Millions of people have driven their Toyota to a shopping mall, but few have actually driven right through the middle of one.
Toyota Gazoo Racing organized a drift race through a dead mall for a video to promote the 2022 GR86. Three frigid days of filming at the Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles, Ill., left the tiled corridors covered in arcing black burnout marks.
“We wanted a unique location for this one, and we’re so lucky to have found an abandoned mall outside of Chicago,” producer Elliot Blanco said in a statement. “With the perfect location, amazing cars and amazing drivers, we were able to push them to the limit and make an incredibly epic film.”