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The AE86's FR configuration made it well suited to this kind of cornering, and currently the car is a mainstay of drift shows and competitions. Japanese drifters like Katsuhiro Ueo, Toshiki Yoshioka, Yoichi Imamura, Koichi Yamashita , Hiroshi Takahashi, Tetsuya Hibino, and Wataru Hayashi were also involved in making the AE86 famous in the drift ...
Keiichi Tsuchiya (土屋圭市, Tsuchiya Keiichi, born January 30, 1956) is a Japanese professional race car driver. He is known as the Drift King (ドリキン, Dorikin) for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events and his role in popularizing drifting as a motorsport.
Taka Aono is a Japanese drift driver currently (as of February 2009) competing in the American Formula D series in his Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno. [1] Before his professional drifting career began, Taka was a successful autocross driver, and was instrumental in building southern California's drift scene.
The Toyota Sprinter Trueno (トヨタ・スプリンタートレノ, Toyota Supurintā Toreno) is a series of compact sports coupés and liftbacks which were produced by Toyota from 1972 to 2000. The name trueno in Spanish means thunder. [1] In Japan, the Sprinter Trueno was exclusive to Toyota Auto Store locations. Its twin, the Toyota Corolla ...
To start off his drifting activities, he got hold of his first AE86 which was an AE85-spec Corolla Levin, heavily modified and turned into an AE86. He had owned this car from 1998-1999 and had entered several drifting events (Carboy's DoriCon GP, Battle Magazine's BM-Cup, P's Cars) at the time. In 2000, he converted the Levin to a Trueno.
The Trueno pays homage to the iconic AE86, while the optional Performance pack features upgraded dampers and brakes.
The AE86 became international prominent in the motorsport of drifting. Owners may heavily modify their AE86 models to where the only connection to the original model is the bodyshape. [15] John Smith won the 1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship driving a Corolla GT AE86. [16]
Since Shigeno was writing about cars, he used his first car, the Toyota AE86, to help him write Initial D. [2] After Initial D was published, it became a huge hit. In 2017, after Initial D was completed, he started a sequel series titled MF Ghost , which continues most of Initial D's legacy in focusing on racing theories and cars.