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Werner Rohr AE86 Levin x Bergrennen Reitnau

This is the Swiss Bergrennen Reitnau series. Many of you may recognise the course and event name from many years of past events. Over the years, the 1600cc class has featured Werner Rohr with his infamous 4A-GE 2-door Levin.

Click play and listen to the iconic rasp and scream of the 220 horsepower 1.6L running all the way up to 9000 rpm. Simply glorious Toyota engineering!

(Extreme volume at 2:16 on this next video… don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

If you’re keen to see how Werner’s AE86 was made, check out the gallery from his build process at the Das Racing Team website.

 


And Now For Something Completely Different!

The AE86 Swiss Team at the Slalom de Bière ! At what seems to be a rallycross time-attack style tarmac event, this intrepid bunch of Toyota heads all got into their cars and drove their asses off. Check them out @ www.ae86.all-up.com (French language only)


780kg, 210hp & No Comprimises

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One of my team members has been running AE86’s for a while now in the Swiss Hillclimb Championship and I think his current one is quite unique.

This particular AE86 started it’s racing life at the end of ’07 after its predecessor was unfortunately crashed while racing, but since the owner is a hardcore AE86 lover, he of course had another shell ready to go. So the transplant started…

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