When it comes to the JDM hall of fame, nothing makes the blood boil more than two letters followed by two digits: AE-freaking-86. Blame the Initial D anime series or the JDM scene, but one thing is ...

The Toyota exhibits at this weekend’s 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon and Tokyo Outdoor Show are broken into three categories: “Making ever-better motorsports-bred cars,” “Carbon neutrality for protecting ...

Lexus engineers have turned an old much-loved Toyota classic into an electric delight. No, seriously. You would never think a 42-year-old Toyota Corolla would solve almost every problem car ...

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.

Under Toyota’s GR Heritage Parts Project, reproduction parts for the marque’s most widely beloved classics are returning hard and fast. Toyota has so far hit us with new-old components for the 2000GT, ...

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 ...

An engaging anime doesn't always need superpowered heroes and giant titans. Sometimes, you just need pulse-pounding street racing action, and that's something "Initial D" has done incredibly well over ...

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 ...

Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...

John Ho, built his AE86 to be the perfect “driver’s” AE86. Many of you may not know exactly what that statement means so let us explain. No big body flares, no crazy motor swap, no hacked up wiring, ...