JDM classics really stood out from the competition with their style and character during a time when the U.S. auto market was ...

During this decade, the company developed a few different sports cars that offered performance at varying levels and price ...

Much like the Supra, the ‘AE86’ Toyota Corolla – also called Levin, Trueno, Corolla GT or Corolla Twin Cam depending on where in the world you are – has had its profile significantly ...

Best of all, it could be had with a manual transmission. 7. Toyota Sprinter Trueno and Corolla Levin (AE86) The inspiration for the Toyota GT86, the AE86 versions of the Toyota Sprinter Trueno and ...

The legend is back—with a twist. Toyota has revived the iconic AE86 Corolla from the 1980s, but this time it’s ditching fossil fuels and cruising into the future with two eco-friendly prototypes: one ...

proudly wears the "86" badge in reference to the classic AE86, one of the JDM legends. Originally a model code designating either a Toyota Corolla Levin or Sprinter Trueno ("Trueno" meaning ...

Despite its humble origins as an economy car, the AE86 (particularly the Trueno and Levin variants) became legendary for its perfect balance of lightweight construction, rear wheel drive layout, and ...

The design of the AE86 is instantly recognizable. The super boxy lines, the characteristic shape of the liftback models, the pop-up headlights on the Trueno, but also the fixed ones on the Levin ...

The original Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno was in production from 1983 to 1987, alongside its mechanically related sibling, the Corolla Levin. Both cars shared a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ...

Some fictional cars are so entrenched in the public imagination that their iconography transcends make and model. A bright-orange Dodge Neon with “01” painted on its door is obviously ...

We explain why '86' is such a special number for Toyota. The number 86 stems from the chassis code (AE86) of one of Toyota’s most iconic cars, the Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno and Sprinter Levin ...