Toyota Shows Off Custom Corolla Hatches and Tundras at SEMA
Toyota once again
brought out a fleet of custom show cars to the SEMA Show in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Unlike last year when it had the outrageous
C-HR R-Tuned and a number of NASCAR-modified
Camrys, Toyota chose to highlight the Corolla hatchback and
Tundra pickup truck for this year’s show. Check out all of
Toyota’s SEMA vehicles below.
Tundra Pie Pro
Toyota attracted all the hungry SEMA Show attendees to its
booth with this pizza-making Tundra . The Pie Pro is a fully
automated, mobile pizza kitchen on wheels. Built by Toyota’s
Motorsports Technical Center in collaboration with Pizza Hut, the
truck can make a fresh pizza in about seven minutes from when
it’s ordered. We wish we could say the truck is also
pizza-powered, but it instead relies on a hydrogen fuel-cell
electric powertrain that only emits water vapor from the tailpipe.
This means the truck has an almost non-existent carbon footprint,
according to Toyota. Robots from Nachi Robotics Systems make and
cook the pies in TurboChef conveyor ovens.
SoCal Kustomz Corolla
This is SoCal Kustomz first venture into the import scene and
the company’s first SEMA build project. The garage specializes in
restoring American muscle cars, and applied those skills to this
Corolla hatchback project. The builders fabricated custom intake
and exhaust systems for the hatch, and also adapted a Nitrous
Express injection system for extra power. The Corolla rides on
Motegi MR138 wheels shod in Nexen N’Fera SUR4G high-performance
tires. Inside, the Corolla is upholstered in leather with SoCal
Kustomz logos.
Muscle Tuner Automotive Corolla
In tribute to the classic Corolla AE86, the Muscle Tuner
Automotive Corolla features a custom wrap with AE86 cues like the
black lateral rocker panel strip and white-on-black Toyota
lettering on the front bumper. Exterior modifications continue with
an aluminum front splitter, a rear diffuser, side spoilers, and
front bumper canards and winglets. But the custom hatch isn’t all
show and no go, as the builders installed a Nitrous Express
injection system, a custom 3-inch intake system, and a custom
straight-pipe exhaust with Magnaflow muffler and 3.5-inch tips.
Using a prototype coil-over suspension setup from RS-R Japan, the
Corolla is lowered on Rays Gram Light Model 57 Extreme wheels
wrapped in Bridgestone RE-71R performance tires.
Papadakis Racing Corolla
The
Papadakis Corolla was built to compete in the Formula Drift Pro
series, and is a joint project of Toyota Racing Development (TRD)
and Papadakis Racing. The team, led by well-known sport compact
racer Stephan Papadakis, tore down the hatch to the bare chassis
and rebuilt the center section to house the transmission and
driveline for the rear-drive conversion. The factory engine was
replaced with an 850-hp 2.7-liter I-4 Toyota 2AR-FE engine that
uses a BorgWarner EFR 8374 turbocharger and nitrous oxide. TRD and
renowned car illustrator Jon Sibal designed and manufactured the
custom wide-body panels and the “old school meets new school”
TRD-Blue Flame livery. The turbo-back exhaust is custom and the
hatch rides on Motegi Racing MR133 wheels shod in Nexen N’Fera
SUR4G tires. Customization continues inside with Sparco racing
seats and a Papadakis Racing roll cage.
Super Street Corolla
Our friends at Super Street created a sleek Corolla hatchback
that looks like it came straight from Tokyo Auto Salon. Upgrades
like RS-R coil-overs, Wilwood Superlite brake calipers with drilled
and slotted rotors, and Volk Racing TE37 Saga wheels shod in Falken
FK510 tires will help the hatch hold its own on the track or in the
canyons. The titanium exhaust tips from the A’PEXi quad system,
the Avery Dennison body wrap, and the Auto Tuned carbon-fiber front
lip, side skirts, and rear spats add lots of visual candy. Inside,
the heated Corbeau Sportline RRS bucket seats and Pioneer audio
system spice things up.
Hoonigan Corolla
High-performance driving videos like those in
Ken Block’s long-running Gymkhana series typically feature
fast cars performing unbelievable stunts. But what you don’t
usually see is the car that’s capturing those stunts, a vehicle
that has to keep pace with whatever it’s shooting and be highly
capable in its own right. The team at Hoonigan, led by car
photographer Larry Chen, turned their Corolla hatch into a chase
car for video production. But unlike most camera vehicles, this
Corolla hatch can be safely driven on the streets because the crane
and video gear (not pictured) can be disassembled and packed into
cases that fit in the hatch. The Hoonigan Corolla’s camera rig
uses a Motocrane Ultra crane, a Freefly Movi XL gimbal, a Red
Dragon camera, a Canon 17-120mm lens, and a Tilta Nucleus focusing
system. Hoonigan, inspired by Corolla rally cars from the ’90s,
modified the hatchback with 17-inch Fifteen52 Integrale wheels
wrapped in Yokohama Advan Neova AD08R tires, Hella spotlights, an
ARP Performance bumper lip, a Wrap Legends body wrap, and RS-R
performance springs.
Kevin Costner Tundra Platinum
What looks like a zombie-apocalypse truck is actually Kevin
Costner’s personal project and full-size toy. The actor and
director worked with Toyota and Complete Customs to transform the
Tundra into an extreme outdoor rig that features a 4.5-inch BDS
lift on Fox coil-overs and shocks, custom fabricated front and rear
bumpers that incorporate Warn winches and Rigid Industries light
bars, a two-piece roof rack attached to an ARE V Series bed shell,
and Method Racing wheels cocooned in beefy 35-inch Nitto Ridge
Grappler tires. A Dometic dual-zone cooler and Lock’erdown safes
are equipped inside. The Tundra accompanies Kevin Costner to his
on-location film shoots and outdoor excursions.
Source: Toyota
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