For decades, Toyota Avalon has been a popular retreat for North American retirees. The new generation model breaks with this picture, especially if the Toyota motorsport department drifts into the car here and there.
Toyota Racing Development (TRD) is heroically and successfully struggling to create a more dynamic, youthful image of Toyota. Until now, they have mainly built leisure cars and pickups for street (or offroad) athletes, but now Avalon TRD will soon be on the market with an aggressive aerodynamic accessory and a 301 strong six-cylinder petrol engine sedan.
Of course the car is front-wheel drive, so it is inherently unsuitable for sporty driving - many will say. To convince the doubters, Toyota invented a fun - and lined up Jarryd Wallace's paralympics to find a fun. According to the story, the guy (who has lost his leg as a professional runner but did not give up the fight, which he was congratulated by two paralympic gold medals and three world championships) built a special Avalon with his TRD staff to trap his father. Handbrake to slip the rear wheel - the rest will come in principle.
Of course the car was not driven by Jarryd and not by his father, but by a Japanese drift rider, certain Ken Gushi. To see how a 301-hp, 15-mm-mounted sedan behaves, if the two rear wheels do not rotate, you can watch it in the video below.
(Source: vezess.hu / photo: pixabay.com)