Kris Beck | 86Modified

10 car crash in the opening Toyota 86 race

November 25, 2017 Kris Beck

During the final lap of the opening Toyota 86 Racing Series race at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500, a ten car crash occured. The big pileup happened on turn 9 of the racetrack and luckily […Read More]

86modified Feature Car #4

November 8, 2017 Kris Beck

For our fourth Feature Car article we take a look at ATL BRZ’s turbo Subaru BRZ. This Subaru BRZ is tastefully modified and the modifications are functional for racing on the track. Fitted with such […Read More]

86Modified In Japan

November 1, 2017 Kris Beck

The Journey To The Land Of The Rising Sun We had Japan on our travel list for a very long time and in 2015 we were finally able to tick it off the wish list. […Read More]

Toyota AE86: An Automotive Cultural Icon

November 1, 2017 Kris Beck

Few industries have experienced the wild competition and production level changes that have influenced the field of automobiles. Even more intensive are the innovations that spawned from Japanese car design teams and engineers. The […Read More]

2017 Toyota 86 GT Review

October 26, 2017 Kris Beck

In 2012, the Toyota 86 GT took Australia by storm. An innovate blend of features, design and price, the sports car has maintained consistently high sales numbers month after month. Five years later, the 2017 […Read More]

Toyota 86 tops Consumer Reports reliability list

October 21, 2017 Kris Beck

Consumer Reports has ranked the Toyota 86 number 1 on their reliability scale finishing with a score of 80 on a 0-100 point scale. Acura, Mazda, and Cadillac dropped many places this year while Subaru […Read More]

2017 Gazoo Racing Toyota 86

October 20, 2017 Kris Beck

Picture credit to mav1178 on the FT86Club forums. Specs include: “Performance Suspension” with 10mm lowering Big brake kit (6 piston front and 4 piston rear) Rays forged wheels Michelin Pilot Sport 4 – 215 profile front […Read More]

Cars and Coffee Unley [October 2017 Meet]

October 15, 2017 Kris Beck

What is Cars and Coffee? The Cars and Coffee events have become very popular all across the world where car enthusiasts get together on a monthly basis and admire each others’ pride and joys while […Read More]

Cars and Coffee Blackwood – September 2017

September 24, 2017 Kris Beck

What is Cars and Coffee? The Cars and Coffee events have become very popular all across the world where car enthusiasts get together on a monthly basis and admire each others’ pride and joys while […Read More]

Cars And Coffee Blackwood – August 2017

August 27, 2017 Kris Beck

What is Cars and Coffee? The Cars and Coffee events have become very popular all across the world where car enthusiasts get together on a monthly basis and admire each others’ pride and joys while […Read More]