Category: JDM Trivia

What was the factory AE86 Sports Package all about?

With it’s 1980s sharp lines the AE86 already is a good looking car from the factory. Some people like to go one step further and dress it up with a Run Free or J-Blood body kit. You can even compliment that with a TRD ducktail spoiler. These body kits and spoilers are an evolution of…




Surprisingly the Japanese Nissan Primera was slimmed down

This week I was surprised to learn the European Nissan Primera P10 actually is over 5 centimeters (2 inches) wider than the Japanese counterpart! This is a big revelation for me as I just assumed the same car, the same dimension. But boy I was wrong! So I started to investigate and went down the…




Toyota 4AGE overview [JDM Trivia]

Today’s trivia is about the Toyota 4AGE. I will give you an overview of all the different 4A-GE models, how to recognize them, what their (basic) differences are and on which cars they were available. All five Toyota 4A-GE NA generations The video contains all five 4A-GE naturally aspirated generations: from the first 1983 bluetop…




Nissan Cima Y31 Mirror Wipers [JDM Trivia #11]

JDM Trivia #11: Nissan Cima Y31 Mirror Wipers When I thought the Japanese chindogu Side Wipers were the strangest thing that once used to be an accessory on a car I ran into this: Mirror wipers! Will that fit on my Honda? At first I thought that this was another chindogu, in other words: a…




Japanese car Family Album Treasures: [JDM Trivia #10]

JDM Trivia number 10: Japanese Car Family Album Treasures As it is the tenth trivia I wanted to do a bit more light weight subject and not dive into the nerdy anorak topics like sidewipers or hachi roku panda paint schemes. Today will be about the photos you see in the background and I call…




TOM’S Angel T01: angel or unicorn? [JDM Trivia #9]

JDM Trivia #9 Today’s trivia will be all about the TOM’S Angel T01. Gred_cz guessed the teaser entirely correct: the car in the teaser clip is indeed the TOM’S Angel T01 and the tail lights are indeed borrowed from the E90 generation Corolla FX. I recognized the car in the video from my Gran Turismo…