トヨタ・AE86
Corolla Levin / Sprinter TruenoAE86
V0004
- MAKER
- TOYOTA
- YEARS
- 1983–1987
- CODE
- AE86
- TYPE
- SPORTS CAR / COUPÉ
- ORIGIN
- JAPAN
01 — Overview
The last rear-wheel-drive production Corolla, sold in Japan as the Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno with the DOHC 4A-GEU engine. It later became central to the manga and anime Initial D.
02 — Historical context
Historicalcontext.
- 01
The AE86 was the last production Corolla to feature rear-wheel drive.
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English) - 02
All Japanese-market AE86 models used the DOHC 4A-GEU engine.
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English) - 03
The car appears centrally in the manga and anime series Initial D (1995-2013).
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English) - 04
In November 2021 Toyota temporarily restarted production of some AE86 parts, such as steering knuckle arms and rear brake calipers.
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English)
- Manufacturer
- Toyota
- Chassis / model codes
- AE86
- Production
- 1983-05 – 1987
- Body styles
- 2-door coupé / 3-door liftback
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Engine
- 4A-GEUInline-4 (DOHC 16-valve) · 1,587 cc · naturally aspirated130 PSNote: Japanese market, gross, per EN Wikipedia; JA Wikipedia lists 128 PS at 6,600 rpm (gross)
- Transmission
- 5-speed manual (T50) / 4-speed automatic (A42DL)
- Length × width × height
- — × 1,625 × 1,335 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2,400 mm
- Units built
- 360,000Note: Over 360,000 estimated built in total (EN Wikipedia)
- People
- Fumio Agetsuma
Figures follow the sources listed below. Values vary by market, variant and year; anything we could not verify is omitted. Power is shown in the unit the source used (PS / hp / kW).
04 — Motorsport
Ontrack.
Competition cars differ from the road car; the specifications above describe the road car.
Kaoru Hoshino won the 1985 Division 1 class championship of the All Japan Touring Car Championship in a Corolla Levin.
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English)Chris Hodgetts won the British Touring Car Championship in 1986 and 1987 driving an AE86.
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English)In 1986 the AE86 won the European Touring Car Championship manufacturers' title with 267 points.
Source: Toyota AE86 — Wikipedia (English)
05 — Gallery
06 — Related
Relatedmachines.
Same engine
Toyota
MR2 (first generation)
AW10 · 1984–1989 · Sports car
Same era
Nissan
Skyline GT-R (R32)
BNR32 · 1989–1994 · Sports car
Same era
Nissan
Silvia (S13)
S13 · 1988–1993 · Sports car
Same era
Nissan
180SX
RS13 · 1989–1998 · Sports car
Same era
Mazda
MX-5 (NA) / Eunos Roadster
NA · 1989–1997 · Sports car
Same maker
Toyota
2000GT
MF10 · 1967–1970 · Sports car
07 — Sources
- 01Toyota AE86Wikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
- 02トヨタ・AE86Wikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
08 — Photo credits
Toyota Corolla Levin / Sprinter Trueno (AE86)
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 in panda livery driving on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
BySprinterTrueno1985