the Andretti-Gordon racing school.

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   Wedge_An said:

   Feb 08, 10 at 9:56 am

   Ford doesn’t offer a V8 Fusion either but no one complains about Fords do they. Hell the only Fords you can get with a V8 are Mustangs and F-Series trucks. How long did Dodge run the Intrepid which never had a V8, a few years actually. BTW Chevy also ran few models that never came with V8′s notably the Lumina and 93-99 Monte Carlo. So basically the only models that you can get a choice of a V8 on are the Charger and the Impala, and if Dodge had stuck with the Avenger guess what no V8 there either.
   Actually John H. the Chevy Lumina/Pontiac Grand Prix FWD models predated the Taurus in NASCAR. The last E-Body Monte Carlo was the 1988 model year, and 1989 was the first year of the Lumina. Ford didn’t start running the Taurus until 1994 and even then some teams used the old T-Bird body.

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   fluffy said:

   Feb 08, 10 at 3:53 pm

   Because the engine is built strictly for competition in NASCAR but is not put into production for their passenger vehicles. But it may contribute the advancement of their trucks. Toyota doesn’t have the urgency to build an 8 cylinder engine, when they can build a more efficient engine in a smaller package build for the publics needs, for our current fuel demands. NASCAR engines are built for phenomenal horsepower regardless of fuel consumption. The American automotive industry used to build their cars to go fast with no regard to fuel consumption, until federal mandated dictated the American automotive industry to regulate fuel consumption in 1971. The foreign auto makers didn’t see the use for giant. massive, behemoths, of automobile as a status symbol, they applied technology (fuel injection etc.) while the American automotive industry struggled with it’s stigma that bigger was better. By the time evolution changed the American auto industry, foreign car companys (Toyota, VW) were satisfying the American market. Toyota is such a major contributor to the Automotive industry that when NASCAR allowed them to compete it was only recognizable that they would be allowed to enter a v-8 into competition. So that’s basically how that happened. And the chassis of the cars aren’t stock anymore, so the make of the car is just a representative of that auto makers model.

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   mustang6 said:

   Feb 08, 10 at 8:34 pm

   NASCAR will allow what they can profit from.
   The only car represented that’s sold with a V8 is the Dodge Charger.
   If you want to see cars race that are in an actual stock condition, then look into drag racing or SCCA. NASCAR firmly believes that creating an entertaining show (and I can’t emphasize “show” enough) is more important than racing.
   And racing is defined as speed created through innovation.

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   Tbone said:

   Feb 09, 10 at 2:20 am

   And how many Chevys, Fords, and Dodges come stock with 750 HP motors, 850CFM Holley carbs, and dual headers?
   Yah gettin it?

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   Bow-legged Snake said:

   Feb 09, 10 at 7:28 am

   Toyota owns Nascar now !!! They said they’d run a V-10 if they wanted too !!

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   NascarFi said:

   Feb 09, 10 at 11:57 am

   The only thing that makes it a “Camry” is when they put the sticker on it that says “Camry”……..

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   9Budweis said:

   Feb 09, 10 at 2:32 pm

   What Toyota wants to do Toyota does.

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    gloria_5 said:

    Feb 09, 10 at 8:36 pm

    Tbone said it all!
    Go Jr.>>>>

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