The AE86 series of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno. The nameplate Trueno derives from the Spanish word for thunder, and Levin derives from the Middle English for lightning. The name AE86 derives from Toyota's internal code during the car's development, designating the 1600 cc RWD model from the fifth generation of the Corolla. In Toyota's code language, the "A" designates the car's engine (4A series), "E" designates Corolla, "8" designates fifth generation (E80 series) and "6" designates the variant within this generation. The AE86 is also called the "Hachi-Roku (ハチロク)", Japanese for "eight-six". Bracketing a minor external facelift, models marketed between 1983–1985 are called "zenki" (前期, lit. early period), and those marketed from 1986–1987 are called "kouki" (後期, lit. latter period).
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