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Can you count all these Nissan Leopard F31s?

Are You Able To Count All These Nissan Leopards?

November 2, 2023 / banpei / 0 Comments

Are you able to count all these Nissan Leopards present at the Customer Appreciation Day 2012 by Leopard specialist Car Shop Friend?

To make it a bit easier, here is another photo taken from the rear of that whole lineup:

Was Bumblebee originally a Mitsubishi Eclipse? – Down on the Street

November 1, 2023 / banpei / 0 Comments

When I was on vacation in Hungary this summer, I spotted this yellow Mitsubishi Eclipse. It was parked outside a circus tent and the circus’ main attraction was the Transformers Bumblebee. So was Bumblebee originally a Mitsubishi Eclipse?

Altezza RS200 with Levin AE86 front - a better picture

When an Altezza RS200 decides to marry a Corolla Levin AE86 – AE86 Wall of Shame

October 31, 2023 / banpei / 0 Comments

About three years ago Lavender posted a weird car he encountered in traffic: a Toyota Altezza RS200 with the nose of a Corolla Levin AE86 crafted on it! The job looks a bit rough, but the idea is excellent!

Altezza RS200 with Levin AE86 front - as seen by Lavender — *Altezza RS200 with Levin AE86 front – as seen by Lavender*

This caused a bit of a stir in the AE86 community, but ultimately we actually like it very much! The Carina AA63 GT-R is named the four door hachi-roku, but this could be a modern interpretation of that! Let’s see some other photos and angles of this modern interpretation!

Toyota Carina SG Jeune with the same sticker on the tail light

I found an amazing Carina Jeune who remained young for the past 11 years! – Carina Sightings

October 30, 2023 / banpei / 0 Comments

This Carina Jeune was covered by Tonken TV and he decided to ask the owner to show his car as he thought it looked gorgeous. At first, I thought it was a bog standard Carina SG AA60, but I was very wrong! The more I watched this video, the more convinced I got I had seen it before. Let me explain why!

Toyota Carina SG Jeune that I've seen somewhere — *Toyota Carina SG Jeune that I’ve seen somewhere*

Where did I see this Carina Jeune before?

Fortran wheels sticker: sticks to a stubborn artisan spirit

Why Revolt against Fortran? Japanese mega rare alloy wheels! – WTF

October 29, 2023 / banpei / 1 Comment

You may think what was he smoking? Revolt against Fortran which are mega rare Japanese alloy wheels? Yes, I wasn’t aware of these wheels myself until I found a brochure for sale on Yahoo Auctions. I wasn’t interested in the brochure, but rather more the big REVOLT on it. This is the brochure in question:

Commercial Time: Toyota Multi-valve engines

October 28, 2023 / banpei / 1 Comment

When Toyota introduced their multi-valve engines early 1980s, this was advanced technology from another era. No other manufacturer, except for Triumph, was sane enough to put a multi-valve engine into a consumer car. You could argue that Nissan did the same by placing the S20 engine in the KPGC10 and the Fairlady Z432R. However, there were only a few thousand of these engines built! So when Toyota hit the market with the 1G-GE, 4A-GE and 7M-GTE in the early 1980s, this was totally out of this world! This mid-1980s European Toyota multi-valve ad boasts about them:

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