Hot Hatch From Hell: Hayabusa-Powered VW Polo
Fox Marketing To Build Twin-Turbo, IS-F-Bodied IS Convertible
Old Meets New: Mitsuoka Himiko
WTF Files: GT-R Face Mightyboy
First Pics Of Evo X FQ-400 Surface
Nissan’s S-Platform Never Looked This Good…
Something Old, Something New…
Twin-Turbo IS-F to Feature at SEMA
Kesselman Go Crazy on Mazda CX-7
Smoking May Be Harmful…
What The Hell? Toyota Aristo Wagon Spotted
Spoon To Convert LHD USDM NSXs to Type R StatusFor many Z purists the Fairlady brand lost its way somewhere between the 280ZX and the Z32 300ZX, evolving from what was once a lightweight, chuckable sports coupe into a big, lumbering boulevard cruiser.
In fact, even though Nissan started to bring the Z back to its origins with the Z32 and the Z33, many Nis-fans [...]
I never cease to be amazed by the sheer number of cars that I see for sale that are photographed with no thought given to presentation. Some are merely unwashed, others are caked in dirt and even more still have interiors that would leave their new drivers waist-deep in burger wrappers. [...]
Okay all you manga fiends, have you gotten bored of Initial D? Finished off Wangan Midnight in one sitting? Shakotan Boogie a little too strange for your tastes? Well, you might like to feast your eyes on Project X: Datsun Fairlady Z instead.Project X: Datsun Fairlady Z is probably Japan’s first (and only) non-fiction car-related [...]
Curtis Merrill, for “Most Creative Use Of A Nissan Engine”. Merrill’s Frankenstein of a car combines components from a grand total of five, count ‘em, five different automakers to create what is probably the automotive equivalent of a patchwork quilt.”WTF?” I hear you say, “Wat iz dat Land Rover doin on JPCN LOLZ?”. Well, let’s [...]
If you’re a fan of vintage Japanese steel I highly recommend you pay a visit to Japanese Nostalgic Car and check out Kev’s account of the 2008 Tokyo Nostalgic Car Show. Check it out here, and don’t forget to protect your keyboard with some kind of plastic sheeting - you’ll be drooling quite a bit. [...]
Well, it’s almost the end of the week, and that means it’s time to unwind with something stupid/massively cool. For this week, we present what could very well be the most literal interpretation of the term “hot hatch”. In fact, this bad boy is so hot the hatch had to be ditched to make way [...]
100 million cars is a big milestone for any automaker and it’s one that should rightfully be celebrated. How should one mark the occasion, though? Special-edition vehicles? Pay rises? A massive house party at the CEO’s joint? Well, Toyota chose to mark the occasion in a distinctly Japanese manner… with a novelty toaster!The commemorative toaster [...]
Nissan’s vehicle storage facility in Zama is like an Aladdin’s cave of cars. Packed full of vehicles from Nissan Motor Co’s entire history, the Zama facility would be a car fan’s paradise - if it were ever open to the public. Nissan normally keep their collection under lock and key, but luckily for us one [...]
After reading grandJDM’s recent retrospective on Mazda’s rotary-powered Parkway bus, it got me thinking about all the other cars that Mazda deigned “worthy” of having a rotary engine. You see, for a while back in the 60’s and 70’s Mazda had a bit of a fetish for the ol’ spinning triangle and Wankelised a pretty [...]
I simply couldn’t resist posting this, and many thanks must go to grandJDM for digging this up. Seibu Keisatsu is a Japanese cop show that dates from the late ’70s to early ’80s, and it clearly draws much of its inspiration from American cop shows of the same era. Shotgun-totin’, scotch-drinkin, sideburn-wearin’ male lead? Check. [...]
