I’ve got to admit that I don’t know why Toyota two different cars with the AE86 platform in Japan, first the Corolla Levin that was sold at the Toyota Corolla Store and then Sprinter Trueno that was sold at Toyota Auto Store…this setup is literally foreign to me…so I’ll just start across the Pacific where Toyota […]
The AE85/86 generation Toyota Corolla built from 1983 to 1987 was the last truly great economy car to come from the biggest auto maker in the world. No one will ever buy a Prius years from now for its driving experience or consider picking up a modified RAV4 to turn back to stock, but the […]
Happy Pi Day to all math nerds out on the web. That’s affirmative, today is Pi Day — 3.14 — a nicely rounded version of the irrational number that was closely approximated with polygons by the Greek mathematician Archimedes around 250 BC. We are going to celebrate Pi Day with a special edition of the […]
Spider Man is an interesting hero, but he is mostly clueless and his biggest assets are his perky persona and agile reflexes…sorta like a classic Mini. But imagine, for a minute, if you poured some of the awesome power of someone like the vampire hunter Blade into Peter Parker’s suit and spider-abilities…now you’d have a […]
The E80 generation Toyota Corolla isn’t a car that gets your motor revving, except maybe AE86 3-door hatchback version that kept rear wheel drive setup (the 4-door version went to a fun-killing transverse engine front-drive layout in 1983) from the previous generation. This next Corolla might have the fun-killing automatic transmission, but it has an […]
Would you ever consider dropping nineteen large on a used Toyota Corolla? Yeah, me neither…but what if that Corolla was one of the classic rear-drive AE86 generation equipped with the legendary GT-S TwinCam motor and had only 14,500 miles? Find this 1987 Toyota Corolla GTS AE86 offered here on eBay for $19,000 buy-it-now or make-offer, […]
The AE86 generation Toyota Corolla built from 1983 to 1987 was the last truly great economy car to come from the biggest auto maker in the world. No one will ever buy a Prius years from now for its driving experience, but the 30 year old Corolla is a different animal at its core. Find […]
Tofu comes from breaking down soybeans and fortifying them with water and a firming coagulant before being pressed into cubes. On its own, it’s a bland protein substitute that only takes on a flavor when other spices are added. Likewise, this AE86 Corolla was completely gutted, rebuilt, and marinated with stronger pieces – Honda’s infamous inline-four with just […]
People joke about modern cars all looking and driving the same — which wouldn’t be bad if they were cheap and fun to drive. Typically, the conversation meanders to how it was much better in the glory days…but it wasn’t better back then, in fact the 1980s had some of the worst examples of automotive […]