The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, so naturally in the US and Europe we love the JDM cars and RHD is actually a novelty. It is no different in Japan: they love USDM and EUDM car: in the past I’ve posted a few other reverse-fetishes. In this case it…
I’ve posted up a couple of reverse fetishes so far and I even posted an AE86 Gauge cluster before (which was wrongly indicated as EUDM). Japanese like overseas stuff like the Datsun 240K badges or Renault 5 Turbos. So not surprisingly this USDM AE86 Gauge cluster from a US Toyota Corolla GT-S AE86 is currently…
I keep finding it funny how Japanese have a reverse fetish for any performance car from abroad, especially for the early 80s heroes like this Renault 5 Turbo! But I could only agree with them: that Renault 5 Turbo does look just as appealing as the NSX-R. 😉 Direct link to video: Renault Turbo 5
Another European car in the reverse fetish: a Simca Rallye 3! Reverse fetish: JDM Simca Rallye 3 The Simca Rallye 3 was the last generation of the Rallye and only 1000 were made. The specs are amazing: this less than 730 kg heavy (thats the curb weight of the normal Simca Mille!) car is powered…
Never ever thought I would be posting about an Opel Calibra, but these two are actually very nice ones! They are JDM Opel Calibras and styled after the DTM example: Reverse fetish: JDM Opel Calibra Both have big overfenders, GT wings, Skyline GT-R special or BBS Competition wheels and such. Of course it looks nowhere…
Since I’m on holiday I went to the Dick Bruna museum with my wife and son last Tuesday. The small tribute museum to the creator of Miffy (aka Nijntje in Holland) is surely a lot of fun for kids and …. Japanese girls aged between 20 and 30! Yep, about 50% of the visitors (not…