Tag Archives: gloria

Nissan Cedrics vs Toyota LiteAce in Daitokai, The Big City

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Ben Hsu

It’s odd to see a mixed-marque car chase in the heavily sponsored world of Japanese cop shows. Almost as odd as using a Toyota LiteAce as a getaway vehicle when you’re being pursued by a fleet of Nissan Cedrics. But there … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, toyota | Tagged 230, 330, cedric, daitokai, datsun, gloria, liteace, nissan, the big city, toyota | 5 Comments

Friday Video: Cedric 230 vs 330 in The Big City

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Going solely by old Japanese cop shows, you’d think three out of every five cars was a Nissan Cedric. It’s the Chevy Caprice Classic of Nihon car chases! In this clip from Daitokai (The Big City), there are, surprisingly, no … Continue reading →

Posted in nissan, Video Games | Tagged 230, 330, car chase, cedric, daitokai, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, the big city | Leave a comment

Friday Video: Massive Carnage in Seibu Keisatsu (Again)

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Ben Hsu

A black police-spec Cedric 230 on steelies sure looks like a mean machine. Too bad it, along with several other rarities, bites the dust in yet another car chase in Seibu Keisatsu. Video below the fold.

Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games | Tagged 230, 330, c10, cedric, datsun, gloria, Hakosuka, japanese cop show, nissan, seibu keisatsu, skyline | 2 Comments

Friday Video: Quite Possibly the Only Car Chase Ever Filmed Involving a Nissan Sunny Cab

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Just when we thought we’d seen it all, here’s an episode of Seibu Keistatsu in which a standard police issue Cedric 330 unmarked does battle with a Datsun Sunny Cab… and loses! Maybe the rare cab-over trucklet was cool enough … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan | Tagged cedric, cedric 330, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, luce, mazda, nissan, rx-4, seibu keisatsu, sunny, sunny cab | 3 Comments

Friday Video: Another Bosozoku Crackdown

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when the keisatsu put up an all-night road block and bring out the windowless paddy wagons on New Year’s Eve to clamp down on bespoilered bosozoku rides? Some tear off … Continue reading →

Posted in bosozoku, datsun, nissan, toyota | Tagged bosozoku, cedric, cressida, crown, gloria, mark II, nissan, police, soarer, toyota | 9 Comments

Unloved Cars of Tochigi

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Skorj

Location scouting North of Tokyo, we were surprised to pass a yard not filled with the usual rural kei cars — or farming implements — but one filled with an enormous range of nostalgics.

Posted in datsun, honda, kei, nissan, subaru, toyota | Tagged 240z, 430, 510, a30, b110, bluebird, butaketsu, c10, c130, datsun, datsun 1200, fairlady z, gloria, Hakosuka, honda, kei, kgc10, kpgc10, laurel, life, nissan, s30, skyline, sprinter trueno, step van, subaru, subaru 360, subaru r2, sunny, super 6, super six, te27, tochigi, toyota | 15 Comments

Vintage Japanese Car Show at Laguna Gamagori

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Laguna Gamagori is a seaside amusement park in Aichi Prefecture. JNC reader Nakazoto went to a vintage car show there recently and snapped a metric buttload of photos. Somehow, a light blue hakosuka looks simultaneously oh so wrong and oh … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, events, honda, isuzu, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, suzuki, toyota | Tagged b10, b110, b310, bellett, c10, carol, city, city turbo II, colt galant, corona, crown, datsun, galant gto, gc10, gloria, Hakosuka, honda, isuzu, kgc10, kpgc10, laguna gamagori, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, pgc10, skyline, sports 800, sunny, t360, tn360, toyota | 12 Comments

Friday Video: Nissan Cedric vs Plymouth Belvedere

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Ben Hsu

We’ve seen villains in Seibu Keisatsu try and fail to make their escape in Detroit Iron several times before. Maybe their problem was their allegiance to the Blue Oval. What if they try Mopar power? Perhaps a 1969 Plymouth Belvedere … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games | Tagged 230, 330, b-body, belvedere, car chase, cedric, coronet, datsun, dodge, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, plymouth, roadrunner, seibu keisatsu | Leave a comment

Friday Video: Police vs. Datsun 810 Wagons

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Ben Hsu

This one goes out to Jorge and everyone in the Goon Squad. How often do you get to see Tokyo’s Finest chasing a pair of Nissan Bluebird/Datsun 810 Wagons? Answer: not often. But it’s business as usual in Seibu Keisatsu-land, where … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games, wagons | Tagged 810, bluebird, car chase, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, police car, seibu keisatsu, skyline, wagon | 3 Comments

Shoto Incongruities

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Skorj

One of the curious aspects of Tokyo living is the often cliched perspective of the new vs. the old. The fall-back standard for no-need-to-think international correspondents who like to show keitai girls in yukata, shinkansen and rice-fields, cosplay and temples, … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, japan, mitsubishi, nissan, toyota | Tagged 330, cedric, corona, crown, datsun, gloria, j37, jeep, mitsubishi, nissan, origin, president, rt40, toyota | 11 Comments

Nostalgic Japanese Police Cars

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Here’s a collection of photos of nostalgic Japanese police cars strung together by an amateur, unidirectional Ken Burns. Some are equipped with high-power engine options and transmission pairings not available on civilian versions of the same model. Sadly, Japanese patrol … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, suzuki, toyota | Tagged 240z, 280zx, 300zx, 911, accord, alto, bmw, capella, cedric, civic, corolla, corona mark II, cosmo, cressida, crown, datsun, dyna, e30, e70, fairlady z, gloria, honda, japanese police cars, legato, luce, mark II, mazda, mitsubishi, montero, nissan, pajero, patrol car, police car, porsche, rx-4, rx-5, s130, s30 z, skyline, suzuki, toyopet, toyota, z31 | 7 Comments

Friday Video: Shakotan Boogie, The Movie

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Don your headbands, hang your friends out your side windows and get ready for Shakotan Boogie. In 1987 Japan apparently made a movie out of the manga that celebrates the bosozoku lyfe. Plot points include cross-cultural drag racing that ends … Continue reading →

Posted in honda, nissan, toyota, Video Games | Tagged bosozoku, cedric, crown, datsun, fairlady z, gloria, gurachan, nissan, s130, Shakotan Boogie, skyline, soarer, toyota | 7 Comments

Learning Japanese: "Tateguro" Nissan Gloria A30

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Welcome to a new series on the JNC Blog. In Learning Japanese, we’ll introduce nicknames for Japanese cars and delve into their etymology. We started informally with the erimaki Mitsubishi Mirage, but now it’s official. Let’s kick off with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning Japanese, nissan | Tagged gloria, gloria a30, learning japanese, nissan, tateguro, tateme | 9 Comments

Friday Video: Abunai Deka Cedric 430 Chase

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Ben Hsu

In this clip from 80s Japanese cop show Abunai Deka, a Nissan Cedric 430 unmarked patrol car gives chase to a Gloria Van of the same generation. As you can see, this series doesn’t take itself as seriously as, say, … Continue reading →

Posted in JNC Theater | Tagged 430, abunai deka, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, nissan, wagons | 3 Comments