Japanese Nostalgic Car

At year’s end, the Japanese tradition of bonenkai takes place. These “forget the year parties” are held to drink away the heartaches of the previous 365 days and hope for better luck the next time ’round the sun. For me personally, it’s not what I did but what I didn’t do. With work and family duties, I didn’t get to wrench/drive/hang out at car events as much as I wanted to. There’s also the massive hole in my heart left by how I didn’t spend more time with a dear friend before he passed away. Well, the turning of the calendar gives us all the opportunity to start anew and kaizen ourselves in 2022.

What automotive heartaches are you most eager to forget?

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It’s a well known fact that Japanese Santa Claus, a magical yokozuna in a red and white yukata, travels all over the world to in a flying Hino Ranger dekotora to bring those on his “nice” list. You can ask him for anything you want, from a $1 Hot Wheels car to a 1 of 1 priceless race car currently in the possession of an automaker’s museum collection.

What are you asking Japanese Santa Claus for this year?

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We all had to start somewhere. Whether it was toy cars, books and magazines, or just a relative that had good taste, our passion for cars probably came at a pretty early age. We’ve asked about your love for Japanese nostalgic cars in particular, but many probably did not start out with an interest in J-tin to begin with. But no matter if you loved American muscle, Euro exotics, or started right off the bat with Nihon steel, we want to know:

What made you fall in love with cars?

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The other day we came across a company selling clothing “inspired by” 2010s style. That seems absolutely insane to us, as most of us probably have actual clothing hailing from before that era in our closets. Cars from the 80s and 90s are on the rise right now, just like cars of the 60s and 70s before them. But does that mean that one day mint condition Toyota Venzas and Mitsubishi Eclipse Crosses will command top dollar on Bring a Tractor Beam?

Will cars of the 2010s be collectible, and if so, which ones?

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