Tag Archives: GR86

Autobacs and Blitz will help tune your Toyota GR86 exactly like the one in ‘MF Ghost’

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Steve Chang

MF Ghost is apparently shaping up to be this generation’s Initial D. The manga and anime is so popular that Japanese aftermarket parts retailer Autobacs is teaming up with tuning house Blitz to create a series of MF Ghost Corners … Continue reading →

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Toyota’s Yuzu Edition GR86 is a throwback to the original Scion FR-S

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Ben Hsu

Are people starting to get nostalgic about Scions? The original FR-S was a revelation, a lightweight FR sports coupe at a time when the segment seemed almost extinct. It’s no wonder it became a tuner favorite. Toyota’s Scion brand is … Continue reading →

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Official Toyota anime probably not hinting at next-gen Celica, MR2 and Supra

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Steve Chang

In February Toyota debuted a new anime series, Grip, that was all about fun cars like the GR Corolla, 86 and Supra battling against a world of boring, autonomous cars. The second season is out now, and people have been … Continue reading →

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Toyota Celica GT-Four reimagined in Castrol-colored, AWD, turbo GR86

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Ben Hsu

After many years of dormancy Toyota’s famed Castrol livery saw revivals this year, but on non-Toyota cars, oddly enough. Well, here’s the colorway once again, this time on a proper Toyota. Not only that, but the GR86 wearing the livery … Continue reading →

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Toyota GR cars fight off boring autonomous vehicles in anime series GRip

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Steve Chang

Toyota has launched an anime miniseries to promote its Gazoo Racing lineup of sports cars. It’s called GRip: A Toyota Story, and its first two letters cleverly match the prefix in the series’ three star cars, the GR Corolla, GR … Continue reading →

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Toyota celebrates 40 years of AE86 with GR86 anniversary edition

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Ben Hsu

The iconic Toyota AE86 was introduced to the world in 1983 in Japan, making this year the 40th anniversary of the beloved classic. So it was only fitting that Toyota mark the occasion by releasing a tribute edition of the … Continue reading →

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Toyota GR86 Trueno Edition pays tribute to the original panda 86

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Ben Hsu

Toyota has introduced a new limited edition model of the GR86 with a strong throwback to the famed AE86. It’s even called the Toyota GR86 Trueno Edition, and it’s loaded with visual cues referencing the car that gave the GR86 … Continue reading →

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Initial D Toyota AE86 gets schooled by GR86 again, with a different master behind the wheel

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Steve Chang

In January a series of commercials for the 2022 Toyota GR86 reunited it with the famous Initial D AE86. In those commercials tofu delivery boy Takumi is defeated by none other than the Drift King himself, Keiichi Tsuchiya (or at … Continue reading →

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Toyota GR Corolla joins the family — Rate This Ad

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Steve Chang

The Toyota GR Corolla is hitting the showrooms soon, so it’s time for some new ads. For Americans, the 300-horsepower AWD hot hatch is probably the most anticipated Toyota in decades, especially if you count only the cars fully developed … Continue reading →

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In its 26th year, Toyotafest is still going strong — a brief history of TORC, the Toyota Owners and Restorers Club

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Dan Hsu

We’ve been attending Toyotafest every year since JNC started in 2006, and it’s consistently one of our favorite events. Last year was the 25th Toyotafest, which means the show itself is now old enough to wear historic plates, buy collector … Continue reading →

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Next-gen roundup: Supra gets a stick, Z goes racing, Miata has staying power

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Ben Hsu

Conventional wisdom states that performance and sports cars are a dying breed. But, if we take a closer look at what’s stirring in Japan right now, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, there hasn’t been this much … Continue reading →

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Toyota AE86 meets 2022 GR86 in stunning Initial D-inspired commercials

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Ben Hsu

We promise we are not turning into an Initial D blog, but this was too cool not to share. We’ve not been shy about crapping on Toyota’s terrible ads before. So consider us flabbergasted that the same company, just before … Continue reading →

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Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ differences explained via curry

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Ben Hsu

As one of the few surviving lightweight, rear-wheel-drive sports coupes left in existence, there is obviously a lot of interest in the Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ. Which one should you get, though? The specific differences between the Toyobaru twins … Continue reading →

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Details on next Toyota 86, Land Cruiser leaked

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Ben Hsu

We’ve given Toyota a lot of shit recently, but maybe there’s a method to their madness after all. Yesterday, a slide from a dealer meeting was leaked, revealing Toyota’s plans for six models extending to the 2022 model year, including … Continue reading →

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