While my own AE is still getting fixed, I’ll write a bit about the series and its life in Motorsport. 

Toyota always had a strong presence in Portugal and in Portuguese Motorsports. They hosted single-make trophies with Starlets, Corollas and Carinas (oh and Yaris) for about a decade or more.
Toyota also had a strong presence in rallying and Group B1 circuit racing in the early stages of the Eighties, but that’s for another post.

The first year of the AE86 Trophy was in 1985 and it was ran until 1987, when it was replaced with the AE92 model.
The car was pretty much stock,  TRD springs and ATS rims.

As you can see it’s the Phase 1 Corolla in every year (except for maybe 1 racer?)

1985

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1986

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Pretty neat liveries, huh?

1987

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And here’s a video!

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