Toyota Cars
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Toyota built its reputation on cars that always work, then quietly built some of the best driver cars of the past 50 years.
JDMToyota is the largest car manufacturer in the world by volume, and that scale tends to overshadow what is actually a deep performance bench. The Supra A80 became a tuner icon on the strength of its 2JZ-GTE inline six. The AE86 Corolla GT-S launched the modern drift scene through Initial D and the actual touge it depicted. The MR2 went through three generations of mid-engined experimentation. The Land Cruiser earned a reputation in the African and Australian outback that rivals Defenders and Wranglers, and beats both on longevity. The 2JZ deserves its own paragraph. The naturally aspirated 2JZ-GE is durable. The twin-turbo 2JZ-GTE in the Supra Turbo is one of the strongest stock engine blocks ever produced, capable of holding 800+ horsepower on factory internals when supporting modifications are right. That single fact made the A80 Supra one of the most modified cars in tuner history. In the modern era, the GR (Gazoo Racing) sub-brand pulled Toyota back into proper driver cars. The GR Yaris is a homologation special with a bespoke three-cylinder turbo and a chassis that won a WRC championship. The GR Corolla brings the same powertrain to North America. The new GR Supra (A90) is a BMW Z4 underneath but tuned by Toyota engineers for a different character. On WhipJury, Toyota submissions cover the whole spectrum: clean stock A80 Supras, drift-prepped AE86s, lifted overland Land Cruisers, and modern GR hatches still wearing their factory paint. Browse the leaderboard and model pages to find specific examples.
