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The cars of Initial D – Manga Car Spotting – part 1

Manga Cars Ever wondered which cars are featured in Initial D? And perhaps also wondered which model, make and type these manga cars are? In this third episode of Manga car spotting, I’ll be spotting cars in the first book of Initial D! This first book is the US version of the Manga by Tokyopop…




Manga Car spotting – Nissan Skyline R30 – The Walking Man [part one]

Manga Cars Today I’m sharing one of my vices: reading Manga and spotting cars in the background! Yes, it’s really something odd that I can’t let go and sometimes you really find nice treasures: like the Nissan Skyline R30 that made me buy this book! The Walking Man by Jiro Tanaguchi The Manga I’m reading…




TOM’S Angel T01: angel or unicorn? [JDM Trivia #9]

JDM Trivia #9 Today’s trivia will be all about the TOM’S Angel T01. Gred_cz guessed the teaser entirely correct: the car in the teaser clip is indeed the TOM’S Angel T01 and the tail lights are indeed borrowed from the E90 generation Corolla FX. I recognized the car in the video from my Gran Turismo…




Panda AE86 paint scheme [JDM Trivia #8]

JDM Trivia number eight! I expected people to jump on the Fujiwara Tofu livery of the Corolla E80 sedan and I was right about that. Actually I wasn’t aiming for the Initial D inspired sticker but rather for the panda AE86 paint scheme applied to it. Why? Well because the two tone panda paint scheme…




WTF: Toyota Sprinter Trueno Black Limited BP Kraft?

I bumped into this Toyota Sprinter Trueno Black Limited BP Kraft lookalike while I was doing research on the Black Limited for the rediculously long car names where it took third place. I guess lovers going to love, haters going to hate… The most obvious change are the Lambo-style doors and the change of the…




JDM Trivia #2: Ridiculously long car names

Welcome to JDM Trivia #2! For some time now I have been pondering about the ridiculously long car names for the 80s and 90s JDM cars. I gathered data from various Japanese car manufacturers, made a potential selection of models, looked up their brochures and wrote down the name as advertised. What I did was…