Tag Archives: Nob Taniguchi
Can an AE86 actually beat an R34 Skyline GT-R in a race?
The R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R is often seen as the pinnacle of JDM performance cars, but can the humble Toyota AE86 actually give it a run for the money? With a 15-year age gap and 200-horse power gap the mismatch … Continue reading
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Tagged ae86, keiichi tsuchiya, Max Orido, nissan, Nob Taniguchi, r34, skyline, toyota
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Watch a Toyota 85C Le Mans racer take on a touge road
The Toyota 85C was built for flying down the Mulsanne straight at 180 mph, not for slinging around winding roads in the Japanese mountains. The wild, 500-horsepower prototype is a rolling aero wedge. But there’s something exhilarating in watching a … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Hours of Le Mans, 85C, advan, JSPC, Maniwa Speed Festival, Nob Taniguchi, porsche, Porsche 962, toyota
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VIDEO: Keiichi Tsuchiya drifts a collector’s stock $37,000 AE86
The AE86 is a hot commodity now, with very nice examples selling in the mid-$20,000 range in the US. In Japan, however, cherry low-mileage examples have been commanding top prices for years. In 2017, Hot Version gathered a dream gathering … Continue reading
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Tagged ae86, best motoring, corolla, corolla levin, d1gp, hot version, keiichi tsuchiya, Max Orido, Nob Taniguchi, sprinter trueno, toyota, Tsukuba Circuit
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