We didn’t feature any drift bangers for a while so we’ll post two today. On one side we really love this wrecked style thats mainly associated with young kids who don’t have the spare cash for paintjobs and brand new parts. We can’t really imagine wrecking our cars like this on the other side though.
We said it many times before and we’ll say it again: New Zealand has the one of the most amazing grassroot car scene there is. Taking your car out to do some skinds in the night is something as natural in NZ as it is in Japan. Their 86s often look simple, but dont get the wrong impression, they drive them hard all the time.
Flyrat in Yamanashi prefecture is one of those magical places where time stopped in the 80’s. Most of the AE86s for sale over there look pretty much brand new and the most modern car for sale they offer is an ‘89 R32. Every time we accidentally visit their website we feel a strong urge to sell as many of our internal organs we can and buy EVERYTHING.
The UK and Irish boys dont mess around when it comes to AE86s. Their cars are tough looking, raw and driven hard all the time. Ben’s kouki Levin from Garage Southern Style is just the case.
Have you ever wondered how Katsuhiro Ueo managed to kick so many Silvia’s ass back in early 2000’s with his little N/A Corolla? We all know he has some serious driving skills but there was a lot of setup magic involved in his success too. Here are some details.
Our first two car features focused on Corollas from places with the biggest AE86 scenes – the US and Ireland. But theres a lot of 86s worth mentioning over here in continental Europe too, like this serious Levin owned by Tom from Luxembourg.
The Initial D series created a hype not only in Japan but especially here in our parts of the world and it helped a lot of people with understanding what is the AE86 acutally about…
Ireland is home to some of the finest AE86’s in Europe, Killian’s Team Tekno Levin or Jerry’s Turbo Coupe being just the tip of the iceberg of their amazing 86 scene. There are dozens of Irish Corollas that deserve the same attention but don’t recieve it. We’re going to change that.
Looks like another beaten up track racer left to rot somewhere in Japan like we’ve seen many times before, right?
Derryls Trueno is one of our most favourite street cars from the US. We featured it exactly one year ago to show our local readers how a street spec Corolla should be done and why keeping it simple is sometimes the best thing to do. Since everyone loved it we thought it might be a good thing to feature it again and this time use a bit more comprehensible language.
