Due to the updates within the 2011 BTCC regulations every single of the teams running in this competition have had to make significant changes to their cars.
![2011 Toyota Avensis BTCC Racer](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/03/2011-Toyota-Avensis-BTCC-Racer-1.jpg)
Toyota’s efforts at the competition are handled by the privateer teams Dynojet Racing and Hughes Motorsport/Speedworks.
Their latest of creations sports a new engine, turbocharged of course as is fashionable these days with a final output standing at the shocking figure of 300 horsepower.
![2011 Toyota Avensis BTCC Racer](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/03/2011-Toyota-Avensis-BTCC-Racer-2.jpg)
All that grunt comes from a 2.0 liter engine with just four cylinders which appear to have some sort of Japanese work ethic once teamed with a turbo system.
GPR Motorsport handled the build process and they used bodyshells from the production line of Toyota’s Burnaston plant as a base.
Apart from that, nothing has anything to do with the sort of 2011 Toyota Avensis you may be interested in buying from your local dealer.
![2011 Toyota Avensis](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/03/2011-Toyota-Avensis.jpg)
Unlike the 2011 BTCC racing Chevrolet Cruze, the track burning Avensis hasn’t completed its testing yet and as a result it’s going to be in for a few rough early rounds.
Giving the 2011 Toyota Avensis BTCC a sporting chance will be professional racing drivers Frank Wrathall Jr. and Tony Hughes.