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Australians Corollaring Along
The Toyota Corolla has now been in the Australian market since 1967, and today—forty years later—Toyota Australia have announced that they’ve now waved off their millionth ‘Rolla in the suburnt country. Marketing fluff aside (“Corolla has always captured the imagination … Continue reading
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Truth in Advertising, but Beauty Too?
Someone at JC Penny loves nostalgics. We think. It’s been said that if something happens once it’s an accident, twice and it’s a coincidence, three times and it’s a full-blown trend. Well, we first noticed this JC Penny’s Father’s Day … Continue reading
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Classic JDM in Pop Culture and Advertising
Auto Otaku found this great advertisement for the American department store chain JCPenny, featuring a gorgeous girl standing in front of an even more stunning classic Corolla. I’ve got little to no interest in whatever the store’s selling—and I’m pretty … Continue reading
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So That’d Make it a… MX2000GT?
Well, this might be the weirdest thing I wasn’t expecting to see this week. Japanese outfit Roadster Garage are now offering a conversion package that transforms your MX-5 into a mutant Toyota 2000GT convertible. This is the sort of thing … Continue reading
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Budget Nostalgia
For those of us who’ve always wanted a 2000GT convertible, but are not lucky enough to have $250,000, a sawzall, and the cajones to take said sawzall to the roof of extremely rare classic supercars, all is not lost. Thanks … Continue reading
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This Just in From the ’80s
While grandJDM might generally be focused on the days of 60s and 70s Japanese steel, there’s no shortage of great looking boxes from the 80s that deserve a bit of a look in. The boso/garuchan/yankee style is an especially keen … Continue reading
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Cruisin'
As part of the launch for the new 200 series Land Cruiser on sale in Japan today, Toyota has put together a minisite all about the venerated 4×4 that has become the chariot of choice for soccer mom and third … Continue reading
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Ratrodded Corona Wagon? Oddly Hot
Ratrodding is a genre of the hotrod scene, where the cars in question are usually made to look unfinished and rusty, with peeling paint and undercoat showing through. Most of the time, the cars favoured are old Hudsons, Roadsters, and … Continue reading
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Born sixty seven, Forty years of large one-box Too square for the States. [Toyopet]
Son of Toyota
Today, Shoichiro Toyoda spoke at the Woodrow Wilson Center International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. This is right in our backyard, so we made the haul down to Das Capital to see what the son of Toyota Motor Corporation … Continue reading
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2000GTs Are Forever
Last week we told you about Toyota USA’s very own blog. Well on that blog, as part of their countdown to the 50th anniversary celebration on October 31, a retrospective of significant Toyotas will be highlighted, the first of which … Continue reading
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TRD, Just TRD
Despite millions of TRD stickers gracing the flanks of everything from pickups to Priuses, nothing street-legal has ever had the gall to jettison the “Toyota” part of its name and go only by TRD. Well leave it up to the … Continue reading
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Toyota Goes Whole-Blog
In Japan, blogs are a favorite feature of automakers during new product launches or for marking significant occasions. Daihatsu recently launched one to commemorate their 100th anniversary. Nissan has been operating one since the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading
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Fasten Your Seatbelts: AE86 2-Wheel Record
He’re a peculiar public service announcement from the Danish government. Apparently, it’s a message about seat belt safety, in which an extremely skilled stunt-driver set world record for two-wheeled driving in an AE86 Corolla only to endure a dark, M. … Continue reading
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Just In Time 30 Year Anniversary
Toyota celebrates many milestones this year, including their 50th year of sales in the US and their 50th year in motorsports. But perhaps the most significant one of all, not just to Toyota but the entire automotive industry, is the … Continue reading
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FEATURES: 1986 Toyota Cressida Wagon
New article here, about the recent trip taken to attend the Monterey Historics.
Contacted Sports
Who knows what Toyotas lurk in the hearts of barns? The Toyotageek knows! The world is big. Cars are small. You just never know what’s out there, waiting for a Nostalgia Jones to unearth it, and with a length of … Continue reading
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Speaking of Honda power…
This is a strange one. It’s not all that uncommon to see cross-manufacturer engine swaps, with there being a number of 2JZ/1JZ powered S30s out there, but nonetheless; this F20C-powered TA22 Celica is on the list of unexpected swaps! I … Continue reading
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Random Pic Onslaught, Part 2
Heading towards Laguna Seca for the Monterey Historics, you get to share the highway with some pretty choice machinery. An aggressively-driven Aston Martin DB9 came up fast from behind, but moments later this green 510 absolutely ripped past everyone and … Continue reading
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