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Commerical time: Yamasaki Tsutomu and the Cresta

March 21, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

It is always easy money for a celebrity to borrow his/her face for a TV commercial while on the other hand the car manufacturer boosts up the car sales on its fanbase. This won’t always work of course, but in the case of actor Yamasaki Tsutomu his role was chosen perfectly!

He is just as classy as his Cresta and his Cresta just as classy as he is!

These two video are actually a promotional video for the Cresta where all features of the Super Lucent Twincam 24 are compared next to each other:

Those 80s airu spoiler option settu and airu purifieru sounds really attractive to me!

And in the third video the engine, suspension and all models are compared to each other:

Even though Super Deluxe may sound attractive, it is actually under the Super Lucent. Also the Super Custom almost sounds like the ideal VIP car, it actually is an old fashioned diesel.

Found at [zumit2736 @ Youtube]

DOTS: 1986 Daihatsu Charade wants to be a Detomasso badly

March 21, 2011 / banpei / 3 Comments

One day you write about a Daihatsu Charade Detomasso and the next day you will pass a Charade that wants to be a Detomasso badly!

Daihatsu Charade G11 wants to be a Detomasso badly
This Charade TS Daimatic (Daihatsu and Automatic together? Just like Hondamatic?) may not be en-par with the Detomasso but it certainly wished to look like one with its chicken-fence grille and aftermarket exhaust!

Video: The facinating Project-X enabled the Prince R380

March 19, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

I found this great video about the Prince R380 on AUTOnGRAPHIC. It features an interview with the late Shinichiro Sakurai taken back in 2004 on the Prince company, Prince Skyline and the Prince R380!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXT9ewTA6s

It’s amazing what this small company achieved in just a few years. Of course we all know the Nissan-Prince merger meant the end for the Prince Motor Company. However the thriving engineers stuck around and made thriving products like the S20 engine, Skyline C10 and Cherry E10! It might actually have been the savior for the company as the expensive racing program might have brought down the company.

Found at [AUTOnGRAPHIC] (Edit 2021: link removed as AUTOnGRAPHIC no longer exists!)

Hilarious: drawing with a DR30 and G-force!

March 18, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Remember last weeks Skyline DR30? Same car, same date but this time two full rounds of Okayama International Circuit with a HUD projected over the video:

The funny thing is that you can watch his draw various nice patterns with the g-forces in the HUD. You will probably watch this video twice now: one time the two rounds and one time with your eyes on the g-force gauge. :D :D

Charity: buy a Love Ebisu shirt and help Japan!

March 18, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

As I wrote earlier this week that Ebisu needs to be rebuilt on some parts (like the pits), but did you also know they are housing people who were made homeless last weeks events? That’s definitely a great initiative that needs support!

That’s why Tim Hutton from sliproadjunkies designed a Love Ebisu tshirt and hoodie and sells them for charity:

Love Ebisu shirt and hoodie
All money made (excluding the initial costs) on these products will all be given to charity!

Head over to Sliproadjunkies to order one and help Ebisu help Japan!
Yes, we ? Ebisu!

WTF: set a Skyline GC110 on fire and laugh about it!

March 17, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Back in 1984 a lot of cars were (mis)used in Seibu Keisatsu. See a short backstage clip about how they park a four door Yonmeri Skyline GC110 into a pile of (nowadays extinct) burning J-tin and have a big laugh about it:

Fast forward that video 27 years and all of a sudden that ubiquitous GC110 became a rare cult hit!

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