I did some research into the digital cluster on the AE86 since my blogposting about the Impulse AE86 rebuild. Lucky enough I have both catalogues for the Zenki AE86s: both the Sprinter Trueno and Corolla Levin (which are for sale actually!). ;)

If you’re not familiar with the digital gauge cluster of the AE86, this is what I’m referring to:
Zenki AE86 Sprinter Trueno digital cluster
The digital gauge cluster of the Zenki AE86 Sprinter Trueno

I looked into the options and standard features of both the Levin and Trueno:
Zenki AE86 Sprinter Trueno GT Apex digital cluster default option
The 3 door Zenki AE86 Sprinter Trueno GT Apex had a digital cluster as default option
Zenki AE86 Corolla Levin GT Apex digital cluster default option
The 3 door Zenki AE86 Corolla Levin GT Apex also had a digital cluster as default option

As you can see: both 3 door GT Apex AE86s have the digital gauge cluster as a standard feature. For 2 door GT Apex cars the digital dashboard was only available as an option. And for all other trims and variants it wasn’t even available!

Both catalogues are from S58 (1983) so that still doesn’t say anything about which years it did feature on the cars…