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In its 26th year, Toyotafest is still going strong — a brief history of TORC, the Toyota Owners and Restorers Club

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Dan Hsu

We’ve been attending Toyotafest every year since JNC started in 2006, and it’s consistently one of our favorite events. Last year was the 25th Toyotafest, which means the show itself is now old enough to wear historic plates, buy collector … Continue reading →

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Japanese Classic Car Show 2021, Part 01

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Ben Hsu

To close out 2021, a year where things were finally opening up again, we’re going back to the Japanese Classic Car Show. After a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic, JCCS was back in full form. Perhaps trying to … Continue reading →

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2021 All-Toyotafest, Part 01 — Starlet, Corolla, Celica, MR2

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Ben Hsu

After a year and a half of no major car shows, it was good to be back. The 2021 Toyotafest picked back up right where 2019 left off, although a few changes had to be made due to the pandemic. … Continue reading →

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Japanese Classic Car Show 2019: Upping the Game and Best in Show

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Dan Hsu

We are 60 percent of the way to the point where the JCCS itself, if it were a car, would be eligible for classic status. In its 15 years in existence, the Japanese Classic Car Show has grown from a … Continue reading →

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2019 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 05 — Toyota fans save the day

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Ben Hsu

Before Toyota moved to Texas, their displays were always a centerpiece of JCCS. A massive enclosed trailer would bring a truck-full of the Toyota USA Museum’s rolling treasures to the show. Now, with the company’s headquarters several states away and, … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: 2019 All-Toyotafest, Part 03 — Classics that Started It All

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Ben Hsu

It’s hard to believe, but this year’s Toyotafest was the 24th of annual shows held by the Toyota Owners and Restorers Club. It’s been almost a quarter century since the first one took place, and at that first one all … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: 2018 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 02 — Toyotas

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Ben Hsu

For the first time since the show’s beginning, Toyota didn’t have a booth or any of its museum cars at the Japanese Classic Car Show. Mazda, Nissan, and Honda all had an official presence, but not the Big T. That’s … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Nisei Week Car Show, 2018

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Ben Hsu

The annual Nisei Festival in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles is a celebration of Japanese American culture. Nisei means “second generation” in Japanese, but with its 84 years since the inaugural festival, the event has already been passed … Continue reading →

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MINICARS: A beginner’s guide to JNC Legos, Part 01

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Ricky Silverio

The popularity of Legos had exploded in recent years, leading to many fans going beyond off-the-shelf kits and building their own custom creations. We’ve posted about Legos before, starting from back in 2013, and while the Lego renaissance was already underway … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: All-Toyotafest 2018, Part 05 — A whole lot of RWD

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Ben Hsu

Toyota still makes large sedans, economical cars with transversely mounted engines, and powerful sports cars (at least in V8 form), but the once plentiful species of lightweight, rear-wheel-drive compact has dwindled to just one model. Toyotafest might be the last place in the … Continue reading →

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TUNE UP: Instead of your typical rap video cars, “This is America” is filled with Toyotas and Hondas

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Ben Hsu

In case you were under a rock all weekend, you probably know Childish Gambino’s video for “This Is America” debuted on Saturday and has already garnered over 18 million views. The work is fraught with commentary on violence and slavery, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Tune Up | Tagged accord, Accord 2G, corolla, e30, e70, honda, te51, Tercel 4WD, This is America, toyota, wagons | 10 Comments

EVENTS: Radwood 2 – Electric Boogaloo

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Ben Hsu

From the moment co-organizer Art Cervantes told us the name of the event, we knew it would be incredible. Radwood. It was a car show exclusively for 80s and 90s machines. Like Goodwood but, you know, rad.

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EVENTS: 2017 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 01 — JDM Goodness

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Ben Hsu

We say this every year, but it’s true: the quality and selection of cars at the Japanese Classic Car Show keeps getting better with age. This year, the representation from Japan was increased substantially, with nameplates both beloved and obscure. Here are … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Toyota made some ads about long-time Corolla owners

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Ben Hsu

Toyota Japan is continuing its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Corolla with a series of videos about owners who have driven their Corollas for a very long time.

Posted in Video | Tagged AE101, AE111, ae86, corolla, corolla levin, e10, e70, ke10, te27, toyota | 7 Comments

EVENTS: 2017 All-Toyotafest 2017, Part 01 — New Digs

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Ben Hsu

Like RAV4 sales numbers, the number of cars at Toyotafest is ever-expanding. Now in its 22nd year, the country’s most comprehensive Toyota, Lexus and Scion car show has outgrown its home at the Queen Mary. This year, organizers from the Toyota Owners and Restorers Club … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: New Year Meeting 2017, Part 04 — Aichi Steel

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Brandon Kelley

After visiting the New Year Meeting’s swap meet and club display we ventured into the main car show area, where Isuzu and Hino were the featured marques this year. While that may have satisfied the approximately four Isuzu and Hino fans out there, here’s something … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a10, a20, carina, celica, corolla, corolla levin, crown, daruma, E40, E50, e70, new year meeting, s50, sprinter trueno, te27, te47, TE55, toyota | 11 Comments

EVENTS: 2016 Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, Part 01

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Brandon Kelley

During the end of November, Tokyo was gray, hammered by a never-ending barrage of snow. Two weeks earlier there had a bone-shaking earthquake. Luckily, last Saturday welcomed us with a clear blue sky and a crisp, dry late-November day. The 26th marked … Continue reading →

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SEMA 2016: Toyota brings out the classics

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Ben Hsu

For the 50th anniversary of the Corolla, Toyota brought out one of its best SEMA displays ever, which included one example of every generation of the world’s best-selling nameplate. That alone would have been a pretty awesome display already, but Toyota … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Automobile Council 2016

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Ken Lee

In an already packed calendar, a new event has appeared on the Japanese auto show roster. Recently, Tokyo hosted the inaugural Automobile Council, an affair whose stated goal was “Encouraging car culture to blossom in Japan.” That’s a noble aim if there ever was one, … Continue reading →

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EVENTS: Old School Love, New School Flavor

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Ryan Senensky

After featuring their Old School Love, New School Flavor show last year (Part 01, Part 02, Part 03) at Schiller Park in the Chicagoland area, organizers Team Nostalgic invited us to come out again so we could see what Chicago’s … Continue reading →

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