Car Torque in Japan Part 2
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Exploring the automotive culture in Japan, the hosts share their experiences from a recent trip, highlighting unique vehicles and the practicality of Japanese cars. They discuss their visits to Mazda and Honda facilities, showcasing factory tours and the impressive range of vehicles. The episode also touches on the differences in car ownership and design philosophy in Japan compared to Australia, emphasizing the appeal of K cars and the efficiency of smaller vehicles. The hosts share personal anecdotes, including their adventures in go-karting through Tokyo, making for an engaging and informative listen.
On this episode of Car Torque, the boys are back from their tour of Japan to fill in the others and listeners of the end of their trip!
The boys discuss car updates and battle it out in the quiz
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Nissan Pulsar
"... they're the exact same looking ones that come on pulsars and everything like that. So I just bought a bran..."
Honda Civic
"That one for you, David. Thanks mate. Honda Civic custom in. Orange. Indiana Orange. The Mazda 787-..."
Nissan Leaf
"He feels so. And then I found this Nissan Leaf. Nismo edition. No, which was pretty cool. I was ..."
Toyota Mr Toyota
"...rs we've we've ever had. The joy of experiencing. Mr Toyota does some wonderful things, but the Toyota Sienna..."
Ford Falcon
"Hello. Did. He steal the Falcon from you, Alan. I did buy the Falcon. Yeah, you."
GMC Typhoon
"Annoying. So, I mean when we drove out to like my typhoon to to Sydney that time it was it was perfect. It ..."
Suzuki Swift
"..., real porn guy. So that's the Falcon. What else? Suzuki Swift, the low mile of 12 1/2 thousand KR is. I put new..."
Toyota Hilux
"or more useful trade than a than a dual cab. Hilux is, you know, in terms of its. And the actual dim..."
N-Box Honda N Box
"... showroom at one point and sat in the back of the Honda N box, which is the passenger version or the more passe..."
Chevrolet C5
"...it was that night we walking through and we see a C5 Corvette of all things which which was which was ..."
Chevrolet Malibu
"...gons. But there was like, oh, you know, old Chevy Malibu station waggons and and you know, C5 Corvettes an..."
Land Range Rovers
"... obviously not a few. They had a few old, classic Range Rovers which they glutton for punishment but. So Kyoto w..."
Toyota Yaris
"...r there at Jazz or a which is a fit in Japan or a Toyota Yaris or something like that that's a medium size car. ..."
Toyota Crown
"...rences there. But in Kyoto, basically we got many crown conferences as Taxis and and and all the like the..."
Toyota Land Cruiser
"... They don't they don't really go 300 Lance series Land Cruiser like like like they they did exist. I saw a coupl..."
Toyota Supra
"...s pretty cool. They had a surprisingly old Mark 3 Supra at the front of the Toyota dealership. I'd say pr..."
Honda S660
"day after the 75th anniversary of Honda. So they did have a big Honda display with a lot of older cars and newer cars and like the versions of cars that the modern sort of incarnation like, they had a A beat next to a Honda Beat Park next to an S 660, They had a. They had an early life step van next to an inbox and things like that and of course they had a stamp next to it or an 360 next one in one, so. You've."
Toyota 2000GT
"...So he was just, it was just utter, utter madness. 2000GT, you know, they had, they just had a bit of a bit..."
American Motors Corporation (Amc) Pacer
"... there was 3 or 4 gigantic, you know or? The Road pacer. We can't forget the road pacer. Fargo ships that..."
Chevrolet Captiva
"...an I take the kids Rob Takistan open? Hold Holden Captiva. That is Brina. Someone say Toronto."
Daewoo Statesman
"...think everybody said, I guess. Yeah. David is the statesman. It was the statesman, correct, but you guessed. ..."
Holden Monaro
"...t statements in the 70s question 4 all the Holden Monaro reboot back in the two 2000 so when they the new ..."
Ford Ranger
"...hiked prices on the 4th and the current brand new Ranger. How many times in the past fourteen months, so m..."
Toyota Rav 4
"... Toy. I think Toyota has done it as well with the Rav 4. Yeah, question eight. In 2012, so 2/20/12 a Chic..."
Honda Accord
"...ah, I don't know. I don't know in old Honda Honda Accord well. In your name. And it's been parked here for..."
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