GTP Cool Wall: 1983-1987 Toyota Sprinter Trueno & Corolla Levin

[edawg456]

Sub zero all day. Always liked this car since I was little.

 

[Sage Ages]

(Let's see you try to find a picture of an unmodified hatchback...)​

Challenge accepted.

 

[Doodle]

Cool. One of the best drivers cars of all time in my opinion. The drifting and Initial D background prevent it from being sub-zero.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Hachi Roku all day son.

All day.

 

[Roger the Horse]

The whole Initial D problem here is that the car is almost entirely defined by Initial D to anyone who isn't a JDM tuning / drifting nut, and that Initial D IS entirely defined by it. Inclusion of a car in a film or TV series can make a car cooler / more desirable, but that series actually has to cover the hurdle of being any good beyond the bit with the car in it. Watch Goldfinger, you'll lust over Bond's DB5, watch Evangelion, and suddenly you see a whole new appeal to Renault Alpines, watch Back To The Future, and the desire to drive a Delorean (a frickin' Delorean, of all things) fills an awful lot of people.

Try watching Initial D, you'll either fall asleep after 5 minutes or give up and do something else because you're bored, I can almost certainly assure you.

 

[Bopop4]

Try watching Initial D, you'll either fall asleep after 5 minutes or give up and do something else because you're bored, I can almost certainly assure you.

Or you could enjoy it...

The 86 was popular before Initial D, it's like a practical Miata.

 

[Northstar]

Uncool, when I look at I see it with tacky bodykits as well as a Pizza sign and a pimple face kid driving it.

Really don't see how any of that marks it as cool.

 

[Roger the Horse]

That's why I said almost. I know some people like it, but the vast majority of comments I see about it, and my own personal experience of it, is that it is really quite dull.

 

[Joey D]

The 86 was popular before Initial D, it's like a practical Miata.

It was popular to a smaller group of enthusiasts, after Initial D it gained popularity with a bunch of 14 year olds who aspired to be a tofu delivery boy.

 

[Sage Ages]

Inclusion of a car in a film or TV series can make a car cooler / more desirable, but that series actually has to cover the hurdle of being any good beyond the bit with the car in it. Watch Goldfinger, you'll lust over Bond's DB5, watch Evangelion, and suddenly you see a whole new appeal to Renault Alpines, watch Back To The Future, and the desire to drive a Delorean (a frickin' Delorean, of all things) fills an awful lot of people.

Exactly. The AE86 is the Japanese equivalent of a grey GT500.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Cheap, lightweight and fun car, as well as my first Gran turismo car. Cool.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Cool. Bordering on the Uncool side due to the car scene that comes with it, of course.

 

[Jahgee]

80's uglyness with a giant prepubescent fandom that probably have never even seen the damn show, how could it be anything but Seriously Uncool

 

[Mat123]

Cool. However, like everyone else, the Initial D crowd really tears it apart for me.

They see a completely different looking AE86 that doesn't even look like the one from the show and they go "INITIAL D! OMG!".

 

[GranTurismo916]

80's uglyness with a giant prepubescent fandom that probably have never even seen the damn show, how could it be anything but Seriously Uncool

You need to watch Initial D to like the car? o.O

 

[Jahgee]

You need to watch Initial D to like the car? o.O

No, I'm saying 90% of the fans that scream Initial D when they see it have never seen the show, I can see where people could like it without watching the show, but I don't and the circlejerk ruins it for me

 

[a6m5]

The 86 was popular before Initial D, it's like a practical Miata.

Car was light, cheap & sporty. Cult following existed long before the Initial D comic book came out. In Japan.

It reminds me of Skyline GT-Rs. In the West, so many people associated this car with Gran Turismo early on. Car had huge following before the game ever came out. In Japan.

I vote Sub Zero, and it has absolutely zero to do with some manga.

 

[sparkytooth]

Conflicted, I hated this machine as a 7 year old playing GT3 due to it's slowness, better choice than the PT Cruiser though *Shudders

Recently I've gotten a pretty big obsession with Japanese sports cars and low powered sports cars in general, they're really fun to throw around on a course in-game on stock tyres.

 

[White & Nerdy]

The PT Cruiser was actually my first car in any GT game, since I got GT3 before I got GT2. I was a lot younger then, and was shopping by horsepower.

 

[sparkytooth]

The PT Cruiser was actually my first car in any GT game, since I got GT3 before I got GT2. I was a lot younger then, and was shopping by horsepower.

To be honest and at the expense of atleast 10 points on my Jalop card, I usually picked the PT cruiser as well *Shudders

 

[Nicksfix]

Cool car. I grew up with a friend who had one of these. It wasn't any sort of powerhouse super / muscle car, but it ran fairly well, was sort of fun to drive and got some decent fuel mileage to boot. Looks wise, the hatchback design and concealed headlights are a plus. Maintenance wise, it wasn't a bust in the wallet. Parts were readily available and it was easy to work on .... when needed.

* I can overlook the Initial D / drifter thing / certain crowd attraction *

In my book, this is a solid cool.

 

[Tornado]

It's an old Corolla. Uncool.










And though I always liked the coupe body of it, that's not the one everyone slathers praise over.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I liked the AE86 a bit even before I've heard of initial D. I enjoyed it in all of the racing games I drove it in and I personally love Initial D (I like a good cartoon/anime that involves drifting, racing, and cars) which makes me like the car a bit more. It's also one of the last corollas to have RWD.

That's why I find it cool.

 

[Azuremen]

If I could look past the drifter community making these absurdly over priced, and the non-sense of the Initial D fanboy crowd, it would get a cool based on it being RWD and relatively light. But those two factors have dragged it down to "Meh" for me, as there are so many other cars from that era that do everything it does, but better and for less money now. And with less absurd conversations in parking lots with people that have no clue what they are actually talking about.

Which is basically my whole issue with older Hondas at this point.

 

[sparkytooth]

After careful consideration I shall bestow a cool rating on this classic Japanese machine.

Before you kids bring up Initial D, I don't care about that Manga/Anime, never watched it or read it. I like this machine on it's own merits, it grew on me just like most machines I drive for extended periods of time, it's also quite fun on shorter tracks. Few machines deserve Sub Zero and this one doesn't deserve it.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

This is what the Corolla is known for in Finland, F-cup rallycar. THIS is the reason why they're rare and expensive there.

 

[Bopop4]

I was a lot younger then, and was shopping by horsepower.

That's what I did too, I went through every single car on the list to see which one was the most powerful. 6 year olds for you.

And though I always liked the coupe body of it, that's not the one everyone slathers praise over.

The coupe is actually supposed to be better as well, increased stiffness over the liftback.

 

[Turtle]

This is what the Corolla is known for in Finland, F-cup rallycar. THIS is the reason why they're rare and expensive there.

Wow, that was really cool to watch. I especially liked the red and white one that appeared throughout the video.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Wow, that was really cool to watch. I especially liked the red and white one that appeared throughout the video.

And people wonder why Finland produces so many WRC champions..

 

[JAHHAJ]

Cool because fun RWD car.