Last weeks poll results
Last weeks poll results show the Shakotan style is a bit more favorable above the VIP and Bosozoku style.
So this weeks poll will all be about the cars of Shakotan Boogie then:
Akira’s Nissan S30Z
Akira’s Nissan S30Z may be one of the most influencing cars of this manga: it created the Yanky style. Apart from that it is a very beautiful car!
Aosima’s Nissan Skyline KPGC10
Aosima’s Nissan Skyline KPGC10 Hakosuka is Japan’s most iconic car. This Shakotan Boogie version mimics the original 70s racecars we all know from vintage footage!
Hajime’s Toyota MZ10 Soarer
Hajime’s Toyota MZ10 Soarer is probably the most well known car from Shakotan Boogie.
Count the bosozoku styled cars!
How many Bosozoku styled cars did you count in this video?
Read more to see my count…
I counted 36 but did not count the VIP styled cars, the Celica, but did count the small minivan.
My personal favorite was the Ken-meri Nissan Skyline with the big 210 number on it. 😉
by banpei with no comments yetBosozoku style exhaust of the week
Bosozoku style exhaust of the week is a regular feature by me. I will try to keep my eyes open for bizarre exhausts.
This week the first edition:
This tree like exhaust looks really wild in that cold January weather at the Tokyo Auto Saloon 2009.
Daijiro Inada having fun with a Bosozoku styled Nissan Cedric
Option Video founder Daijiro Inada is having a lot of fun with this Bosozoku styled Nissan Cedric K230:
Especially the horn draws his attention and he uses it very often through town, even when passing traffic cops. 😉
Popular Bosozoku cars: Toyota Soarer
This is going to be a regular here: it would be nice to see some really mild to really wild examples of the Bosozoku style cars and then read how they came out of the factory. 😉
This week we’ll kick off with the Toyota Soarer:
Two Bosozoku styled Soarers
As you probably have read in the introduction an extremely lowered Soarer featured Shakotan Boogie. This most probably helped its popularity among Bosozoku stylers and most Toyota Soarers you see on Bosozoku car meetings are Shakotan Boogie look-a-likes.
Lengthened hood and overfenders on this Soarer
This milder styled car is of course an exception: it has a lengthened hood and overfenders as well. But apart from that it looks quite stock.
Read on for more pictures…
Someone has really gone wild on this Toyota Soarer
Big wing, deep dish wheels with huge overfenders and sideskirts wide enough to have somebody stand on!
The Z10 is the most popular Bosozoku styled Toyota Soarer, probably because of its boxy shape and because it is quite cheap to buy. Z20 Soarers are hardly seen and I’ve never seen any Bosozoku styled Z30 and Z40 Soarers, but never say never. 😉
How did it come out of the factory then?
Factory stock Toyota Soarer Z10
The Soarer itself was a successor to the Toyota Crown Coupe, which was a 2 door version of the Crown with a bit more sporty suspension. The Soarer itself did just as well as the Crown Coupe. The Soarer shared the same engines as the Crown and the CelicaXX.
Factory stock Toyota Soarer Z10
Because it shared the same engines as the CelicaXX it is often confused to be the same platform with a different bodyshape, like the Celica and the Carina have. However there is a Supra JZA70 with a Soarer Z20 frontend which makes the confusion even bigger.
Factory stock Toyota Soarer Z10 interior
To confuse it even more: a lot of the interior components of the Soarer look like the interior of the CelicaXX. True, but the CelicaXX also shared a lot of components with the Corolla AE86.
Tiptronic climate control
The Soarer was the most luxurious car in the Toyota lineup (apart from the Toyota Century of course!) and featured all the state of the art technology! In the picture above you can see the climate control of the Soarer is featuring tiptronic controls, other buttons were normal but about everything is electronically adjustable. The Soarer also featured a digital dashboard, state of the art 4 speed automatic (with sports setting!) and the passenger door had a seperate doorhandle for the passengers in the rear!
I hope you can see now why a Bosozoku styler would choose for the Soarer Z10: it is an incredible car with a lot of comfort which can’t even be found in cars from the 90s! Besides that: it is a very cool car itself.
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