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Toyota built an affordable economy coupe for young Japanese buyers who wanted something fun. They did not intend to build a ...

Toyota's AE86 Corolla continues to be popular, even though the youngest examples have passed the 30-year-old mark. The compact hatchback with rear-wheel drive and a longitudinally mounted engine still ...

Explaining why a mid-1980s Toyota Corolla has the same cult status in Japan as, say, The Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee Dodge Charger does in America isn't simple. Dubbed the hachi-roku by fans (which ...

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) announced today that, as part of the GR Heritage Parts Project, it intends to reproduce and reissue parts for the 4A-GE-type engine of the Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno ...

There are few people today who would buy an AE86 Corolla with the intent of driving it, that wouldn't opt for an engine swap. Because let's face it, if you're going to do anything competitively, not ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) has announced it will reproduce critical engine components for the Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno, better known by fans as the AE86. The move is part of the company’s GR ...

The GR Yaris is, among many other things, the most interesting thing Toyota makes. Many decades ago, that honor belonged to the front-engined, rear-wheel drive AE86. Both pair cutting-edge performance ...

Masataka Ikeda started tuning the moment he was legally allowed behind the wheel, which in Japan means he had to wait 18 long years. Attracted to the classic lines and sheer simplicity of inexpensive, ...

I don’t know about you, but I adore a good restomod. Restomodding is the practice of taking a classic car and restoring it—while modernizing it at the same time. In the past, that might have meant ...

When one mentions the AE86, you're often referring to Chinese bootleg copies of Initial D, drifting, or how great the old school was before those POS "Hondas" came along. Arguably the quintessential ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing is reproducing key 4A-GE engine parts for the AE86 Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno. The project secures the legacy of one of the most beloved driver’s cars in history. Toyota ...