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Video: Toyota Starlet Grand Cup 1994

May 30, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

I love the sight of an old P6 Starlet: both the bugeye and the facelifted version. One of my previous neighbors (an old guy) owned a white five door KP61 which he bought originally in 1982. I asked him if I could buy it from him whenever he wanted to part from it. He told me he would never do such a thing! So, that was exit Starlet, welcome Carina. :D

Anyway, I found this great video of the Starlet Grand Cup in Japan in 1994:

Here in Holland we also had a Starlet Cup in the 80s, but unfortunately that was the P7 Starlet Cup. I didn’t know they were still racing those 4K engined RWD Starlets in the 90s! Funny to see those Starlet with the N2 fenders and TRD decals driving like small go karts! Damn, now I want one too! :)

Video: Ken Nomura versus …

May 12, 2009 / banpei / 1 Comment

The title of the video was already spoiling the surprise so I won’t post that title here… But you will probably see the title when playing the video anyway.

Anyway, enjoy the following video:

First a couple of nice drift cars going sideways, a few cars being inspected on the paddock, including an AE86 Levin with a turbo-ed 4AGZE smallport (with bluetop valve covers) and then… bang! WTF?? :D :D

“showinfo=0” in the url did the trick: so no more title in the video!!

Touge drifting video from 1995

December 14, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

This amateur drift video (3 parts), made in 1995 on the Hakone Pass, also shows that AE86s back in those days were very popular as well. I counted at least 8 or 9 different hachi-rokus, however it is a bit difficult with so many stock hachis:

I did spot a Z10 Soarer, KE70 corolla and a KP61 starlet as well. Other popular cars are the RPS13 180sx and the S13 Silvia. Must say all these cars resemble the stock look of the early Initial D chapters, which of course is the same period. ;)

Another Carina advertisement

October 21, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

Just found this 1983 Toyota Carina advertisement on Youtube:

Powerwindows, powersteering and stains on the seats? Sounds like a Carina MyRoad! ;)

Too bad the first video of the previous posting isn’t working anymore:
More carina ads I posted in March 2008. Perhaps I should collect them as Flash video files and store them locally here. ;)

Video: Japanese 1983 Celica XX advertisement #2

July 23, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

Last week I blogged about the Toyota Celica XX advertisement with the ELO (Densha Otoko) theme in it. This week I have a Japanese Celica XX advertisement with Grace Jones!

I can understand why they compare Grace Jones with the Celica XX: both are square muscular superstars but I personally would prefer the Celica XX above Grace Jones. ;)

A nice detail is the mirror shot at 19 seconds: it is a bit the same as the mirror shot of the New Carina catalogue (S59-3):

Same style, same era?

Japanese Toyota Celica ad with Twilight by ELO

Video: Japanese Celica XX advertisement

July 23, 2008 / banpei / 0 Comments

Just found this Japanese Celica XX Advertisement on youtube:

As you can hear, the music is Twilight by Electric Lights Orchestra. Apart from the fact that I’m an 80s (electronic) music fan I immediately recognized the main theme from the Densha Otoko J-Drama.

You can view the opening credits here:

Funny they used the same theme for both videos! So now there is a link between the Toyota A6 platform and Densha Otoko! ;)