Tag Archives: toyota
EVENTS: Japanese Classic Car Show 2010, Part 01
This is the first installment of many from JCCS 2010. Toyota USA is a major sponsor and they pulled no punches with several of the race cars in their collection. More on this later!
Friday Video: Toyota Carina Wagon vs Suzuki Crotchrocket
Finally, a video that can count a Toyota wagon among its participants! In this episode of Abunai Deka, Hiroshi Tachi (who played Tatsu in Seibu Keisatsu), pursues a Toyota Carina wagon through the streets of old Yokohama on a Suzuki bike … Continue reading
Posted in toyota, Video Games
Tagged abunai deka, carina, hiroshi tachi, japanese cop show, seibu keisatsu, toyota, yokohama
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Kidney, Anyone? TRD SCCA GT5 Toyota Starlet 1 of 8
According to the seller, In 1983 Toyota Racing Development in Torrance, California built eight Toyota Starlets to compete in the SCCA GT5 National Championship races. This one is apparently the only one with a plaque bearing the names of the … Continue reading
Posted in motorsports, toyota
Tagged gt5, kp61, motoi kodaira, scca, starlet, technocraft, tom yoshida, toyota, trd, weds
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Finland's 10th Annual Japanese Cars Meet, 2010
Last week we saw how Norway does old school. What about their neighbors in Finland? They have a taste for originality as well, and here are some photos from their 10th Annual Japanese Car Meet.
Posted in datsun, nissan, toyota, Uncategorized
Tagged cedric, datsun, finland, gloria, japanese car meet, nissan, prince, toyota
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Norwegian Nostalgics at Japan Treff 2010
It’s time once again for the Japan Treff from Norway, a classic Japanese gathering that does not boast a single tsurikawa or boso pipe in the field.
Nissan Cedrics vs Toyota LiteAce in Daitokai, The Big City
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
1988 JTCC Ralliart Mitsubishi Starion
Here are some videos of a the Ralliart Mitsubishi Starion competing against Ford Sierra Cosworths, MA71 Toyota Supras and Nissan Skyline RS Turbos in the 1988 Japan Touring Car Championship. You may recognize some of the drivers, such as Takahashi Kunimitsu … Continue reading
Posted in mitsubishi, motorsports
Tagged datsun, jtcc, ma71, mitsubishi, nissan, skyline, starion, supra, toyota
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Friday Video: AE86 Corolla on European Circuits
If you’ve gotten JNC Vol. 04 you’ll have seen our tribute to the 1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S, now officially a nostalgic in the US thanks to the 25-year rule. Though this car would become the poster child for drifting 15 … Continue reading
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Tagged ae86, corolla, hachiroku, levin, nurburgring, spa francorchamps, sprinter, toyota, trueno, zandvoort
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White Whale: MS75 Toyota Crown Hardtop
Killer kujira. That is all.
1957 Tokyo Motor Show
Here’s some rare footage of the 1957 Tokyo Motor Show, which was held outdoors in Hibiya Park. At the time, Japan’s total automotive output was only a hair over 47,000 units, about 1/130 of the US’s. Debuts included the S30 … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, nissan, prince, Tokyo Motor Show, toyota
Tagged 1957 tokyo motor show, corona, crown, datsun, nissan, prince, skyline, tokyo motor show, toyopet, toyota
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Bonus Friday Vid: Toyota Starlet Makes Nissan GT-R Jump at the Drags
We think the blingy red wheels were the giveaway. Video below the fold.
Kidney, Anyone? 2274-Mile 1968 Toyota Corona RT52 Hardtop
Remember that 8700-mile ’66 Toyota Corona that sold for $16000 in 2007, and then again for $32000 in 2009 with the addition of just one more mile? Well if there’s ever another that could top it, it’s this 1968 RT52 … Continue reading
Nostalgics at SpoCom 2010
As you know, last weekend we teamed up with TORC and JCCS and some of SoCal’s finest nostalgics and invaded classed up the SpoCom Super Show in Long Beach. So for the first time ever, all the crazy drift machines, bagged … Continue reading
On the Way to Long Beach
JNC would like to thank the JCCS and TORC crews, and all the old schoolers that came to the Spocom show in Long Beach this weekend. We set up our own little section of nostalgics and rocked the house. But … Continue reading
Russian Toyota AA Surfaces in The Netherlands
Last December a car surfaced in Russia, one that the owner claimed to be a long-lost Toyoda AA. This was Toyota’s first production automobile, first built in 1936, and is so rare that the Toyota Automobile Museum in Japan doesn’t … Continue reading
Toyota Registers "86" Trademark
Well this is interesting. Toyota registered the name “86” as a trademark on June 18. Hmmm…
