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KIDNEY, ANYONE? A flatty Mitsubishi Starion to relive your Cannonball Run fantasies
When you say “Starion” most people remember the aggressively flared, turbo-charged sports coupe that pretty much defined 80s styling. The earliest incarnations of Starions, however, were not so in-your-face with its styling. Flat-siders are pretty much extinct these days, but one … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannonball Run, jackie chan, kidney anyone, mitsubishi, starion
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JNC THEATER: Long before Fast & Furious, there was Jackie Chan’s Thunderbolt
For many, 2001’s The Fast and the Furious was perhaps a seminal moment in US tuning history. Hollywood movies’ star cars failed to reflect the reality of America’s mall parking lots on a Friday night, but suddenly F&F came about and brought Japanese cars to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3000GT, civic, Civic Ferio, fd3s, fto, gt-r, gto, honda, jackie chan, lancer evolution, mazda, mitsubishi, mr2, nissan, pajero, r32, rx-7, skyline, sw20, Thunderbolt
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FRIDAY VIDEO: Toyota Cresta and Nissan Bluebird double team Jackie Chan’s Mitsubishi Galant Sigma
When Hong Kong triads cold kidnap you from a moving car, a Mitsubishi Galant Sigma with Jackie Chan behind the wheel might be your only hope. That is, unless your abductors have armed themselves with the best of Japan’s luxo-box sedans, … Continue reading
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Tagged 910, bluebird, cressida, cresta, Crime Story, datsun, Friday Video, galant sigma, jackie chan, maxima, mitsubishi, mx61, mx62, nissan, toyota, wagon, x60
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Friday Video: Mitsubishi Colt Targa in Armor of God
Twenty-five years ago the film Armour of God broke the following things: Hong Kong’s box office records, a tree in Yugoslavia, and, in a stunt gone awry, Jackie Chan‘s skull. Chan was rushed to the hospital to remove a fragment … Continue reading
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Tagged armour of god, colt, jackie chan, mirage, mitsubishi, montero, pajero, shogun, starion
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Friday Video: Winners and Sinners and a Massive J-Tin Pileup
Here’s another one of those wacky Hong Kong movies involving ridiculously implausible car chases and copious amounts of J-tin genocide. Although main players in this car chase from 1983’s Winners and Sinners are a Triumph Spitfire versus, uh, Jackie Chan … Continue reading
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Tagged celica, corolla, datsun, galant, honda 145, jackie chan, lancer, mazda, mazda 808, mitsubishi, nissan, starlet, toyota, violet, winners and sinners
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Friday Video: Mitsubishi Kei Car vs. Mustang II
Perhaps the Skyline vs. Cougar video from two weeks ago was a bit too much excitement for your delicate sensibilities. If so, this week’s video is another Japan vs. Detroit matchup that flexes considerably less muscle. In 1985’s My Lucky … Continue reading
