THE BIKE DEAL
If there was a category for ‘unlikeliest feature rig ever’, surely a Toyota Camry would rank somewhere near the top of the list, if not at the absolute apex of that metric. The mere utterance of the name ‘Camry’ generally kick-starts a wave of joking and derision, at least from a performance standpoint.
After all, the Camry has come to stand for nothing more than dependable transport for a few generations of taxi drivers, sales reps, and, of course, grandparents across the nation. We could even go so far as to say the platform is the automotive representation of the word ‘beige’. They’re not especially offensive in any sense; it ’s just more that the Camry has never really made even the slightest case for exciting motoring — at least until you’ve flipped to this page and cast your eyes across this slammed sedan from South Africa.
THE XV10 CAMRY NEVER CAME WITH A TWO-LITRE, BUT SUPER-TOURING REGULATIONS ALLOWED THE FITMENT OF AN ENGINE FROM WITHIN MANUFACTURER’S RANGE. ENTER THE PROVEN 3S-GE, BUILT BY TOM’S GB AND PLACED STRATEGICALLY LOW BETWEEN THE STRUTS OF THE CAR. IT’S GOOD FOR THE 300HP BALLPARK, ON PAR WITH PEERS OF THE ERA, HOWLING TO AN 8500RPM REV LIMIT THANKS TO QUAD THROTTLE BODIES TAKING HEARTY GULPS OF AIR THROUGH A CARBON AIR BOX
Serious Camry race cars can surely be counted on no more than two hands, or at least well within all 20 digits. For this
