You have to hand it to Toyota. When they start thinking outside the box, they can really let their creativity run wild. It doesn’t happen too often – they’re no […]
Look at that, a coelacanth out of water! The venerable Panther-based Town Car has now been out of production for a decade and a half, yet its final iteration has […]
Dial the clock back to the mid-1920s and one-off cars were pretty much the norm. A century on, they’ve become an extreme oddity. Definitely CC-worthy, even if the only classic […]
How big is too big? The standard 357cm/140.6in wheelbase Phantom VII (2003-17) was already pretty massive. And there was a factory-made “extended” saloon, for people of means with long legs […]
(first posted 7/9/2019) The great thing about concours-type classic car shows is one can usually find great CCs in the visitor car park. The Concours d’Élégance Suisse I […]
This month, chez T87, will be dedicated to the 21st Century. Stretching the “classic” part of CC a wee bit, but I’m sure there are a few modern cars that […]
(first posted 7/3/2019) I don’t know about you, but I usually avoid talking about cars with most people, as I find most people don’t care much about these […]
Let’s end this edition on a high, shall we? Various Volvos, juicy Jaguars and delicious Dinos… Well, one delicious Dino GT4, anyway. So I guess that means we’ll kick things […]
The usual ratio of about two imports for every JDM classic has remained steady, so I’ve had to split the foreign cars into two posts. The American metal was out […]
Well, looks like it’s time for another collection of bits and bobs from the Land of the Rising Sun! Might as well throw ourselves in the deep end with a […]
I’ve been in this country for close to six years now, so I’m getting a sense of which JDM cars have become rare and which ones, though made in small […]
I’m sure we all know (and, presumably. appreciate) the 3rd generation Honda Accord. You know, the cool late ‘80s one with the pop-up headlights. Honda sold boatloads of these everywhere […]
CC has told the Nissan Exa’s story before; here it is again from the JDM perspective – it was pretty different in Japan, and not just because the steering wheel […]
I was navigating a CC desert in the nether regions of north Tokyo. In those latitudes, the chances of encountering the older exotics that are often found on Sunday in […]
If you say Toyota Levin (or Trueno) in Japan, anyone with even a basic amount of automotive knowledge will immediately respond “AE86.” There are so many of those around. Their […]