AE86 OR AE88? Public Service Announcement

Is this car an AE86 or an AE88? Well i’ll tell you. Chances are if you think it’s an AE88 you have watched regular car reviews video on the AE86. And if you haven’t seen that video and call it an AE88 then you have seen someone else’s comment calling it an AE88. If you pay attention to the video you’ll get the sense that neither the owner nor regular has any idea about the car. It’s obvious he’s an initial d fan that bought the car for 5k more than its worth without doing any research on it first.

How do i know this? Well there is no such thing as an AE88. Yes it’s true that USDM AE86s vins read “AE88” but the term AE86 isn’t from the vin, it’s from the chassis code. And every single AE86 sold in the USA has AE86 stamped as the chassis code.

This post is out of frustration to all the people calling AE86s AE88s. Anytime you see someone saying that please correct them.