The Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno is one of the most desirable Japanese classic cars from the ’80s, further popularized by its appearance in the “Initial D” street racing manga and anime series, as well ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Shuichi Shigeno's massively popular street racing manga, Initial D. The series centers on the life of Takumi Fujiwara, a high school student who digs ...

Toyota is making reproduction parts for many of its classic models, and on Monday the automaker announced that it will add AE86 parts to the catalog. The compact AE86 was a favorite of drifters thanks ...

Widely popular for both tuning and rally or club racing, the AE86 series of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno has had a major impact on the JDM car realm. With pop culture help, of course.

Everyone knows the Toyota AE86 the corner-carving drift-toy of Initial D fanboys everywhere, but it advertised a top speed of 201 kph (125 mph). That sounds reasonable, but owner banpei wanted to know ...

TOKYO, Sept 10, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - - 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 ...

Toyota and Subaru built the early Toyobaru for two reasons: To be an attainable rear-wheel-drive car in the vein of the AE86, and to be a base for modification by owners and tuners. Now a Japanese ...

Interest in preserving classic cars has been climbing, and Toyota is leaning into that momentum by expanding its GR Heritage Parts catalogue. Among the latest additions are freshly reproduced and ...

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 ...

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 ...