TOYOTA SPRINTER AE86

’83 TO’87

REAR-DRIVE LAYOUT, light weight, revvy twin-cam inline-4 and near 50/50 weight distribution from the factory: it’s no real surprise Toyota’s AE86 Sprinter came to be adored by any and all who loved driving. Drifters in Japan, rally nutters in Finland and circuit racers around the world all employed to good effect the AE86. The adoration even extended to comic book fans, the little Toyota’s giant-killing reputation a central theme of the hugely popular Japanese manga Initial D.

The small and compact AE86 slayed plenty of real giants on the world motorsport stage, too.