Sunday, November 24, 2013

TOYOTA Century & NISSAN President

These are used as the Chauffeur driven cars (with the driver, and the owner sitting in the rear seat) for the Government and municipal offices, enterprises, and wealthy population etc. in Japan, and these cars are made with the maximum focus for comfort in the rear seat

These are the most splendor and high class cars as they are used as the special car of the big enterprises and the wealthy population.
CENTURY ROYAL



CENTURY ROYAL
CENTURY ROYAL
CENTURY ROYAL
CENTURY 1st Generation
CENTURY 1st Generation
CENTURY 2nd Generation
CENTURY 2nd Generation
CENTURY 2nd Generation
CENTURY 2nd Generation
CENTURY 2nd Generation
The model named CENTURY ROYAL was supplied to the Emperor and the royal family by Toyota Motors, and hence it can be said as the royal car of Japan.

The bulletproof glass window, double door for side door, enlarged window frame to clearly see the Emperor and royal family persons are the differences from the base car. Also the materials such as Japanese paper and woolen fabric are used in the interior.

PRESIDENT 1st Generation
PRESIDENT 1st Generation
PRESIDENT 2nd Generation
PRESIDENT 2nd Generation
PRESIDENT 3rd Generation
PRESIDENT 3rd Generation
PRESIDENT 3rd Generation

As both the cars are Japanese domestic special model, the existence is not much known to the foreigners.
Though the culture of customizing the Japanese takes root as the JDM (Japanese domestic market) style in the United States, the appearance of Century and President are almost never seen.

From this, these 2 cars can be sad as undeveloped car for the overseas car lovers.

TOYOTA Century
First generation (1967~1997), 4.0 L V8 (engine)
Second generation (From 1997~), 5.0 L V12

NISSAN President
First generation (1965~1990), 4.0 L V8
Second generation (1990~2002), 4.5 L V8
Third generation (2003~2010), 4.5 L V8

Sunday, November 17, 2013

HONDA F1 Sound

Honda presented the F1 engine sound, which is under development at present, to the public aiming at participation in the year 2015.
Honda returned to F1 as the engine supplier to McLaren from 2015.
McLaren and Honda came back to F1.
From the year 2014, a completely new 1.6 liter V6 turbocharged engine is introduced into F1.



Honda made the first start of the F1 engine under development. The Honda sound, like the sound of a just born baby cry, was opened to the public. 



The engine is developed at the Honda technological laboratory four-wheel R&D center (Tochigi), and the preparation for participation with McLaren is progressing at the site in England. 

Honda will sell 2 vehicles in parallel this in the future
Honda S660
Honda NSX





The "SUPER GT series" of GT500 class is scheduled to participate in the year 2014 in the race within Japan.
Honda NSX Concept-GT to race in next year's Super GT


Finally Honda has intended to make the sports car with strenuous effort.

Honda has improved the techniques by competing in the F1 world with the European manufacturers for a long time. Kindly add the Honda engine that can make a precise turn at high speed to the choices for your car selection.
I think that it will surely give you the driving impression that was not experienced before.

Sunday, November 10, 2013

TRD

TRD is the abbreviation for Toyota Racing Development.
This company is the 100% subsidiary company of Toyota, and it develops, manufactures and sells the tuning parts for the Toyota car.


 
 
TRD has supported the activity of the Toyota car as a works factory of Toyota in a variety of motor sports categories. In the 1980's it supported both the chassis and engine development of group A and group C cars, and also backed up the activity in the international race like the "24 Heures du Mans" from the beginning in Japan.

TRD is developing the SUPER GT racing car now, and is the race specialty company of the Toyota direct line that supports the motor sports activity of Toyota. 


TRD handles not only the race car but also the tuning parts of the Toyota car. Because parts are released based on support of the data analysis, the prices are high compared to the products of other manufacturers, and the trust from the buyer is also higher. It is part manufacturer admired by the users of the Toyota car. 
 

A lot of parts of TOYOTA86 are sold now, and the TOYOTA86 installed with the parts of TRD is the yearning for car loving Japanese people.  

Kindly check the following youtube videos.





Sunday, November 3, 2013

Yukata - Japanese summer kimono

In the olden days when all the Japanese were wearing the Kimono, this Yukata was the dress they used to wear after taking bath during summer. It is mainly used as a pajama, and at present the Japanese wear it during the summer festival and fireworks enjoyment etc. It is widespread among the youngsters as the fashion consciousness dress.


The Yukata can be worn easily than the usual Kimono, and this is also one of the reason for its popularity.

The Japanese Kimono is generally known, but the foreign nationals may not be aware that it is very easy to wear the Yukata.


Recently, lot of foreigners are showing interest in the Japanese dress due to the popularity of the animated cartoon and cartoon of Japan. There are a lot of foreigners who remember the way of dressing by self-study because there are lot of animations of dressing explained in the foreign language.

When you see a young woman wearing the Yukata, you get a different impression from the regular one, and feel the Japanese beauty. I wish the youngsters continue the culture of wearing the Yukata as long as one likes!

The following is a youtube video of Yukata

 This video is about wearing the Yukata, and the audio is in English.