Corolla AE86 In The Hands Of The Drift King

Paul Niedermeyer
by Paul Niedermeyer

Here’s a video of the AE86 being put through its paces by the Drift King himself, Keiichi Tsuchiya. Not so much drifting in the current sense, but hustling the Corolla in his style on a race track. As much as I can appreciate the skills that go into drifting, I prefer to see a car being driven as fast as possible, not just for show. In the next video, he’s pitted against a newer Civic EK9 in a three lap grudge race.


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  • Stratos Stratos on May 11, 2010

    This reminds me an awful lot of the Japanese manga Initial D, about a small-town delivery boy who competes in street races in his Toyota AE86 Truneo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_D

  • Rcdickey Rcdickey on May 11, 2010

    Awesome video. It's what I want in a car now but can't have.

  • Geggamoya Geggamoya on May 11, 2010

    Damn, i must have seen that clip countless times and it´s still good. One of my all-time favourite cars.

  • Accs Accs on May 12, 2010

    God... Pitting a AE86 against a version of the Civic the U.S never saw.. is amazing. And its funny.. the guy in the Civic is TRYING to make it go faster.. and it wont. Yet the AE86 keeps spooooling on the power... Imagine taking the current version of the two cars today... I wonder which would do better. This.. I enjoy. The current shit... I do not.

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