Yearly Archives: 2007
October Skyline
The car Gran Turismo players have been waiting for was unveiled a couple of hours ago via live webcast and the bras are off! Not that that kind, although we’d probably be tossing ours onto the stage if we wore … Continue reading
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More Retro at the ToMoShow
By the time you read this, the Tokyo Motor Show will be in full swing, with concepts revealed by the minute. Unfortunately, our Cressida can’t drive on water (yet?) so we’ll have to admire the festivities from afar. That said, … Continue reading
Looming Issue
Although we’ve been harping about Toyota USA’s upcoming 50th birthday, this year is actually Toyota Motor Corporation’s 70th anniversary, established as a spinoff of Toyoda Automatic Loom in 1937. There’s a new book coming out in November called How Toyota … Continue reading
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Honda S2000 Type-S Debuts
Last Month we posted on a the Honda S2000 Type-S, which looked suspiciously like the US-market Honda S2000 CR that was unveiled in New York. Now the production version of the Type-S has gone on sale, and there are a … Continue reading
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Awesome Blossom
The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show is about to kick off in a matter of days now, and concept photos have been hitting teh internets like a celebrity sex tape. We’ve already noted the Honda CR-Z concept that may portend a … Continue reading
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240Z: Early Rally Exploits
Younger readers would associate Nissan sporting heritage with circuit racing and of course, the ubiquitous Skyline GT-R. But on the international stage, Nissan’s earliest motorsport successes were in the rallying arena. In the late 60s, Datsun had very successfully campaigned … Continue reading
CNN Money on Toyota
The onslaught of media attention to Japanese classics continues towards crescendo. This time around, it’s CNN Money with their slideshow recalling significant Toyotas from the past half century. Toyota otaku will surely be able to find a few mistakes in … Continue reading
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The Fairest of Them All
I know a guy, right, with a stunning S30Z right here in my town. You might recall seeing it way back in this wallpaper post, actually. A couple of weeks ago, he and a buddy of his hit the suburban … Continue reading
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More Seibu Keisatsu
Just another bunch of clips from Seibu Keisatsu.
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LAT Story in Detroit News
Last week the Los Angeles Times ran a story on the recent Japanese Classic Car Show and the growing interest in classic J-rides. That story has been picked up by the Detroit News, one of the two major newspapers serving … Continue reading
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240Z: Super Samuri
Now this is weird….considering that the 240Z is Van’s favourite car and that it’s resplendent on the GrandJDM banner itself, it’s a little surprising that we haven’t done any historical articles on the 240Z yet. Well, hopefully we can rectify … Continue reading
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Nissans in Nashville
Howdy cowboys and cowgirls, if your travels this weekend happen to take you to the country music capital of the USA, Nashville, Tennessee, be sure to mosey on down to the Lane Motor Museum‘s “Nissan Z Cars” exhibit. The cars, … Continue reading
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Let's Go Sailing, Road Sailing
The new and improved Honda Fit was recently unveiled to the public in Japan, and apparently the Friends of Asimo have resurrected the RS moniker for the new hatch. You know what that means – it’s time to go “Road … Continue reading
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This Week at J-Spec
Update: It’s not a genuine GT-R after all! Snap. Who feels like an idiot then eh? That’d be me. I nearly wept when I saw this C10 listed on J-Spec this week. It’s a genuine C10 GT-R (though with an … Continue reading
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Nothin’ Silly About This Celica
We approached Brian months ago to see if he’d be interested in having his stunning RA29 Celica featured here at grandJDM, but he mentioned that he’d just contracted to have it featured in Super Street magazine, and that exclusivity was … Continue reading
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Mazda Design Contest, Part II
A few weeks ago we told you about the Mazda Design Challenge, which allowed you – the user! – to submit a design for the Mazda 3 of 2018. Well the submissions are in, and now the top 10, as … Continue reading
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Orange Crush Celica
If you’ve seen our coverage of TORC’s All-Toyotafest or the JCCS, you’ve no doubt noticed a super-clean ’77 Celica Liftback reflecting rays of pure orange light directly into your pupils. The owner of this beautiful machine is Brian Karasawa, who … Continue reading
Looking For Something a Little Different?
If you’re keen to get your hands on some classic JDM, but you’d rather something a little more unique than the tried and true S30, C10, TE27, RX-3—and so on—this might be just what Doctor Jay D. Emm (see what … Continue reading
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Mitsubishi Celeste in Drag
For the past few days, the Hot Rod Reunion has been happening over in Bakersfield, California, and Monday was the final heat for the nostalgic funny car drag races. This is a venue that usually takes to Japanese car fans … Continue reading
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The Great Wall(paper) of grandJDM
That’s right folks, I been slavin’ over the Photostove for unthinkable hours yet again, pullin’ some more desktops outta the oven. The photos for all of these wallpapers were of course taken by the owners of the cars – Arnel, … Continue reading
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