Remembering Japanese cars from the past
When I watched this collaborated GTA San Andreas movie I somehow wondered if Gred would have been involved. Anyway, this video shows you lots and lots JDM tin carnage without any real cars being blown to smithereens!
Of course most of the cars are Nissans, but an occasional Toyota AE86 can be spotted a few times.
Also if you are wondering what that intermezzo at 3:15 is all about: it is a commercial break for featuring this Nissan Silvia advertisement: Continue reading
While driving through town and getting caught in a smallish traffic jam I spotted a familiar shape down the road, grabbed my camera and shot this photo:
Can you already make out what it is?
Indeed: another GTR! Continue reading
Obviously only in Japan this could have happened:
How can you just leave your Honda Beat gather dust like this, let alone that poor Countach… Lucky enough the Countach is just a replica. ;)
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Could this heavily modified Subaru 360 have been the inspiration for Nakai-san back in the late 80s?
Or was it the other way around?
This 360 has been modified with the same ingredients as Nakai-san modifies his Porsches. See for yourself in this video: Continue reading
For todays rustoseum the gajin invented an abbreviation: OIJ!
Yes: scrapping a Maserati Khamsin could only happen in japan!
The close up reveals a bit more: Continue reading
Don’t you just love it when people get inspired by the Carina A60? This drawing was made by someone getting inspired by the Tomica Limited Vintage Carina sedan:
When I looked through the Carina 1500 brochure I noticed this page:
The resemblance is striking. ;)
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