The Legendary Drift Car: Toyota Corolla AE86

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This is the legendary drift car that was once the main character in the Japanese world of hashirya (street racers): The Toyota Corolla AE86. The last ever build Corolla models that were RWD are still being raced today by enthusiasts. It is said that it offers an incredibly exciting ride, something which you would not expect.  The AE86 is also known in Japan as the Hachiroku, which is basically nothing more than a translation of 86, where “hachi” stands for eight and “roku” stands for six.

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The power output is more than enough, as this 940 kilo Toyota features a twin-cam 1.6 liter 4 cylinder and 16 valves 4AGEU engine. It’s known to be rev-happy and it delivers about 130hp. Still though, most of the competition that consists out of turbo-powered cars are usually holding more than twice the amount of power.

~ by Pedro Pablo on October 22, 2009.

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