If you’re in the market for an 86, good to you finding a clean unmolested chasis. With the 86 synonymous to drifting, you will probably find a fender bent, stripped down, tracked out, zipp-tied, sticker bombed hachi-roku. Sometimes you will get lucky and find a clean PineTree smelling, grandma driven, low milage, Walmart runner; and sometimes find that dream corolla hatch and soon to find your friends laughing cause your funny sounding 86 was really a single-cam carb’d 85 (Initial D: Itsuki’s Hachi-Go).

To make your hunt more challenging, back in 1986, Toyota released the “Black Limited” Trueno Hatch. Reported only sold in certain areas in Japan, 400 of these limited edition “kouki” hatches were sold. It had a metallic black paint with a gold “Black Limited” decal on the side and rear hatch. The rear reflector between the tail lights also  had “Black Limited” badge so it’s pretty hard to miss. To get into detail, originally it was fitted with Advan type A wheels and had “JDM” yellow headlight bulbs. As for interior details, Black Limited had orange/amber accents and leather stitched steering wheel and shift knob.

Toyota had to release a special edition Trueno inorder to revive it’s declining hatchback sales and it worked. the “Black Limited” is now one of the most sought after kouki 86 by Toyota enthusiasts everywhere. A few days ago, Super Street covered TEC-ART’s 86 and yes, it was a Black Limited. It shows styles come and go but the 86 will never die. It will always stand out and have that reputation of being the great “underdog” of the tuning culture. Other than the Skyline, the Gundam and the Ultraman, the “eight-six” will forever be adored as a Japanese icon. Happy hunting.

-Mark