Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Tag: sakura

Commerical time: Sakura de Datsun!

Never knew the Datsun 200SX/Datsun Silvia/Nissan Gazelle S110 actually sold in Mexico as the Datsun Sakura.

Personally I think the name is even more awesome than Gazelle or Silvia, let alone 200SX… But that’s just my opinion. 😉

Carina Sightings: Yokosuka’s deep blue Carina AA63 (part 2)


I spotted this great looking picture on PhilsCarBlog and recognized the car as Yokosuka’s deep blue AA63 I posted before:
Yokosuka's Carina AA63
Yokosuka’s Carina AA63

So I decided to have another look at his blog and found that he made quite a few updates in the past 10 months!

First of all he shot this beautiful sakura picture:
Yokosukas Carina AA63 under Cherry Blossom (sakura)
Yokosukas Carina AA63 under Cherry Blossom (sakura)

And what about getting a trim?
Yokosukas Carina AA63 haircut
Yokosukas Carina AA63 haircut

Well, he got the haircut, not the Carina. 😉

Or help your fellow Carina owner with an oil change:
Carina AA63 sedan and coupe
Carina AA63 sedan and coupe

The coupe is owned by a friend of him and they regularly do maintenance together on the Carinas!

Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland

Last year I already noticed the trees next to the red Mazda Miata were Japanese cherry trees and I was hoping I could take a nice picture of the Miata with the cherry blossoms this spring. Unfortunately I only could take that picture:
Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland
Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland

As you can see: the Miata disappeared after the snow melted and a Vølvø S40 replaced it shortly afterwards. I was hoping it would return, but since the blossoms are almost dead already I really had to take this picture instead.

Dunno what happened to the red Miata. Maybe the owner got fed up with a convertible during winter time, had family expansion or even moved away. We’ll probably never know…

(btw: picture was taken with my new phonecam. Color quality is better than the crap cam, but the focus is terrible. I had to sharpen the picture twice to have as it is right now. So not a good replacement for the crapcam I guess!)

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