The Toyota AE86 is a legend among drift fans. “AE86” is actually the internal code for rear-wheel-drive models from the fifth-generation Corolla family, launched in the 1980s. The models became ...

With the Internet having spread the cult of the Toyota AE86 way past the borders of Japan, keyboard drifters simply assume monstrous sliding is guaranteed whenever Toyota's old school sportscar's name ...

Seven. This is how many times Toyota mentions the AE86, or Hachi-Roku (eighty-six in Japanese) as friends call it, in the press release for the GT86. From their designations to their philosophy, these ...

For JDM fans, or even just motorsport fans in general, Keiichi Tsuchiya should need no introduction. The illegal street racer turned legit motorsport legend, the man who popularised drifting, made the ...

The Toyota AE86 wasn't always known as a JDM legend. It went largely unnoticed until a sudden turn of events sent it skyrocketing to pop-culture stardom. There were a number of notable Toyota sports ...

Alongside icons like the Ford Mustang and the Volkswagen Beetle, one of the most culturally significant vehicles in automotive history is a forty-year-old Japanese economy sport coupe with a bit of a ...

As a pivotal leader in the drifting world, Tsuchiya-san has to have a badass car to back up his reputation. This AE86 has been with him for many years, and when it's not on the track, it's left in the ...