The 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 27th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began on 2 March 1986 at Amaroo Park and ended on 13 July at Oran Park Raceway after ten rounds.
The championship was won by Auckland (New Zealand) resident Robbie Francevic driving a factory backed Volvo 240T, the first time the championship had been won by a non-Australian resident and the first ATCC won by a turbocharged car. Francevic, who won Rounds 1, 2 and 4, defeated George Fury driving a Nissan Skyline DR30 who won Rounds 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10 of the series. Peter Brock won round 6 at Surfers Paradise (his last ATCC win until 1989 and the last race win by a Holden Commodore until his win in Round 1, Heat 1 of the 1992 ATCC) while defending champion Jim Richards could only manage 1 win in his JPS Team BMW 635 CSi, winning Round 9 at Winton.
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