Remembering Japanese cars from the past
What image would be even better than this Toyota Crown Royal Saloon MS106 to show the awesomeness of the five spoke Techno Shadow rims?
To be honest: I can’t think of anything!
Even with todays yen rate these rims would still be around 400 dollars per wheel new. Sounds like a very good investment!
Found at Junkyarddog
The Mazda Cosmo HB always has been one of my favorite eighties cars:
As a young kid I kept looking through the Mazda brochures my dad once got at the dealership when he was looking for a wagon and regretted he walked out of the showroom without asking for testdrive in the new Mazda 929, the piston version of the Mazda Cosmo HB.
Of course the Japanese version of the car was featuring a lot more than the 929 spinoff we got: Continue reading
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
In this 1982 commercial the Nissan Caravan is portrayed as the ideal transportation for seafaring families:
But when it comes to cornering it looks like it took its inspiration from the 1970s landyachts. Well at least the turbo engine and arm rests of the limousine seats keep you in the right direction! ;)
Direct link to video: 1982 NISSAN CARAVAN Turbo Ad
Back in 1982 Kazuyoshi Hoshino was the star of the Grand Championships around Japan: he both competed within the long distance Group C races and also in the more popular Group 5 (aka Super Silhouette) races where he drove his Hoshino Impul Silvia:
Two races on the same day: isn’t that a bit too much for a man?
Now this advertisement from 1982 shows you how he pulled off that trick: Continue reading
I was just watching some of the old Skyline C211 commercial videos and I must have seen these videos tens of times already. That’s when I noticed something odd between 0:10 and 0:16…
Can anyone already guess what it is? Continue reading
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