Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Just had a big WTF?! when I found this Scuderia Nissan ad from 1971 on some historical Skyline GT-R KPGC10 related site:
Scuderia Nissan ad from 1971
Basically it offers to transform your road legal Skyline GT-R to a racing spec car.
Found at [Spirit of Skyline]
Now this Miata is a bit of everything: it is yellow, white and blue, it is imported brand new and it has quite a lot of rust!
Down on the Street: Yellow Mazda Miata
Originally imported in 1990 as a Miata and registered as white. Apparently the owner (or previous owner) resprayed it yellow but did not bother to change the registration. Then the sunroof got replaced by a blue hardtop.
From the backside you can see that it is gathering quite some rust:
Down on the Street: Yellow Mazda Miata
Perhaps a small accident at the rear and that’s why there is also a panel missing?
Back in the 80s most Japanese car manufacturers were creating hot turbo-ed (pronounced as Tarbo) city cars: Honda had the Honda City Turbo, Nissan had the Nissan March Turbo, Toyota had the Corsa Turboand if you didn’t have a turbo you had at least a Twin Cam (pronounced as Shweencam) engine like Suzuki did.
Daihatsu always was a master in creating small cars, so naturally they joined the turbo race with their own Charade Turbo. But when that wasn’t appealing enough they joined forces with Innocenti DeTomasso and created the Daihatsu DeTomasso Turbo:
Basically the car is the same as the normal Charade Turbo, but it has a better tuned engine, restyled to match the looks of the Innocenti Turbo DeTomaso. The Innocenti Turbo DeTomaso is a remodelled Mini by Bertone built by Innocenti with a tuned Daihatsu engine by DeTomasso and the Daihatsu Charade DeTomasso Turbo is a Charade with that very same engine. Can you still follow it? Neither did I at first… :D
Need some guidance on your Honda City cabrio?
Only one thing that keeps me away from this Pininfarina roof chopped Honda Jazz: knowing how much better looking the Honda City Turbo (and Turbo II) is…
Honda City Turbo guidance on the next page…
I spotted this picture at RS Yasu’s blog. I really frowned upon this stretched Prius:
Stretched Toyota Prius XW30
I can imagine driving a limo and I can even imagine a limo being a hybrid. But why convert a Prius into a limo when you have plenty of hibrid limos available?
Found at [RS Yasu]
I found this hilarious Norwegian Lotto advertisement where someone mocks his dad with his good old Carina TA12:
When I would hit the lottery jackpot I’d certainly buy four Carinas as well! :D
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