Tag: Japanese
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At least it’s not a Fiero: 300ZX F40 Kit Car
Here’s a kit we’ve never seen – sorta-kinda F40 looks on a Z32 Nissan 300ZX. Honestly, this is not as hideous as a lot of these kits, but we just have to ask why. It’s not a convincing Ferrari from any angle and likely from any distance. Also, this doesn’t appear to be a twin…
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Honda S800 Coupe – previously sighted and now for sale!
We previously spotted this car at Irvine Cars and Coffee and now it’s turned up for sale. A quick look at the images guarantees this is the same one, so we know it has driven within the last year. This may be the greatest temptation to appear on eBay all year, and it waited for…
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Jimny, anyone?
We’ve featured a couple of Suzuki Samurais here, but never this original, 1970s version. The seller claims it’s one of the best, and we can’t dispute that. We’ve seen these for sale before, but usually in some state of dis-assembly. This one appears to be complete and, with no reserve, it will find a new…
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Volvo 122 + Toyota 4×4 = Win!
There are a lot of example of strange choices involving cars and pickup, or other 4×4, frames and running gear. We once posted a Datsun roadster in this category. Usually, these vehicles are only very strangely appealing and would are posted primarily as jokes. This combination of 1967 Volvo 122 wagon and Toyota 4×4,however, works…
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Sighting: Quad exhaust Prius
Spotted in Foothill Rance (Lake Forest), CA. There’s a lot going on with this one.
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Rare and Complete with Battle Scars: Nissan Stanza 4WD Wagon
In the mid-to-late 80s, the three major Japanese automakers decided they needed small- to medium-sized wagons with 4WD, perhaps to compete with Subaru and Eagle. Or, maybe they knew AWD was coming on the Tempo/Topaz twins and that they wouldn’t add wagon variants. This was Nissan’s version, known as the Prairie in Japan and some…
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Recent, yet Rare: Altima SE-R 6MT
The Altima SE-R was one of the best cars Nissan never really launched. It came with an upgraded engine (vs. the regular V6 Altima), drove well, handled well, soundned great, had some cool interior bits and had beautiful forged wheels. Why have you hardly heard of it? It’s because almost nothing was spent to launch…
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We love costume rims
The second generation Infiniti M was a bit of a stopgap. At the time, the brand had launched the last-generation Q45 and was launching the G35, so this filled the mid-luxury segment and fit with the new rear-drive image. It was put together pretty quickly and based on the Japan market Gloria – you know,…
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Quickie: Surf Rocky
Daihatsu had a short run in the US, although parent company Toyota could theoretically bring them back at any moment in order to allow hundreds of Americans to relive their Charade and Rocky pasts. Here we have a Rocky that might have been well loved. The surfboard is a cool touch on such an unusual…
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Because standard Suzuki X90s aren’t weird enough…
Our dear seller has modified the rear of a Suzuki X90 in an ill-advised attempt to make it into a normal vehicle. Naturally, this custom job has yielded something even stranger than the original. Notably, this is also the only ad we’ve ever seen which contains the words “also have 3 other X90s” and in…