Remembering Japanese cars from the past
I found a picture of this white Carina AA63 going flat out on Tsukuba circuit’s straight a couple of days ago and thought it would be a great wallpaper!
Carina AA63 on Tsukuba circuit
Enjoy!
Right click here to download or set it as your wallpaper!
Found at [Autofiveone]
I did post all the Skyline Japan commercials a year ago, but that users videos were removed (due to copyright infringement). Lucky enough I found another account who posted up a max-and-match version of it (perhaps official Nissan material?) with the official I love Japan song:
Somehow these videos don’t look that old anymore. May it has to do with the fashion nowadays?
Found at [IKnowSkyline @ Youtube through Retro Classics[
Now who would let a four door Skyline GTS25 ER33 rot away like this?
Skyline ER33 GTS25
It is very very sad….
Found at [R’s]
…when 2000GTs were still on the road!
Just thought the description of this video was hilarious! :D
Found at [Yamabws / The Doctor @ Youtube]
MyCub uploaded these two videos containing all Corona Twincam Turbo TT140 commercials featuring Roger Moore (when he was still 007). The Carina GT-TR TA63 had the puppy saving Sonny Chiba, its twin brother the Corona GT-TR TT140 had Roger Moore jumping out of a truck!
On one hand I prefer Roger Moore because he got a bit more class (and so does the Corona), but on the other hand the Carina is more a ordinary hero’s car.
I love the last commercial with the three trucks saying “Toyota”, “Twincam Turbo” and “New Corona GT”.
In this second video we see more James Bond in the ads: with the classy ladies, the miraculous escape and the good endings! Continue reading
I found another treasure on Marktplaats (Dutch Ebay): a JDM Nissan Cedric Y31 Brougham!
JDM Nissan Cedric Y31 Brougham
The car is powered by the 3 liter V6 VG30E, meaning it has 160hp and more importantly 247 N·m torque. Surely enough to move around this big green castle on wheels. ;)
The most beautiful element on this Cedric is by far the rabbit-ear-like fender mirrors. Very rare and certainly unique outside Japan:
JDM Nissan Cedric Y31 Brougham
The big question is: how did it get here? The registration dates back to early 1998, so perhaps a rich Japanese executive that was relocated to the Netherlands?
On the inside you won’t find the automatic gearbox on the transmission tunnel because it is located, as in the usual Cedric fashion, on the steering column:
JDM Nissan Cedric Y31 Brougham
Apart from that enough buttos to make a gadget freak go wild! :)
At the rear enough legroom and, of course, a lot of wood touches on the interior:
JDM Nissan Cedric Y31 Brougham
For European standards this would have been a luxurious car in 1991, but compared to Cedrics top model the Brougham VIP this car is actually quite bare… But is it worth its auction price of 4400 euros? (6000 dollars)
Found here: [Nissan Cedric Y31 Brougham @ Marktplaats]
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