Tag Archives: toyota

Friday Video: Wheeler Dealers Flip Toyota MR2

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Wheeler Dealers – S02E01 S02E02 – Toyota MR2 Part Over at Streetfire someone has uploaded episodes of Wheeler Dealers, a great UK show “keeping modern and iconic classics on the road.” The premise is this: each week the hosts find a … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Hairpin Circus

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Ben Hsu

The Friday Video series has touched upon many great Japanese movies and TV programs celebrating the automobile. But while they made their cars brutish and macho and excellent for ramming criminals into submission, they never made cars sexy. Well, turn … Continue reading →

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Toyota Soarer Soars Through Your Computer

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Good lord, this 1983 Toyota Soarer ad looks like a deleted scene from Tron. It’s almost as insanely 80s as this MkII Toyota Celica Supra commercial we found a while back. Just thought you’d like to see what a Toyota … Continue reading →

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Kidney, Anyone? Actual J-Tin Toyota Crowns

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Forget Tomicas and Choro-Qs, those are nice toys but the real money’s in J-Tin. No, not that J-tin, but actual toy cars from the 60s made of real tinplate. Most have friction motors inside that can move the car if … Continue reading →

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Mini JNC Wagon! DISM Toyota Mark II

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Ben Hsu

This is probably not going to be of any interest to most of you, but we’re jumping out of our seats right now because we just got an email from Toyotageek informing us that the JNC wagon is now available … Continue reading →

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Toyota RT40 Corona Fetches $36,000 at Mecum

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Remember the Jack Safro collection we told you about last month? One of the cars at the Mecum auction was an original 8,769-mile 1966 Toyota Corona so new the plastic wrap was still on the door panels. Back in 2007 … Continue reading →

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Mecum to Auction Jack Safro Toyota Collection

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Ben Hsu

On a trip to California in the late 60s, Jack Safro was introduced to the RT40 Toyota Corona, a car then unheard of in his native Wisconsin. But everyone in California seemed to know it, and a dealer told him … Continue reading →

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Asics Onitsuka Tiger Shoe with Toyota 2000GT

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Here’s an interesting item found in one of the many small shops in the Ameyoko district near Ueno Station. It’s a glow-in-the-dark shoe featuring a Toyota 2000GT. We’re not sneaker freaks, but we tend to gravitate towards anything vintage and … Continue reading →

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GRAND TOURING: Fuji Speedway in a Toyota Crown

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Ben Hsu

So sad… our last day in Japan, but at least it ended with a bang. Here’s a behind the scenes look at some upcoming material. My friend Goshu and I went to the Time Machine Festival at Fuji Speedway. Why … Continue reading →

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NIHON LIFE: Tressa Yokohama, Toyota’s Mega-Mall

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Ben Hsu

I finally got some free time to go check out Tressa Yokohama, a giant Toyota-owned mega-mall in Kohoku, Yokohama. In addition to your typical shopping mall features like a McDonald’s counter and escalators pointing every which way, showrooms representing all … Continue reading →

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Japanese Backyard Collection of J-tin

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ben Hsu

This backyard stash of J-tin was just sitting about on a quiet suburban side street. The owner of this trove may not want to be revealed so I won’t mention any names, but he did say that the majority of … Continue reading →

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Japan Sighting: Denso Corona Wagons

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Random Japan sighting: Isn’t it nice to know the Corona wagons employed by Denso are still in service? I thought these were KE70 Corollas originally but apparently they are Coronas! Closeup after the jump

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Nos2Days Day 1 Sneak Peek

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Ben Hsu

So this is why I’m in Japan and posting Friday videos on Thursday – the first ever Nos2Days show in Yokohama. As you might have guessed it lasts two days and is sponsored by the best selling Japanese classic car … Continue reading →

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Tama Autos of Auckland, New Zealand

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Ben Hsu

We love checking out sites created by JNC readers and lately we’ve really gotten into cheater_5’s A B110 Perspective. As you can guess from the title, the man is obsessed with Sunnys, and he owns an uber-cool sanitora, or Sunny … Continue reading →

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Toyotafest 2009

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Dan Hsu

Good news, guys! The 14th annual All Toyotafest is moving back to the Queen Mary for 2009! It’s the preferred venue of fans, and few can argue with the neatly trimmed lawn and cool ocean breeze we’ve come to know and … Continue reading →

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Big Gallery of Airborne Nostalgics

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Ben Hsu

One of our favorite recent threads has been “J-tin Raced in Anger” by JNCer Drew_TSi_Si_STi. From there we collected a subset of nostalgics that have briefly managed to divorce themselves from planet earth. Hang on tight, brace yourself for a … Continue reading →

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Super Bad Slammed ’73 Toyota Stout

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Ben Hsu

We’re back from the SEMA MPMC conference, in one piece no less. So why not close off the week with something really cool, like this slammed Stout pickup? Once in a while the folks at Mini Truckin’ unearth a gem … Continue reading →

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Kidney, Anyone? 1958 Toyota Corona on YJA

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Ben Hsu

Chances are, when you think of Toyota Corona, one of these pops into your head. It’s the first model Toyota designed specifically to suit US tastes and what really got the company moving in the US market. Or you might … Continue reading →

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Footage of Nissan, Mazda and Toyota Nostalgics

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Ben Hsu

For your weekend viewing here’s some drool-inducing footage of vintage Nissan Skylines. Hakosukas, kenmeris, japans, you’ve got it all. Click through for another video with Z-cars, Celicas and the stray 810 Bluebird, Mazda Familia, Luce, RX-7 and Toyota Chaser. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Weird and Wild at the Tokyo Auto Salon

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Ben Hsu

It’s Tokyo Auto Salon time again, and you know what that means. All the weird and wacky custom cars of Japan come to Makuhari Messe in Chiba to show their stuff. Reports are filtering in all over the web, but … Continue reading →

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