Category Archives: History Lesson

Celebrating 40 years of Toyota Racing Development USA

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Ben Hsu

These days TRD USA’s primary focus is with NASCAR and dressing up some trucks, but back in the 80s and 90s, it was a Toyotaku’s dream come true.  Founded in 1979, it’s celebrating its 40th anniversary and looking back at … Continue reading →

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KIDNEY, ANYONE? 1976 Honda Civic Lady Coggiola Protoype

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Ryan Senensky

Possibly the rarest Civic we’ve ever seen has turned up for sale in, of all places, the Netherlands AutoTrader website. This was brought to our attention from a post in our own forums by autofocus. Built by Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Coggiola, … Continue reading →

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Mazda’s founder escaped Hiroshima nuke by a hair

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Ben Hsu

If it weren’t for the way a split second unfolded on the morning of August 6, 1945, some of the world’s greatest cars, like the Cosmo Sport, RX-7 and Miata, may have never existed. That was the day Mazda Motor Corporation’s founder, … Continue reading →

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HISTORY LESSON: Datsun’s Own Rotary Engine, the 1972 Sunny RE

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Ben Hsu

Today’s article comes from our friends at RotaryNews. They dug up and compiled this interesting but brief history of a rotary engine built by a Japanese automaker other than Mazda. Enjoy and please “like” them on Facebook. —Ben Nissan‘s interest … Continue reading →

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