Yearly Archives: 2007
JDM Illustrated
Despite the impression the title of this post may have given you, there are no bikini-clad classic JDM cars anywhere on the following linked website. But hey – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – the illustrated classic JDM … Continue reading
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Brunei Toyota Guy
Ok, we’re not going to complain, even though it’s taking ever fiber of our beings. We promised we wouldn’t. It’s just that in Toyota of Brunei has, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, held a contest to find the oldest and … Continue reading
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Z-Yota Races Ferrari, Receives Hate
Van from grandJDM posted this incredible video in our forum the other day of a 240Z with a 7m-GTE underhood outrunning a Ferrari F430 in a stoplight battle. Later that day, US-based Autoblog posted it and in just nine minutes … Continue reading
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Lock Down Your Speakers
This is just tragic. Initially, what caught our eye was this photo of a battered 240Z on Cardomain. Turns out, it was a post about how the 27 year old driver of this Datsun was rear ended and paralyzed as … Continue reading
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The Art of Car
If being deformed sounds bad, then super-deformed must be worse, right? Well, not if you’re in Japan. For whatever reason, the Japanese just love taking perfectly good cars and deforming their classic proportions to make cartoony illustrations or extremely cute … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Van!
In celebration of Van’s birthday, I’m actually posting something. haha. Happy birthday big fella, here are a couple of wallpapers I hope you & everybody else will enjoy!
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Maximum Tune 3
Maximum Tune is a series of arcade driving games based on the cult classic manga (and now an anime series) Wangan Midnight. The main character drives an S30Z, known around Tokyo as “The Devil Z”. While the more popular cars … Continue reading
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A Smaller Number, but All the Spirit.
In their never-ending quest to beat us (alright, so maybe it’s the other way around), JNC have posted a link to a MotorTrend article about the Honda S600, a car that could rightfully be described as the spiritual predecessor to … Continue reading
Japan’s Stillborn 70s Supercar
Ask anyone to name Japan’s first mid engined supercar and most people would nominate the Honda NSX. Change tack and instead ask about JDM prototype mid engined supercars and the extremely well-informed would say, ok, Nissan Mid-4. However. Japan’s very … Continue reading
Posted in Japan Stuff, Miscellaneous, racing, Websites
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Toyotageek
Toyota Geek is run by a fella named Michael, and he’s clearly obsessed with all things Toyota – and fair enough! While the main website itself doesn’t have much going on at the moment (it’s been “coming soon!” for some … Continue reading
So, are You Digging grandJDM or What?
Alright guys and girls, it’s time to pull out the stops and march into your local Blogger’s Choice Awards polling venue and… wait, you can just go to their website. Oh how bloody convenient eh? If you’ve been enjoying our … Continue reading
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7MGTE-powered S30Z versus Ferrari F430
I don’t know too much about this video, but suffice it to say that it’s apparently a 7MGTE-powered S30Z. I wish I could tell you more than that! There was some (short and blabbery) discussion about it at the Nico … Continue reading
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Return of the ‘Roku, Maybe
Rumors of an AE86 successor has been spreading across the web like the blob at end of Akira in the past couple of days. One of the few cars more well known by its chassis code than it’s actual name, … Continue reading
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Motor Trend Hearts Hondas
Back when we were growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, you’d be hard pressed to find an article about classic Japanese cars in any major automotive publication. My, how times have changed. Motor Trend recently published this … Continue reading
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Van’s Shot of the Week, part 3
I had this image as my desktop wallpaper for so long, I can’t believe I haven’t used it as my Shot of the Week yet! It’s such a beautiful scene, the kind of shot that truly makes me wish I … Continue reading
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Electric Datsun 1200
The Wall Street Journal has turned its attention to White Zombie. Not the band, but the 1972 Datsun 1200 that can run a sub-12 in the quarter mile and smoke a whole gaggle of V8-powered muscle cars while getting terrific … Continue reading
A Long Dime Comin'
The sheer number of oddities to be found on craigslist can easily overwhelm the innocent mind. For example, this limousine. Is this an answer to a question nobody asked, the Joker’s car in the next Batman movie, a poorly constructed … Continue reading
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Nostalgic Hero magazine goes Nissan Crazy
The August issue of Nostalgic Hero magazine (A Japanese language magazine released bi-monthly in the home islands) came bearing gifts – a 50 minute DVD devoted to various Nissan vehicles, from Hakosuka GT-R track racing footage through to ” Zcar … Continue reading
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Master of Your CarDomain
More old school love just keeps popping up on the web. Cardomain, the social networking site for the automotively-minded, has implemented a groups feature, and the CarDomain Blog posted this Group of the Day item the day we were supposed … Continue reading
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Need your fix of JDM Books and Videos?
Let’s say you’ve trekked all the way to Japan, have found your way to the Super Autobacs in Tokyo Bay, and after spending a good few hours in their wondrously well stocked book and video shop, you stumble to the … Continue reading
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