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KIDNEY, ANYONE? 1988 Subaru XT6 for $3,500
So far 2016 seems to be the year that great nostalgic Subarus are showing up everywhere. If the optimism of 80s Synthwave music were to ever appear in a physical form, this 1988 Subaru XT6 would be it. For $3,500 it … Continue reading →
ART CORNER: Beautiful dioramas of model cars from Japan
Takuji is a Japanese artist who places 1:43 and 1:64 scale minicars into beautifully constructed dioramas. From AE86s on touge roads to Mitsubishis tearing through a rally stage to mechanics tuning Skylines in a garage, each scene is a slice of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 200sx, 323 GTX, 510, a70, ae82, ae86, alto, Art Corner, aw11, az-1, b110, beat, bluebird, c110, carol, carry, colt, corolla fx, fairlady z, familia, fj60, fronte, fto, Galant VR-4, Hakosuka, honda, Honda N-Series, jimny, K10, kei, kenmeri, lancer celeste, land cruiser, march, mazda, miata, minicars, mirage, mitsubishi, mr2, mx-5, nissan, rally, rx-3, s12, s30 z, safari rally, silvia, skyline c10, sprinter trueno, starion, starlet kp61, stepvan, subaru, subaru 360, sunny, supra, suzuki, toyota, violet, Vivio
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KIDNEY, ANYONE? Flawless EA81 Subaru GL Wagon
On eBay this week is probably the most well-preserved EA81 Wagon in existence. This particular 1981 Subaru GL 4WD is 4-speed manual-equipped, carburetor clad, and naturally aspirated. With 102,000 on the odometer the car has seen some use, but it has clearly … Continue reading →
EVENTS: Initial D World meet
If people are willing to dress up as country squires, high-mannered butlers, and Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey season premieres, then why not an Initial D-themed car meet? As the most popular work of Japanese automotive fiction of all time, it’s … Continue reading →
EVENTS: 2016 Tokyo Auto Salon, Part 02 – Callbacks
One of our favorite types of customization is when a new car references something old, whether its Japanese motorsports history, an ancestor in its lineage, or just a general obsession with nostalgia. Here’s all the cars that are rolling inside … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alto GT-RR, Alto Works, c10, fairlady z, ft-1, Hakosuka, Hello Special, J100, J70, land cruiser, mazda, nissan, rotary engine, RX-Vision, S-FR, S-FR Racing, s30 z, skyline, subaru, subaru 360, suzuki, TAS2016, tokyo auto salon, toyota
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EVENTS: Finnish Japanese Auto Extravaganza
Today’s guest writer is my friend Mika Latvala from Finland, who sent an event report from the Finnish Japanese Auto Extravaganza. Enjoy! —Ben The Finnish Japanese Auto Extravaganza, or FinnJAE, is for all Japanese car enthusiasts in the country. All cars are welcome, no matter … Continue reading →
MUSEUMS: LA’s shrine to the automobile reopens with (slightly) more Japanese representation
Los Angeles has three major institutions on what the tour guides call Museum Row: one for art, one for natural history, and one entirely devoted to cars. The Petersen Automotive Museum is the Temple of the Car in what is considered the car culture … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aluma, cb750, corona mark II, Corvette Stingray, fuji rabbit, Hirohata Merc, honda, Larry Shinoda, mitsubishi, motorcycles, Osaka Expo, peter brock, Petersen Museum, subaru, SuperCub, toyota
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GRAND TOURING: A Miura Hanto Sunday Drive
For most, the term “Sunday drive” means a leisurely excursion, to no place in particular, just a way to exercise the family car. In Japan, it can include a number of things — blissfully empty touge, kohi (coffee) and kuruma (car) … Continue reading →
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Tagged ff-1, Grand Touring, honda, Miura Hanto, s600, s800, sports 800, subaru, toyota
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NIHON LIFE: How to park your car in Japan, Part 01
Finding public or street parking in Japan’s major cities is sometimes chotto muzukashii — a Japanese saying for “a little difficult,” said through clenched teeth with a trailing “iiiii…” it essentially means, with typical Japanese subtlety, impossible. So there is naturally … Continue reading →
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Tagged a70, ae86, az-1, c10, corolla levin, fairlady z, fd3s, fj60, fronte, fuji rabbit, Hakosuka, honda, land cruiser, mazda, Nihon Life, nissan, Note, origin, Parking, rx-7, S15, s30 z, s800, silvia, skyline, sprinter trueno, subaru, supra, suzuki, toyota
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Tokyo Motor Show: The wild and wonderful Big Sights
Though the exciting debuts of the Tokyo Motor Show have been covered, you didn’t think we’d go all the way to Tokyo and and not show you around, did you? Here’s what it’s like to attend the press days of the maddest Motor … Continue reading →
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Tagged Civic Type R, D-Base, daihatsu, fuso, Hinata, honda, hoverboard, impreza, jaf, Kirobo, land cruiser, lexus, Lexus LF-FC, mikuni, minicars, mitsubishi, monkey, motorcycles, nissan, Nissan IDS, Noriori, nsx, Outlander PHEV, prius, rally, rc142, RC213V, Resonator 125, S207, subaru, super cub, Teatro for Dayz, Tempo, tokyo motor show, tomica, toyota, Viziv Future, WRX STI, yamaha, yaris
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MINICARS: Remember to get your Hot Wheels x JNC Datsun 510 Wagon tomorrow
Just a quick reminder: These exclusive black Datsun 510 Wagons with the JNC inkan will go on sale tomorrow at 9:00 am local time at participating Kmart stores. This is a KDay event, and in case you need a refresher on … Continue reading →
EVENTS: 2015 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 08 — Editors’ Choice
As is tradition, each year we conclude our JCCS coverage with list of our favorites, and each year it gets harder and harder to choose. I asked the JNC staff to each pick the two cars that they liked the most, and provide a … Continue reading →
EVENTS: 2015 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 04 — Workhorses
This year’s JCCS had a higher turnout, truck-wise, than any other in recent memory. Former workhorses that managed to survive — or evade — decades of hard labor showed up en masse on Queen Mary lawn to enjoy their new status as classics.
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Tagged 411, 610, Chevy LUV, corolla, cressida, datsun, Datsun 520/521, datsun 620, datsun 720, e20, fj60, ford courier, hilux, japanese classic car show, JCCS 2015, jimny, land cruiser, LJ80, mazda, mx72, nissan, repu, sambar, samurai, stout, subaru, subaru 360, suzuki, te28, Titan, toyota, trucks, VG223, wagons, x70
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COLLECTIONS: Subaru’s heritage exhibition at its Tokyo headquarters
Subaru recently opened an exhibition of its most iconic cars at its headquarters building in Japan. Loosely translated as “The Finest Cars of the Six Stars,” its name is a reference to the six-star constellation makes up the Subaru logo. If you’re in Tokyo, check … Continue reading →
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Tagged alcyone, ff-1, legacy, leone, subaru, subaru 360, Subaru Headquarters, subaru xt, VIZIV 2, wagons
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EVENTS: 2015 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 02 — Shakotan Boogaloo
In Japan, shakotan is simply means a lowered car. Many different styles of car can technically qualify as shakotan, but if we’re going to steal a traditional Japanese term, we might as well apply it to traditional Japanese cars. You know it when … Continue reading →
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Tagged 240Z/260Z/280Z, a20, a40, Celica Liftback, corolla, corolla levin, corona, daruma, datsun, japanese classic car show, JCCS 2015, leone, luce, mazda, nissan, rx-2, rx-4, rx-7, s30 z, SA22/FB, savanna, sprinter trueno, subaru, subaru gl, t110, te27, toyota celica
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The Top 5 video games featuring Japanese Nostalgic Cars
With winter fast approaching for the majority of the country and the fall onslaught of video game releases on its way, we felt that it is high time that we feature some of the best in home console games to feature … Continue reading →
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Tagged Auto Modellista, datsun, forza, gran turismo, Hakosuka, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, Need for Speed, Nintendo, nissan, Playstation, subaru, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, toyota, video games, Xbox
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NEXT VERSION: Can you name these classic Toyota racing liveries?
In preparation for the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed, Toyota UK has prepped six GT86 (known here as the Scion FR-S) sport coupes in racing liveries from the company’s past. Can you name them all (answers below, no peeking!)?
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Tagged 2000gt, a20, a40, brz, celica, fr-s, Goodwood Festival of Speed, GT86, imsa, JGTC, scion, subaru, supra, toyota, wrc, yatabe 2000gt
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EVENTS: 2015 Mooneyes Street Car Nationals
Take a dollop American car kulture, filter it through the distance of 5,500 miles and 12 time zones, sprinkle in a dash of home grown Japanese cars, and you get the Mooneyes Street Car Nationals.
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Tagged 810, ae86, atenza, b210, bluebird, Cedric/Gloria 330, civic, Civic EF, corolla, corolla levin, cressida, crown, datsun, Deliboy, demio, e100, e70, fj60, hiace, honda, impreza, kei, kujira, land cruiser, m10, mark II, mazda, Mazda2, Mazda6, Mighty Max, mitsubishi, Mooneyes Street Car Nationals, nissan, odaiba, pickup, Pistachio, prairie, prelude, s130, s50, s60, sprinter trueno, subaru, sunny, toyota, W-pick, wagon, x30
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NIHON LIFE: A kei car Sunday
For a number of years we’ve passed a lone Subaru 360 perched atop a rack built from scaffold over a similar-age Sambar truck. I kept thinking, “I must stop and photograph it before it disappears.” Like a Honda S500 no … Continue reading →
NEWS: Subaru BRZ STI Concept
Ever since the debut of the Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86/Scion FR-S, people have been positively begging for a steroid-injected version. The best hope for a pumped up version of the joint Toyota-Subaru neo-hachiroku seemed to lie with Subaru’s boxer engineers, specifically STI, who could … Continue reading →
