Remembering Japanese cars from the past
I wish you a happy Easter with one of the cutest cars by Suzuki: the Lapin! Lapin means rabbit or bunny in French, so now you know the connection with the Easter bunny!
The Suzuki Lapin was launched in 2002 as a cubical kei car based on the underpinnings of the Suzuki Alto. It also got sold as the Mazda Spanio under the Autozam flag, but that car is less interesting as it’s just a rebadged version of the Lapin.
I found this scanned photo of robots assembling MR2 AW11s on someone’s SW20 blog:
On the foreground one partly assembled MR2 upsidedown and behind it a better recognizable MR2 that already received 60% of its shape.
I’ve tried finding more pictures of the MR2 assembly line, but apparently this is the only one.
Found at Minkara
At least, that’s what the Skyline R30’s owner must have thought.
The Skyline R30 shared its underpinnings with the Laurel C31, so that makes the C32 parked next to this R30 its younger brother.
Found at MS1122
That were my exact thoughts when I watched this video of the New Year drive of a classic Nissan owners club! As a teaser before the video, this is what a KPGC10 and PGC10 traffic jam looks like:
The video was shot while the pack was exiting a parkinglot near Ichihara. (video on the next page) Continue reading
Fifteen years ago this yellow Sprinter Trueno AE86 GT Apex was king of the mountain and the Honda in front of it king of the desert!
Now which one would you choose as your daily transportation?
A yonmeri Skyline C110, a facelifted first generation Celica, a Mistubishi Galant GTO, another facelifted first generation Celica and finally a first generation Mazda Savanna RX-7. What does this kyusha lineup have in common? Well, appart from the owners being in the same car club obviously…
Simple: they all have fender mirrors! Just look how much more beautiful these cars get when you realize they all feature them!
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