Tag Archives: jeep

VIDEO: Chip Foose draws an FJ40 Land Cruiser

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ben Hsu

Custom car designer Chip Foose is famous for his amazing takes on American cars from Detroit’s the golden age. He’s not typically drawing Japanese cars, but in a series produced for Hagerty, Foose takes his pen to one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Video | Tagged Chip Foose, fj40, jeep, land cruiser, toyota | 4 Comments

VIDEO: Watch this 1978 Subaru GL Wagon master Moab

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Ryan Senensky

Moab, Utah is famous of its tough-as-nails off-roading obstacles, and normally one would not think of tackling them with anything less than a Toyota truck or Jeep. One owner of a 1978 Subaru GL, however, took his 42-year-old economy wagon … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged DL/GL, jeep, leone, off-roading, subaru, wagons | 4 Comments

We went off-roading with a cadre of Japanese nostalgic trucks

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Ben Hsu

The mountains to the north of Los Angeles are home to some of the best driving roads in America. I had covered Angeles Crest, Glendora Mountain Road, and Mulholland Drive many times. But it was always in a light, rear-wheel-drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Back Roads | Tagged 4runner, acura, ae86, chevrolet, corolla, d21, fj cruiser, fj60, Forester, hardbody, hilux, jeep, land cruiser, Land Cruiser 100, Land Cruiser 80, Lexus LX, mdx, Mighty Max, mitsubishi, montero, N220, N60, nissan, pathfinder, R50, subaru, suzuki, tacoma, toyota, trucks | 6 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Tohoku, Part 02

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Skorj

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the twin disasters — a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and devastating tsunami — that struck Japan off the coast of Tohoku in 2011. In remembrance, we are re-running a series of stories that relate to the event’s aftermath. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring, honda, isuzu, kei, mitsubishi, nissan, toyota | Tagged 117, 280zx, 300zx, 520, 521, aomori, b120, barikan, cedric, corona, cr-v, datsun, debonair, fairlady z, fukushima, gloria, Grand Touring, honda, isuzu, iwate, jeep, kei, life, mitsubishi, Mutsu Bay, nissan, rt40, s130, sanitora, sunny, t40, tohoku, truck, y30, z31 | 17 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Tohoku, Part 01

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Skorj

Posted in Grand Touring, honda, isuzu, mitsubishi, nissan, toyota | Tagged 117, accord, aomori, c10, cb7, cr-v, crown, Grand Touring, Hakosuka, honda, inakadate, isuzu, iwate, jeep, kgc10, kpgc10, kujira, maewaka, mitsubishi, ms65, nissan, r34, s60, sendai, skyline, tohoku, toyota | 13 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Boso Hanto, Day 02

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Skorj

On Day 01 of our Boso Hanto tour we visited visited hallowed ground, a Skyline specialist shop, and stopped for the night with some curry and a bit of Honda tourism. Welcome to Day 02, where we continued through the peninsula in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring | Tagged 521, beat, Boso Hanto, c110, chaser, dyna, fronte, Grand Touring, honda, Hypermini, jeep, life, mazda, minka, mirage, mitsubishi, nissan, s800, skyline, subaru, suzuki, t2000, Tokyo Bay Aqualine, toyota, wangan, yommeri | 13 Comments

EVENTS: Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival & Parade, Part 01

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Ben Hsu

We’re extremely lucky to attend as many J-tin filled shows as we do, so it might sound like a first world problem when we say there’s always one teensy issue: The cars are stationary. That’s why when the Toyota Automobile … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 2000gt, 240zg, a40, ae86, bluebird, Bluebird 312, c10, clipper, corolla, corona, corona mark II, cosmo sport, crown, csp311, datsun, e10, e20, events, fairlady z, gloria, Hakosuka, honda, isuzu, isuzu 117, jeep, jimny, lfa, mazda, Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, mitsubishi, ms51, N360/N600, nissan, prince, progres, publica, rs watanabe, s30, silvia, skyline, sports 800, subaru 360, supra, suzuki, toyota, Toyota Automobile Museum, x20 | 21 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Shio no Michi, the Salt Road — Part 01

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Skorj

Having not been away in a few weeks, we decided to take a Monday off and spend three days exploring Nagano Prefecture and some of the less traveled valleys near the Northern Alps. Using our usual form of taking the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring, honda, kei, mitsubishi, subaru, toyota | Tagged barikan, corona, cr-v, Grand Touring, honda, jeep, kei, life, mitsubishi, rt40, subaru, subaru 360, subaru r-2, t40, toyota | 12 Comments

EVENTS: 2012 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 01: Debuts

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Dan Hsu

The 2012 Japanese Classic Car Show has come and gone, and this year’s was the hottest one yet. We mean that literally, as it was an unseasonably scorching 100-plus degree day, rare even for SoCal in September, but that didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, events, honda, jccs, mazda, mazda rx-7, mitsubishi, nissan, suzuki, toyota, Toys, Uncategorized, wagon | Tagged 1200, 510, ae86, b110, bluebird, c30, celica, chevrolet, chevy, civic, corolla, datsun, events, fb, gt-s, hachiroku, honda, hot wheels, jeep, laurel, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, rx-7, sa22, sprint, sunny, swift, toyota, trd, usdm | 22 Comments

Grand Touring: A Weekend in Nagano Prefecture

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Skorj

Eight-and-a-half feet of reliable snowfall blankets the mountains of Nagano Prefecture each winter, transforming quaint and quiet towns into temporary getaways for Tokyo-ites. When the snows disappear so do the downhill skiers and onsen soakers, but local FJ40 Land Cruisers stay to witness the spring thaw. … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, toyota | Tagged Bessho, bus, Chikuma, chuo expressway, cr-v, daihatsu, fd, fj40, fuji heavy industries, fuso, hijet, hino, honda, j3, jeep, Kakeyu, kei, land cruiser, mazda, mitsubishi, Nagano, onsen, r3, rx-7, subaru, subaru 360, Summer Wars, toyota, Ueda, vitz, yaris | 9 Comments

Friday Video: Nissan Cedric 330 vs Jeep

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Ben Hsu

Nothing goes together like a funk bass and car chases. Seibu Keisatsu has been known to pit its various Nissan products against Detroit iron before, often to disastrous effect. This time, the Nissan Cedric 330 puts up an admirable off-road fight … Continue reading →

Posted in datsun, nissan, Video Games | Tagged 330, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, jeep, nissan, seibu keisatsu | 7 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