The 1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. [1] The title, which was the seventeenth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, [2] was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship over a nine-round series. [3]
Each round was open to cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations which were based on international Group A Touring Car rules. Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the top ten placings in each class at each round. However, points were only allocated for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round [4] and only the best eight round results could be retained by each manufacturer. [5]
| Position | Manufacturer [6] | Car | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total |
| 1 | Nissan | Skyline DR30 RS | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (15) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 160 |
| BMW | M3 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (6) | 20 | 20 | 160 | |
| 3 | Holden | VK Commodore SS Group A VL Commodore SS Group A | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | (12) | 105 |
| 4 | Alfa Romeo | 75 Turbo | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | - | 4 | - | 10 | 77 |
| 5 | Ford | Sierra RS Cosworth | 8 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 20 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 76 |
| 6 | Toyota [7] | Celica RA40 Corolla Corolla GT | 6 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | 15 | 10 | 8 | 59 |
| 7 | Isuzu | Gemini | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | 24 [8] |
| 8 | Rover | SD1 Vitesse | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |