{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"S2 Ep6: How Japan Embarrassed the Racing World","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/s2-ep6-how-japan-embarrassed-the-racing-world","audioUrl":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8899043.mp3?modified=1777934355&sid=5166135&source=rss","description":"\nFor decades, the world saw Japanese cars as just efficient, economical daily commuters. Then the 1990s hit, and Japan unleashed a lineup of obsessively engineered racing monsters that completely stunned the established European and American giants. 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Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code PASTGAS."},"annotations":[{"startTime":69.22,"endTime":73.28,"type":"car","title":"Ferrari Luce","url":"/cars/ferrari/ferrari-luce","image":"https://cdn.ferrari.com/cms/network/media/img/resize/6a14539107936f0021e85b31-ferrari_luce_front_3q_16x9_media?width=1300&height=730","quote":"...entro de las cuartas de manufactura japonés,  las luces están aún en la noche, después de que las oficina...","canonicalId":"car:ferrari:luce","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Ferrari Luce” refers to a Ferrari model name mentioned in the podcast, but it’s not a widely recognized Ferrari production model by that exact name in common references. Because the transcript doesn’t provide more detail (such as model year, engine, or whether it’s a concept or special), it’s hard to accurately describe its role or significance. 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It used a turbo engine and was designed to be extremely fast and intimidating on dirt and tarmac stages.","imageAttribution":"Kieran White from Manchester, England (CC BY 2.0)"}},{"startTime":2023.1,"endTime":2025.8,"type":"car","title":"Lancia Delta S4","url":"/cars/lancia/delta","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Lancia_Delta_%2810351407476%29.jpg","quote":"Y no olvides de la delta Delta S4,\n[2025.8s]  todas las ventas, las escupas,","canonicalId":"car:lancia:delta s4","priority":0.7,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Lancia Delta S4 is one of the most iconic Group B rally cars, notable for its high-output turbo setup and advanced engineering for the time. It’s remembered as a “technology showcase” car that helped define what made Group B so extreme.","simplifiedExplanation":"The Lancia Delta S4 was a top-tier rally car from the Group B era. It was built with very advanced turbo technology for its time, which helped it be both fast and famous.","imageAttribution":"Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0"}},{"startTime":2037.4,"endTime":2038.8,"type":"concept","title":"stopwatch","quote":"construidas para intimidar a los crámenes\n[2038.8s]  antes de que el stopwatch se empezara.\n[2044.0s]  Pero nada de esto es como describimos a Subaru.","canonicalId":"concept:stopwatch","priority":0.35,"confidence":0.6,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The “stopwatch” is a reference to timed stage racing in rallying, where performance is measured down to fractions of a second. The mention implies these cars were built to be intimidating and fast before timing even started.","simplifiedExplanation":"In rally racing, drivers are timed on stages. 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