When Toyota introduced the 86 (or Scion FR-S back then), it was billed as a spiritual successor to the AE86-generation Corolla. Thanks largely to its appearance in Suichi Shigeno's popular manga ...

Result Japan turns the GT86 into a full AE86 tribute with pop-up headlights, widebody looks, and pure "Initial D" nostalgia.

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.

From 1995 through 2013, Japanese publication Weekly Young Magazine ran one of the most famous manga series of all time, a manga so successful that is also spawned an anime series in 1998. Of course, I ...

The AE86-inspired modification was created by a Japanese tuning company and will be displayed at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Much like how the Mk4 Toyota Supra became famous from the original Fast and Furious movie, the original AE86 Toyota Corolla gained a lot of its popularity from the manga comic Initial D and its ...

When it teamed up with Subaru to create the GT86, Toyota hoped it would act as a spiritual successor to the AE86 Corolla GT. This connection to a legendary past has now been made even stronger by a ...

Toyota is finally paying homage to the AE86 Sprinter Trueno in the best way possible, by taking a cue from the popular automotive racing manga and anime series Initial D. Toyota has spruced up a GT86 ...

If the Toyota AE86 Corolla paved the way for the GT86 we have today, Initial D contributed greatly in making the original an icon. Now Toyota is celebrating those origins with this latest concept car.

Toyota is one of the biggest car manufacturers out there, and some of its models are considered classics if you know who to ask. In the anime fandom, one of its older models is a favorite thanks to ...

Without realizing it, Takumi hones his skills until he becomes one of the best drivers in the prefecture, and other street racers come out of the woodwork to challenge the "downhill specialist." See ...