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Nov 20 2008 November 20, 2008 November 20, 2008 NoComment by banpei

Toyota advertising touge drifting in 1982

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This kind of amazed me: Toyota actually advertised touge drifting!! This 1982 Starlet advertisement shows Ove Andersson drifting a Starlet down a mountain: Only a year after this commercial they released the AE86 which became the icon for touge drifting. However nowadays Toyota keeps a lot of distance from most racing sports. Especially anything getting…

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May 09 2008 May 9, 2008 September 20, 2023 NoComment by banpei

Carina A6 entering the Paris-Dakar in 1982 and 1983

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As you can see in the catalogue of S57-6 (June 1982) the Carina A6 featured in the Paris-Dakar rally. According to the Carina page on the Japanese Wikipedia it featured in 1981 and 1982. However I could not find any reference that they actually did attend in 1981, especially not on this list. I did…

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