But I don't think this car should be part of an early Initial D set. First, the guy who drove it was Shingo Shoji. He forced Takumi into a dangerous game where both drivers had their hands taped ...

But the car is interesting enough in its own right. Before the hardcore "Initial D" disciples stone me: This is not Takumi's car, at least visually from the A-pillar onwards. The Levin has normal ...

The Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno is one of the most desirable Japanese classic cars ... Initial D. The black-and-white exterior, paired with black alloy wheels, is a dead ringer for Takumi Fujiwara ...

But the car who beat him was actually driven by a local Tofu shop owner's son, Takumi Fujiwara, who had unknowingly perfected the art of mountain racing through daily deliveries of tofu.

“I was bringing tofu like they do in Initial D,” said WRC ace Kalle Rovanperä ... Manabu Orido in a GR86, and… ‘Takumi Fujiwara’ in the classic Toyota AE86. Sort of.

The film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Shuuichi Shigeno's original car-racing ... to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend. New Initial D the Movie ...

The film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Shuuichi Shigeno's original car-racing ... to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend. New Initial D the Movie ...