Tag Archives: mazda

EVENTS: Mazda Miata’s 25th birthday steals the NY Auto Show

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Ben Hsu

Welcome back to Miata week here at JNC. We’ve covered the origin story of the world’s favorite sports car, and now we’re at the New York Auto Show, where Mazda’s party for the Miata’s 25th birthday is in full swing. … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged mazda, miata, mx-5, new york auto show | 8 Comments

Next Mazda MX-5 chassis reveals first-gen throwback

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Ricky Silverio

Amidst the festivities of the Miata’s 25th birthday bash, Mazda quietly unveiled the chassis for the next-generation MX-5 off in the corner while barely saying a word about it. To true Mazdafarians, however, they don’t need to. All the answers … Continue reading →

Posted in Next Version | Tagged mazda, miata, mx-5, ND, new york auto show | 16 Comments

25 YEAR CLUB: The Mazda MX-5 Miata is officially a Japanese Nostalgic Car

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Ben Hsu

Break out the champagne, because the Mazda MX-5 Miata is 25 years old. Later this week at the New York Auto Show, Mazda will throw a birthday party for what is not only one of the most significant Japanese cars … Continue reading →

Posted in 25 Year Club, mazda | Tagged mazda, miata, mx-5 | 22 Comments

FAUX-STALGIC: The MX-5-based Mazda Cosmo 21

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Dave Yuan

The 19th century naturalist Henry Walter Bates discovered caterpillars in the Amazon with gigantic heads resembling those of pit vipers. This type of mimicry is a clever and effective means of survival, but can it work on cars? Given the … Continue reading →

Posted in Faux-Stalgics | Tagged 110s, cosmo 21, cosmo sport, mazda, mazda roadster, miata, mx-5 | 14 Comments

EVENTS: 2014 Nostalgic2Days, Part 04

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Brandon Kelley

We start our final installment of our 2014 Nos2Days coverage with a beautiful butaketsu Laurel by Red Megaphone. The Nissan restoration shop is known primarily for its Skylines, but this white C130 hardtop showed that there’s more than hakosukas and kenmeris … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 117, 330, 430, ae86, c110, c130, cedric, corolla, cressida, crown, f31, isuzu, kenmeri, laurel, leopard, mark II, mazda, nissan, prince, r30, Red Megaphone, rx-3, s120, s54, skyline, toyota, utilitas, vip, x30, Yoshikazu Sunako | 7 Comments

EVENTS: 2014 Nostalgic2Days, Part 03

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Brandon Kelley

Part 03 of our 2014 Nos2Days coverage comes from a new contributor, Brandon Kelley, a resident of Tokyo. He met up with David, who supplied Parts 01 and 02, after a 45-minute train ride to Yokohama. The two of them toured … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 2000gt, 360, 510, bluebird, c10, c110, c130, cosmo sport, datsun, Dual Factory, ebbro, Hakosuka, IDx, kenmeri, laurel, liberty walk, mazda, nissan, skyline, subaru, toyota | 8 Comments

EVENTS: 2014 Nostalgic2Days, Part 02

Posted on March 27, 2014 by David Lovett

Welcome to Part 02 of our Nostalgic2Days coverage, as we make our way across the Pacifico Convention Center on Yokohama’s historic waterfront. In this installment we’ll see the displays kyuusha tuning houses, some of the famous cars that have graced Nostalgic … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 110s, 323, 510, a20, a60, autech, beat, Biko Works, bluebird, c10, c110, c130, capella, celica, corona, cosmo sport, crown, datsun, Datsun Type 15, fairlady roadster, fairlady z, familia, Hakosuka, honda, kenmeri, laurel, mazda, nissan, nos2days, prince, publica, Red Megaphone, rt40, rx-2, s30, skyline, stelvio, supra, toyopet, toyota | 11 Comments

AUTO SHOWS: JNCs at the Chicago Auto Show, 1959-1989

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Matt De Mangos

The Chicago Auto Show first began in 1901 and calls itself the largest auto show in North America. They have an incredible photo archive spanning the decades, many of which include JNCs. Until someone invents a time machine, this is the closest … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Shows | Tagged acura, dome, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, toyota | 16 Comments

Mazda Cosmo Sport and Toyota 2000GT in this month’s Hemmings

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Justin Principe

A Toyota 2000GT and a Mazda Cosmo 110s will both grace the cover of the upcoming April issue of Hemmings Sport & Exotic Car. The pivotal pair of shiro historic flagships was garnered together by our buddy and fellow J-tin enthusiast Jeff … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged 2000gt, 510, bluebird, cosmo sport, datsun, hemmings, mazda, toyota | 7 Comments

MOTORSPORT: Perhaps the greatest Mazda collectibles of all time

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Ben Hsu

There are rare collectibles and there are rare collectibles. What you see here are perhaps the greatest pieces of memorabilia a Mazdafarian could ever want. You know the story of the Mazda 787B. Winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans … Continue reading →

Posted in motorsport | Tagged 787b, le mans, mazda, motorsport, rotary | 6 Comments

NEWS: Mazda Celebrates 25 Years of the MX-5

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Ben Hsu

Mazda knew when they unveiled the Miata at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show that they had built a true driver’s car, one whose stated purpose was to create joy. That was 25 years ago today. What they couldn’t have known … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged mazda, miata, mx-5, roadster | 12 Comments

So despite earning $15 million last year for his Game of Thrones series, author George R.R. Martin drives an FB Mazda RX-7, which Yahoo cyberstalked and found parked outside his Santa Fe, New Mexico house. His personalized license plate has his … Continue reading →

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Dan Hsu | 5 Comments

SHOP LIFE: Standards, Part 02

Posted on January 31, 2014 by David Lovett

In Part 01, we headed up to Gifu to visit a shop called Standards, which had a mind-blowing amount of Showa goodies hidden in every nook and cranny. After going into Showa overload, Yokoyama-san, the owner, asked if we wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Shop Life | Tagged carol, corona, daihatsu, honda, kei, mazda, midget, publica, Shop Life, Standards, subar, toyota | 16 Comments

SHOP LIFE: Standards, Part 01

Posted on January 24, 2014 by David Lovett

Standards is a little known shop hiding up in Gifu Prefecture. We would have never been aware of had it not been for some internet digging by a friend in a desperate bid to find some rare Mazda Carol 360 … Continue reading →

Posted in Shop Life | Tagged 117, carol, corona mark II, cosmo ap, daihatsu, hijet, isuzu, kei, mazda, Mitsubishi Minicab, publica, R-2, rx-5, Showa Era, Standards, subaru, toyota | 13 Comments

KIDNEY, ANYONE? 1968 Paris Auto Salon Mazda 110S

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Ben Hsu

Mazda Cosmo Sports are rare already, but this particular specimen has the added provenance of being a show car. According to the seller, it was displayed at the Mazda booth at the 1968 Paris Auto Salon. Additionally, this is an export … Continue reading →

Posted in for sale | Tagged 110s, cosmo sport, kidney anyone, mazda | 11 Comments

ART CORNER: Ryuji Tsugihara’s Yoroshiku Mechadoc

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Ben Hsu

There are countless manga devoted to the subject of cars, but rarely do they leap off their comic book pages into the world of anime. Any self-respecting JNCer knows a few, but before Initial D or Wangan Midnight, before even Shakotan Boogie, there … Continue reading →

Posted in manga | Tagged 2000gt, a20, a60, bosozoku, c10, c110, celica, city, cr-x, fairlady z, Hakosuka, honda, impulse, isuzu, kenmeri, Levorg, mazda, nissan, piazza, rx-7, Ryuji Tsugihara, s110, s30, silvia, skyline, sports 800, subaru, subaru 360, supra, toyota, Yoroshiku Mechadoc, z31 | 18 Comments

EVENTS: Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival & Parade, Part 02

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Ben Hsu

When Toyota holds a car show in the middle of Tokyo’s equivalent of Central Park, people notice. In Part 01 of our Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival coverage we had the rare opportunity to see the best of Japan’s historic … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 110s, 117, 411, a20, a40, ALSID-2, BLRA-3, bluebird, Bluebird 312, c30, carina, celica, clipper, colt, contessa, corolla, corona, corona mark II, cosmo sport, crown, crown eight, csp311, daruma, e10, e20, fairlady z, gemini, gloria, hino, honda, isuzu, jimny, lancer, laurel, mazda, Meiji Jingu Classic Car Festival, mitsubishi, nissan, prince, Publica Sports Concept, S-Series, s130, s20, s30, s500, silvia, skyline, skyline sport, Skyline Van, supra, suzuki, T20, toyopet, toyota, Toyota Automobile Museum, x20 | 10 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

VIDEO: What it’s like to own a Le Mans car in Japan

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Dan Hsu

Japan’s shaken roadworthiness inspection is one of the world’s toughest. But it’s not strict enough, interestingly, to stop you from registering a full blown Le Mans prototype racer for street use. Motorhead and Maiham Media have produced a fantastic video … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged 767b, le mans, mazda, Video | 15 Comments

MINICARS: Japanese Nostalgic Legos

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Ricky Silverio

Apparently, building JNCs out of Legos is a thing. After stumbling upon a Toyota Celica built by -Kyusha-, we fell down the rabbit hole and discovered an entire subculture of nostalgics made of plastic blocks. Here are some of our favorites.

Posted in minicars | Tagged 117, 2000gt, 510, 620, a20, ae86, Art Corner, bosozoku, bre, c10, celica, civic, corolla, cosmo sport, csp311, daruma, datsun, ef, fj40, Hakosuka, honda, isuzu, land cruiser, lego, mazda, n360, nissan, ra272, rx-3, rx-7, sa22, savanna, silvia, skyline, tarago, toyota, Toyota Van | 4 Comments