Care for a 680HP Toyota Camry Coupe with a NASCAR Flair? [Gallery & Video]

When is a fairly new Toyota Camry worthy of making it on a coveted auction list like the one from RK Motors among other special automobiles? Why, when it has been turned inside out and upside-down, naturally. As you can see from the pictures, this is no ordinary Camry but a special concept created as a collaboration between RK Motors and Toyota for the 2010 SEMA Show.

Inspired by NASCAR, the fully functional model sports a custom fabricated, two-door body with a two-tone paint-job, special aero enhancements, side exhaust pipes and TRD wheels. The same racing flair can be found inside the five-seat (four if you want to be realistic) cabin that has been individualized with TRD accessories.

That’s all fine and dandy, but the real kicker about the NASCAR Edition Camry Coupe is what lies under the hood: a 358 cubic inch or 5.9-liter TRD NASCAR V8 delivering 680 horsepower at 8500rpm, linked to a Tremec T-56 Magnum six-speed manual transmission with a Ram dual-disc street clutch.

According to the release, “racecar handling is achieved through modified MacPherson struts in the front and a Venza-modified multi-link independent rear suspension”.

Despite these heavy modifications, the car was made to be street-legal. However, RK Motors does note that it “may not be emissions compliant in all 50 states”.

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