Toyota UK recently revealed its homage to the iconic Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno of the Initial D manga and anime series, with the Toyota GT86 Initial D Concept. Now, the company is back with a video to showcase the new-age tofu delivery/drift vehicle.
Although the work of UK-based manga artist Sonia Leong is pretty cool on its own, watching the modern day hachiroku on the move certainly evokes some childhood memories. As a plus, there are several shots of a container full of tofu in the 86’s backseat, for even more resemblance.
The Toyota GT86 Initial D sports the classic Initial D “panda” livery and receives a series of modifications to ensure the spiritual successor to the AE86 is as close to its onscreen star as possible. This includes items like 17-inch, custom-made RS Watanabe alloy wheels, carbon-fibre bonnet, yellow-tinted fog lamps and even comes with mud flaps.
What do you think of the Initial D-inspired Toyota GT86? Is it a worthy homage to Takumi Fujiwara’s own panda Trueno? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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good marketing ploy by Toyota. The child in me wants to see the latest incarnation of the anime Intial D Stage 6? with the GT6 prominently featured. They had teased this during Stage 5 end credit
Never grow up … Expecting to see some Vios painting with tofu stickers soon
Wanna drift vios but body like tofu.
Initial-D will sell a lot better than GT86 in real world
Takumi 86 is a hatchback, this new 86 is a coupe. Takumis final battle was against a 86 coupe. So, no. Its not homage to takumi, its homage to his final rival.
Cup of water mana? if spill kena whack.
11000rpm where? Project D 86 with snail..no more NA.. please produce GT86 with garrett
Sadly, thanks to UMW Toyota and you-know-who, most of us can’t afford this “affordable” sports car.
BGM not ah beng enough, need moar trashy eurobeat to get into the mood
Mt. Akina?
Tofu fa?
RM250k for a tofu delivery car in Malaysia will never materialize, no wonder its no longer being sold by UMW.
I want to paint the panda scheme to my Turbo Proton Neo tomorrow…..and smoke kaw kaw all the cars on the road….hahahahah….