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Classic Japan 2022 and if you had to choose...

Classic Japan 2022 and if you had to choose...

Car Torque with Matty J Dec 08, 2022 117 min
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Classic Japan 2022 brought together a vibrant community of car enthusiasts celebrating Japanese automotive history. The hosts shared personal updates on their vehicles, including sales and modifications, while discussing the standout cars at the event, such as a pristine Suzuki Swift GTI and various generations of the Toyota Celica. The episode also featured lively debates about future car models, including the anticipated five-door Jimny, and the hosts reminisced about their favorite cars from the past. With engaging anecdotes and expert insights, this episode captures the essence of car culture and the passion behind it.

Topics: classic japan 2022 suzuki swift gti toyota celica future car models car modifications community events car culture nostalgia in cars
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Honda Crv

"... I'm throwing around. And a Mark or generation to Honda CRV, but maybe we took a subtle lift kit, and some al..."
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Hyundai i20

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Toyota Land Cruiser

"...e mites lost him because I all had Defenders, and Land Cruisers and patrols and stuff. Anyway, there was just one..."
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G-Class Gwagon

"respect for seriously. Super cool. I was talking to a customer of mine the other day who's got a serious disposable income will say and here's an AMG, the G-Wagon, the mg G wagon. I keep forgetting what they G3 6363. That's the one."
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Tesla Semi

"...the map. By the release and delivery of the Tesla semi single charge. 800 + km fully loaded. It's actual..."
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Dodge Journey

"...going to put all eight hours of that fully loaded Journey on. There's a video of this truck going up a hill..."
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Tesla Model 3

"...speculated battery pack is 900 kilowatt hours. My model 3 Performance has 82 kilowatt hours of battery. So ..."
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Tesla My Model

"...he speculated battery pack is 900 kilowatt hours. My model 3 Performance has 82 kilowatt hours of battery. S..."
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Honda S600

"... to that invest in Japan. Anyway, but seeing them S600 next to a supercharged NSX was a pretty pretty ni..."
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Honda NSX

"...yway, but seeing them S600 next to a supercharged NSX was a pretty pretty nice juxtaposition with it's ..."
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Honda Civic

"confirmed by a variety of people. Pick the Civic wagon up last week. Again, managed to shoehorn th..."
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Acura CL

"...as thinking I'll have to go and get some of that. CL are or whatever it is that rust business and beca..."
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Toyota MR2

"...ional sponsor napkin? Update with me. So took the MR2 to the motor Connor on Saturday. Got it very, ver..."
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Chevrolet Cruze

"...ning with that. I've officially sold this. Holden Cruze, which is taken six months to sell. It's official..."
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Ford Fiesta

"...a Ford performance pack From where will the other Fiesta that I purchased now? Apparently doesn't get this..."
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Ford Gt

"... been a fiesta, which was shocking horror. It's a Ford GT. Supercar seem performance blue. I'll show you gu..."
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Suzuki Swift

"...nna be like is this guy's insane? But there was a Suzuki Swift GTI with 13,000 kilometers on it. It'll no way."
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Nissan Gtrs

"...ople people gonna be like there's like, you know, GTRs and stuff there and he's picked these pick. They ..."
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Nissan 300Zx

"...t house we saw was that it was as in 30, is it 31 300ZX, turbo, and it was just obvious codicil is one as..."
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Jaguar Xjs

"... the cheapest way to get into a V12 other than an xjs but you'd want. Yeah. Even the paint quality beca..."
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Toyota Celica

"...his year we're celebrating 50 years of the Toyota Celica who. And so there were a myriad of silly because ..."
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Nissan Pulsar

"...t and about three or four cars up from that was a pulsar q. M CV, a wow. Wow. Well, yeah, absolutely."
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Ford T Ford

"...orld use like probably the world's leading Model. T Ford re-creators. And then one day I was visiting his ..."
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Porsche 911

"... I think I'd have one of those over an old-school 911. Yeah, there's something about that."
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Toyota Supra

"notch. I'm sorry. Yeah I had I had this Supra in the hatch of that matured. That's a whole othe..."
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Ford Mustang

"...need to notch. It reminds me of almost a fox body Mustangs or that, that kind of yeah, it's something very c..."
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Toyota Camry

"...ther syndrome think so, they're two points to the Camry. Come. Yeah, yeah, yeah."
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Audi RS4

"... Mitsubishi Sigma wagon and and spin been an Audi RS4 equivalent amount of money restoring it and the i..."
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Mitsubishi Sigma

"...ht his childhood dream car which was a Mitsubishi Sigma wagon and and spin been an Audi RS4 equivalent am..."
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Chevrolet Spin

"...am car which was a Mitsubishi Sigma wagon and and spin been an Audi RS4 equivalent amount of money resto..."
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BMW M5

"...r and the his passion, his BMW. All you so he has M5, he's got a benign, he's got all sorts of BMW and..."
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Lotus Amira

"...iod that there's there's there's cars at the find Amira and for me that's that's one of those cars. Hundr..."
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Volkswagen Gti

"...aid before, I'm a hot hatch guy that Suzuki Swift GTI was just epic. I could not believe. I was saying ..."
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Honda CRX

"...orry, I'm tossing up between two. It would be the CRX. All the MR2 that make us back then, or would you..."
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Ford Capri

"...e. So I would surprisingly probably looked at the Capri because it's probably the only girl that had a re..."
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Porsche Boxster

"it's like yeah. Next one, current z4o. Boxster, what would you want to go current sinful boxer. ..."
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Porsche Cayman

"...ow brilliant that car was. Like, I'm treating the Caymans heaps, but it hadn't really driven a lot of boxes..."
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Lotus Elise

"...very beginning to be a convertible like, a Lotus, Elise or a Boxer that was always, let's not have a roof..."
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BMW M2

"...inese car companies. And he's era was a beautiful M2 and all that stuff. Laughs. Oh yeah."
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BMW Z4

"...g. I said, actually, I apologize, this is not the Z4. I was thinking, I presumed you and talk vanilla ..."
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Proton Satria

"It was easy. That one, it's the light naughties early 2000s and you're after a hutch and your options are as follows in 15 Triple-S, Pulsar, proton, Satria, GTI Mazda, SP 20, Peugeot 206 GTI. Why is your money going? And why? Silence all of it."
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Peugeot 206

"...iple-S, Pulsar, proton, Satria, GTI Mazda, SP 20, Peugeot 206 GTI. Why is your money going? And why? Silence al..."
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Ferrari 360

"...driving annoying. Yeah, yeah. Drag race against a Ferrari 360 Modena and looking at the front of that car in my..."
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Honda Prelude

"...r, or incorrect? Okay, David David? Wasn't on the Prelude. It wasn't. It was a competition to the Prelude."
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Ford Falcon

"...ently dating, I am, I David the Hyundai Excel and falcon It's incredible that in don't know any driveway n..."
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Lotus Excel

"...eries currently dating, I am, I David the Hyundai Excel and falcon It's incredible that in don't know any..."
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