AE86 + FT86

Old vs. new, you decide!

AE86 Levin kouki from Greece

Wicked drift monster from Greece. AE86 Hachiroku with lots of Silvia S13 goodies.
Tein rear suspension with TRD springs, GR Sports front suspension, Cusco camber plates, TRD head gasket, OBX exhaust, Rolled fenders and TRD spoiler.

Very hot Hachi, would look hot even among Japanese masters.

High resolution shots [4000 x 3000px], they will fit on any desktop!

OLD vs. NEW

Time is passing bye, cars are changing, oldschool style is no longer popular. But legends will live forever, lightweight petrol monsters will never be forgotten. It breaks my heart seeing less and less true sport Japanese cars on the road.

Which one would you prefer?

Honda CRX and CR-Z

Lightweight CRX chassis, engine with great power/capacity ratio, replaced with heavy CR-Z with eco engine.[Photo stolen from Minds-Farm]

Toyota AE86 and “new AE86”

Legendary Hachi-Roku replaced with new one, but true legend will never really get reborn.

Skylines R32, R33, R34 and R35

Through years, Skylines GTR are actually becoming better, but they have more and more help with electronics, latest GTR R35 can be driven fast even by grandmother behind the wheel.

Nissan 370Z and 300ZX

Twin turbo boosted monster 300ZX replaced with non-turbo 370Z.

Drifting with AE86 Hachiroku

Photos of Hachirokus are the best, when Hachis are caught in action. True oldschool monsters, who are just made to drift! It’s the most popular JDM hot-hatch tuner cars in US, and it is for a reason. Through years it became an icon of JDM drifting cars.

I’m sure you know who made Toyotas AE86 (and also whole JDM racing scene) so popular, of course it’s Keiichi Tsuchiya-san - the Drift King. Do you recognize him from this picture?

Oldschool photo shot :D

AE86 drifting x4

What’s better than tripple AE86 drift? More of Toyota Hachirokus at once, the better it is, especially with hands up. I wonder how much repeats they had to take for this shot?

R34 vs AE86 @ Gunsai Touge

Battle of two giants, Keiichi DK Tsuchiya and Nobuteru Taniguchi. Battle of 2 legendary cars: Nissan Skyline R34 and Toyota Corolla AE86 Hachi-roku.

Can a little NA Hachi-roku keep it up with boosted monster Skyline R34? Battle on the ultimate racing area- Touge.

Triple Drift AE86 and Silvia

Photos "in action" impress me the most. Two Toyotas AE86 Hachi-Roku and Nissan 180SX from Sexy Knights Team in triple parallel drift photo.

Techno Toy's Corolla AE86 with F20C Swap

Toyota Hachi-Roku with Honda's F20C engine? That's right, complete swap with all the accessories taken out from Honda S2000 and installed to AE86. Video from Hot Version: US Touge, Keiichi Tsuchiya and Manabu Orido are impressed. Car didn't make it to final because it has no LSD installed.

Hachi-rokus touge run video

Toyota AE86 Hachi-Roku on the touge run. Not one, but two Corollas having canyon fun.

AE86 Hachi-roku in trouble

Toyota AE86 in trouble while drifting, hope it went ok=) Picture by DinoDalleCarbonare.

Toyota AE86 vs Honda EK9

One of legendary videos, battle between AE86 and EK9. As soon as Keiichi Tsuchiya in AE86 overtakes EK9, he starts drifting and making fun of opponent. EK9 has more power and with it advantage on straight line, but AE86 handles better in the corners. What's your opinion? Has EK9 wrong suspension setup for this track? Would the result be different if Tsuchiya would drive an EK9?

Keiichi Tsuchiya the Drift King

Who is Keiichi Tsuchiya aka Drift King?

Born 30.1.1957, he is a professional racing driver known also as a Drift King because of his drifting skills and for making drift popular worldwide. He's also known for touge driving. He retired in 2004, he has a big career behind (Nascar, Le Mans, JGTC...) He is now a host of video magazine Best Motoring, where he tests new JDM cars, and a special magazine of tuned cars in a section called Hot Version.
Tsuchiya isn't like most of other racers which came from rich families with racing background and tradition, he gained his skills in underground street racing scene and made his way to the top.
He drives Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno, known as Hachi-Roku in Japan.
Here are video of young Keiichi Tsuchiya, driving his Hachi-Roku in one of the first ever filmed touge and for this video Keiichi Tsuchiya got his driving license suspended in Japan back then. Enjoy the touge movie