Japanese Nostalgic Car

Let’s say you got your hands on a flux capacitor and had the nuclear scientist know-how of Doc Brown to attach it to any vehicle you want. You know the rest — hit 88 mph, get instantly zapped into the time of your choosing, and let the antics commence. The obvious choice would be to get that sports almanac, but let’s say for the purposes of this question that whatever you do has to be automotive related.

If you could travel to one moment in time, when would it be and what would you do?

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Today, December 1, is Movie Day in Japan, marking the country’s first public screening of a film in 1896. So it’s only fitting that we ask about notable movie scenes depicting Japanese cars. We’re not talking about petrolhead movies necessarily, and in fact the vehicle in question doesn’t even need to be the hero car. Nor does it have to be involved in a pivotal action scene. In fact, we’re looking for blink-and-you’ll miss it appearances, the more obscure the better. For example, we’ll never forget the time in Mission to Mars when Gary Sinese briefly drove the Isuzu VX-O₂ concept, essentially an open-top VehiCross for a few seconds on-screen.

Which movie scene forever seared a Japanese car into your brain?

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