Tag Archives: toyota

EVENTS: Hachimaru Meeting at Fuji Speedway

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Ben Hsu

If it wasn’t for its glorious motorsports history, Fuji Speedway would be just about the worst place to hold a car show. It rains seemingly half the time there, and while that makes for cool photography, it can’t be pleasant for the … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 430, acty, ae86, c210, carry, corolla levin, crown, datsun, dr30, f31, gloria, Hachimaru Meeting, hiace, honda, infiniti, Infiniti G20, J80, land cruiser, leopard, mark II, nissan, P10, Primera, r30, r31, r32, s120, s130, skyline, soarer, sprinter trueno, suzuki, toyota, utilitas, vanette, x70, y30, z10 | 16 Comments

Celebrate the holidays with your own JNC AE86 cookie cutters

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Want a JNC-themed activity you can do with your family this holiday season? We at JNC have created an AE86 cookie cutter that you can download, 3D print, and use to make delicious, rear-wheel-drive cookies that will drift their way right … Continue reading →

Posted in jnc | Tagged ae86, cookies, corolla gt-s, corolla levin, sprinter trueno, toyota | 13 Comments

EVENTS: 2015 Mooneyes All Odds Nationals

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Ben Hsu

If you’re looking for high-powered GT-Rs and the like, Mooneyes shows are probably not for you. The cars you find at a typical Mooneyes event celebrate the art of customization, whether it’s on kei cars or commercial trucks. The vehicles here less about racing than … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged a30, A80, All Odds Nationals, autozam, b210, barikan, carol, cedric, cedric 130, cedric 230, cedric 430, civic, corolla, corona, crown, debonair, e10, e20, ef, fj60, gloria, hilux, Homer, honda, kujira, land cruiser, mazda, Might Boy, minica, mitsubishi, mitsubishi 360, mooneyes, n10, nissan, porter, s130, s40, s50, s60, shuttle, sunny, sunny excellent, supra, suzuki, t40, t50, tateguro, toyota, wagon, wagons | 5 Comments

EVENTS: Finnish Japanese Auto Extravaganza

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Mika Latvala

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 →

Posted in events | Tagged 230, a10, a20, b210, brat, c110, carina, cedric, celica, cherry, corolla, crown, datsun, FinnJAE, gloria, kenmeri, ms51, nissan, s40, skyline, subaru, sunny, toyota | 19 Comments

VIDEO: 157 of Japan’s best Touge roads, brought to you by the Toyota 86

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Going strictly by land mass, Japan is about 10 percent smaller than California, and a full 70 percent of its terrain is mountains. That’s why the twisting passes that cut through the ridges known as touge provide Japan’s preferred method of hooning. When the Toyota … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged ae86, Initial D, touge, toyota, toyota 86, Video | 3 Comments

MUSEUMS: LA’s shrine to the automobile reopens with (slightly) more Japanese representation

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Ben Hsu

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 →

Posted in museums | 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 | 8 Comments

QotW: Which Japanese automaker had the best single-year lineup?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Models come and go, and some generations are better than others. However, once in a lifetime, maybe twice, cosmic forces just align and an automaker knocks it out of the park like the 1996 Chicago Bulls. Wrong metaphor? I don’t know sports. … Continue reading →

Posted in Question of the Week | Tagged QotW, toyota | 20 Comments

NEWS: The Toyota S-FR is now a race car

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Remember Toyota’s close-to-production sports car concept from the Tokyo Motor Show? Now it’s a close-to-production race car concept. Either they modified the show car real quick, or there are multiple examples of these buggers floating around the studios.

Posted in Next Version | Tagged S-FR Concept, tokyo auto salon, toyota | 15 Comments

MINICARS: 2016 Hot Wheels X JNC Japan Historics line

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Ricky Silverio

A couple months ago we showed you the first three cars in the 2016 Hot Wheels Japan Historics line. These premium models will feature the JNC inkan in classic red, along with features such as metal chassis, highly detailed paint, … Continue reading →

Posted in minicars | Tagged 2000gt, c110, hot wheels, Japan Historics, kenmeri, minicars, nissan, police, skyline, toyota | 12 Comments

JNC THEATER: Time Taxi takes you back in a Toyota Crown

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Forget Deloreans, what would a time traveling car in Japan look like? A kujira Crown, apparently. In the drama Time Taxi an MS65 cab takes people back to rectify their mistakes — as long as they have the dough.

Posted in JNC Theater | Tagged crown, JNC Theater, kujira, s60, Time Taxi, toyota | 3 Comments

VIDEO: Shakotan car show rollout

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Ben Hsu

And now for your viewing pleasure, a metric buttload of kyuusha leaving a car show in Japan. Every single one is a proper, old school Japanese sled. Also note the immaculate smoothness of Japan’s roads, which makes these shakotan rides possible. Watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged bluebird, fairlady z, honda, mark II, nissan, s130, s30 z, skyline, soarer, te27, toyota | 13 Comments

GRAND TOURING: A Miura Hanto Sunday Drive

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Skorj

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 →

Posted in Grand Touring | Tagged ff-1, Grand Touring, honda, Miura Hanto, s600, s800, sports 800, subaru, toyota | 27 Comments

NIHON LIFE: How to park your car in Japan, Part 03

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Skorj

Welcome to the final installment in our multi-part treatise on short-term automobile storage in Japanese society. In Part 01 of the investigation we studied what was within and without the bounds of the law, as well as the ubiquitous steel-bar-rising-up-out-of-the-ground parking lots. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Nihon Life | Tagged 240z, century, city, datsun, honda, isuzu, kei, Nihon Life, nissan, Parking, president, s30 z, toyota, VehiCROSS, yakuza | 32 Comments

Tokyo Motor Show: So what’s up with the easter egg pigs on the Toyota Kikai? [UPDATE]

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Ben Hsu

We’ve waited to talk about the Toyota Kikai because we were hoping to get an answer from Toyota about one of the most bizarre easter eggs we’ve ever seen on a concept car. We still don’t have it, but hopefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Tokyo Motor Show, Tokyo Motor Show | Tagged Kikai, tokyo motor show, toyota | 12 Comments

NIHON LIFE: How to park your car in Japan, Part 02

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Skorj

Sure, owning your own kyuusha in Japan sounds like a lot of fun, but where do you put it? In Part 01 of our damning exposé on the topic of parking an automobile in Japan, we illustrated what was legal and illegal, and did a … Continue reading →

Posted in Nihon Life | Tagged ae86, civic, corolla levin, delica, honda, mitsubishi, Nihon Life, Parking, s800, toyota, type r | 36 Comments

NIHON LIFE: How to park your car in Japan, Part 01

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Skorj

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 →

Posted in Nihon Life | 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 | 19 Comments

VIDEO: Club-level race at Nakayama circuit in 1985

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Kevin San

This video of a club-level race at Nakayama Circuit in 1985 has got everything: AW11, Gemini, Bluebird, R30, SA22, multiple generations of Truenos and Levins, and the smooth jazz of a Gran Turismo menu screen. Watch the video below.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ae86, aw11, bluebird, corolla levin, gemini, isuzu, mr2, Nakayama Circuit, nissan, r30, sa22, skyline, sprinter trueno, toyota | 5 Comments

Tokyo Motor Show: The wild and wonderful Big Sights

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Ben Hsu

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 →

Posted in Tokyo Motor Show, Tokyo Motor Show | 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 | 18 Comments

VIDEO: Toyota at the Tokyo Motor Show, 1954-2013

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Ben Hsu

In honor of the recent Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota has released a video showing a year-by-year review of every display it’s had since the show’s inception. Travel through time to see Crowns, Coronas, 2000GTs, Corollas, Celicas, and even more Crowns! Watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Tokyo Motor Show, Tokyo Motor Show | Tagged 2000gt, celica, corolla, corona, crown, tokyo motor show, toyota | 3 Comments

Get your free customized Toyota badge

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Ben Hsu

Toyota is offering a pretty nifty promotion in which you can get a free badge in Toyota font spelling out the name of your car. Just upload a photo of yourself with your car and tell them your name at this website, … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged toyota | 13 Comments