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A Toyota Supra which can drift without any human interaction is being used to develop the next generation of autonomous driving technology.

“Essentially, we are trying to give regular drivers access to expert-level skills, when necessary,” says Toyota Research Institute’s Avinash Balachandran.

Toyota has developed ground-breaking technology yet again, building an autonomous vehicle capable of drifting around obstacles on a closed circuit.

A lot of technical wizardry had to be done on the Supra to make this happen

As the automotive community awaits the dawn of a fully autonomous, self-driving car, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has other things in mind. Care for a

Test Car Drifts Autonomously on a Closed Course