Detroit gave us names like Limited and Brougham, but Toyota looked at a diesel van and said: this deserves a title with full ceremonial authority; HiAce Super Custom Limited. The fourth generation H100 HiAce was built from 1989 through 2004, an extra long production life for an extra long van with a label on the […]
If you’re looking for something fun, Euro, JDM (what?!), and just the right amount of obscure — feast your baguette-loving eyes on this next Peugeot 306, a right-hand-drive hatch imported from Japan and now fully street legal here in the land of drive-thrus and left turns on red. It’s plated, registered, runs , and looks […]
If the average American car is a cup of drip coffee, the Suzuki Cappuccino is a ristretto shot—compact, buzzy, and not for the faint of heart. Today’s example comes straight from the land of vending machine ramen and 9000 rpm shifts, and features a turbocharged 3-cylinder F6A, rear-wheel drive, and an automatic gearbox…and is miraculously […]
For decades the Nissan Skyline was forbidden fruit over here in the USA — and it wasn’t until they replaced the classic inline-6 with a V6 that it was imported into the USA and then it was called an Infinity G35 (and alternatively Nissan GTR in Godzilla spec) and it was really a disappointment. Thankfully […]
In the late 1980s Nissan released a series of retro-styled vehicles into the Japanese market built on what is known in common parlance as the Pike platform. The funky retro-designs were penned by a guy named Naoki Sakai who was noted for bringing retro styling to Olympus brand cameras. The limited production retro-minis included Be-1, […]
The Suzuki Cappuccino was introduced for the 1987 model year as an attempt to add some sportiness to the Suzuki lineup in native Japan. In a photograph it looks like a Mazda MX-5 competitor, but with a total length of only 129 inches and a 1598 lb curb weight, the Cappuccino was closer to a […]
Another day, another cute snail shaped classic oddball Japanese domestic market (JDM) classic on the pages of Daily Turismo. Why? Because it’s never too late to trade your terrible late model boring crossover lamemobile into an AWESOME piece of automotive history (read about Nissan’s Pike cars here). Stop driving Ford Escapes, Nissan Rogues, Honda CRV, […]
If you’ve ever said to yourself: Self, what I need is a car that looks like something from a Richard Scarry book, accelerates like a big wheel, handles like a roller skate, and is as safe as a skateboard…well…you are in luck, because we’ve got a JDM thing for you today. Find this 1991 Honda Beat […]
“Hey DT, you guys post too many interesting cars offered for low prices“…said nobody ever. At least, we haven’t gotten that complaint yet (we have been accused of posting too many Volvos and, once, of sneaking into someones garage to take pictures of his car for sale…true story). What is interesting might be a moving […]
It constantly amazes me that people buy brand new cars from auto dealers that litter the planet. I understand that some people really love the new car smell and want something that won’t strand them on the side of the road…but why anyone would buy a new Smart ForTwo for $15k when you can get […]