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July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 banpeiLeave a Comment

One owner UK Corolla AE86 sells for over 46K!

Earlier this week a one owner UK Toyota Corolla GT Twin Cam 16 AE86 was auctioned off via Car & Classic auctions for £46,500. That’s more than a Trueno Black Limited AE86 sold for last year! The car isn’t in immaculate state, but the history is why it’s interesting… This Corolla AE86 was almost written […] Read More

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 banpeiLeave a Comment

What is the Toyota AE86 Sports Package?

There was an optional factory AE86 Sports Package available for both the Corolla Levin AE86 and Sprinter Trueno AE86. This package changed over the years many times, but mainly consisted of a set of spoilers and side skirts. What is this AE86 Sports Package all about? So what was this package? When did it become […] Read More

Toyota Corrolla GT AE86 winning the BTCC in 1987

July 29, 2017 banpeiLeave a Comment

The Toyota Corolla AE86 winning the 1987 BTCC driven by 2017 BTCC winner Tom Ingram!

30 years ago the number 66 Toyota Corolla AE86 won the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). It also won the title in 1986, competing in the predecessor of the BTCC: the British Saloon Car Championship (BSCC). In the 1986 championship the car competed in class C (1300cc to 1600cc) and was part of Team Toyota […] Read More

January 20, 2017February 27, 2017 banpeiLeave a Comment

50 years Corolla: Keiichi Tsuchiya’s AE86 experience

Toyota is celebrating that the first Corolla’s ran of the production lines 50 years ago. A lot has happened since, and today they remember in a 5 minute video a Corolla Levin AE86 and Keiichi Tsuchiya. Tsuchiya explains how the AE86 came into his life, what role it played and how he missed the car […] Read More

January 28, 2016February 27, 2017 banpeiLeave a Comment

Panda AE86 paint scheme [AE86 Trivia]

I have been toying around with the idea of creating small videos on various JDM topics for a while now and put that into action a few weeks ago. The latest video, number 8, I made one about the panda AE86 paint scheme. I tried to cover all the necessary aspects of the panda AE86 […] Read More

August 26, 2015January 25, 2017 banpeiLeave a Comment

Antonio Alvendia’s AE86 featured at Petrolicous

Petrolicious and Japanese Nostalgic Car joined forces for the second time and yesterday they released their latest video featuring Antonio Alvendia and two of his AE86s: Antonio is the organizer of 86Fest and spiritual creator of MotorMavens. He has been renowned for his obsession with the AE86 and this quote from the beginning of the […] Read More

January 30, 2015January 25, 2017 banpeiLeave a Comment

Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 in the “Next One” campaign

Just hot from the press: Toyota released three mini movies (3 minutes each) called The World Is One in their Next One campaign featuring the Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 in three continents: Japan, Africa (South Africa) and Australia. The movie really feels like following the Initial D vibe: two high school students, the nerdy one […] Read More