I found these whilst trawling one of many million Japanese car sites, some of the cars I’ve seen before, others not so much but they’re all pretty badass in their own way, check ‘em out;
Mazda R100
Toyota Corolla KE10
Honda Life
Car Spotting
2008 Moon-Eyes Japan & Sakura Car Show Pictures
August 14, 2009
There is no such thing as “too much AW11 content”
August 12, 2009
especially not around these parts. But feel free to skip this entry if you’re over flying wedges.
I tend not to talk a great deal about my MR2 because it’s my daily driver and people don’t usually give a tin shit about their dailys, myself included. I’ve had it for half a year so far – and folks still haven’t realized that I went and bought another AW11 because I haven’t really bothered to tell anyone about it.
Red Two standing by.
It’s the fourth AW11 I’ve owned and the first supercharged one… why the hell didn’t I get one sooner?
Shark-nose C110
August 11, 2009
You’ve seen it done before, it’s normally the domain of the C210 Skylines and Z10 Soarers, amongst many others. You certainly wouldn’t pick the more rounded ‘Muscle Car’ looks of the C110 to suit the shark-nose. You’d be wrong though, I think it looks awesome. I wouldn’t do it personally but I do not mind the look at all. Feast your eyes.
I'M A SHARK, I'M A SHARK, SUCK MY...
Angular, yet fitting.
Though not a fan of the new “NISSAN” badge the rest of the car is pretty sweet too. Let me know what you think… (more…)
Complaining about something often nets a positive result
August 10, 2009
A few days ago I lamented to a friend that it was pretty much impossible to find certain nostalgic cars for sale in Japan anymore – specifically, Mazda Familias of the pre-facelift BFMR 4WD kind. “Maybe because they all ended up here,” he quipped.
imagine my surprise when this evening I received a link to the following vehicle listing on Goo-net:
OHAIS, WE HAS FAMILIA FOR YOU!
It’s like the gods heard my complaint, or prayer, or something, I dunno.
380,000 yen is “only” NZ$5800, which totals one pretty expensive BFMR when you think about it – but like I mentioned in my Starion post from last week, it would be the ideal car to own from a collector’s point of view compared to the rubbish you often see on Trademe. And given the legendary status and nostalgia surrounding these cars in NZ, there’s a fair chance someone out there is willing to pay that much for an unmolested example.
No, not me, if anyone was wondering.
Cars are made to be driven.
August 10, 2009
I recently had a comment left on one of my Prince related entries by a chap in Greece who also owns a Gen. I, Prince Skyline. He was looking for a bit of information which I tried to assist him with, as well I could, but there’s a bit of a language barrier in addition to what seems to be a slight lacking in computer abilities on his part, meaning receiving pictures of his car to share with you all was proving difficult, eventually I managed to search via Google with various parameters to find a website where there were pictures of his car. It was at that point that I realised I’d already seen his car via emails from Steve (nzmax). Still, they’re impressive pictures given their background, amongst other things. So, without further ado, here they are;
1962 Prince Skyline in front of the Temple of Poseidon, Sounion
The car belongs to Ioannis Aristopoulis and is registered with FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) and used in Rallies, actually driven and not left sitting about. If you have any doubt as to how it gets driven I think this next picture should answer that… (more…)
