I’ve featured Kamepo‘s amazing side-by-side videos a few times before, but never have I seen one that amazed me more than this one! It’s taking a drive on the Shuto expressway K1 and K5. This is a drive from Ota to Daikoku Futo and then over the Yokohama Bay bridge. If that wasn’t wild enough, the 1989 footage was shot early morning on the first of January. In Tokyo it’s a custom to watch the first sunset and the Yokohama Bay bridge is plastered with cars of people watching this!
Highlights
Here are some of the highlights I found in this video: Daikoku Futo, USS Yokohama, a Nissan Skyline 2000GT C10, six Toyota Carina ED T160, a hotrod Mitsubishi Debonair, a Corona coupé T140 and a yellow Mazda RX-7 FD3S.
Daikoku Futo
I already was aware that Daikoku Futo was enclosed in the expressway, but driving on the expressway and then making a huge turn around Daikoku Futo was mind-blowing! Also seeing the exit signs for Daikoku Futo is also something special and then when the 270-degree turn is made, you are presented with the Yokohama Bay bridge and this is again on another level!
USS Yokohama
At 11:27 you also pass a big building with a big USS sign at the top of the building. Naturally, this is the famous USS Yokohama auction site where millions of Japanese cars are auctioned off. It makes me wonder how many of the cars we see in the 1989 footage have passed hands through USS Yokohama? 60%? 70%? All of them?
Following a Nissan Skyline C10
The single biggest highlight in the video is that he’s following a Nissan Skyline C10 sedan (a 2000GT judging from the tail lights) for minutes long. Back in 1989, the Skyline C10 was only 20 years old! That’s like tailing a Fairlady Z33 because it’s an old car! Speaking of Fairlady Z33s: there is one in the video, but then in the 2024 footage.
Are six white Carina ED cars a coincidence?
Another highlight is the sheer number of Carina’s. I’ve counted ten, of which six are a Carina ED T160! Of these six, all six are a white car. It feels as if in 1989 the best-selling car was a white Carina ED! I wouldn’t blame anyone: a four-door hardtop coupé with the Celica underpinnings? Why not? 1989 actually is the last and final year the Carina ED T160 was sold and it was succeeded by the second generation T180.
Hotrod Debonair
Also, this Mitsubishi Debonair was a big highlight! You may assume the same of it as the Skyline C10: it’s a 20-plus-year-old car, so it must have been special. I have some bad news for you: the Debonair was in production for 22 years between 1964 and 1986. It could very well be that this Debonair was only three years old! Realistically it does look a bit worn and it looks like it sits on a set of original Cragar hot rod wheels.
James Bond’s Corona coupé T140
The final highlight from 1989 is a Toyota Corona T140 coupé. The Corona T140 ads featured Roger Moore, who was still playing James Bond. So the Corona T140 must have been a Bond car, right? Wrong! Unlike the 2000GT cabriolet, the Corona never featured in a Bond movie.
This car was at most 4 years old by the time the 1989 video was shot. It has some writing on the side of the door and sits on a set of Celica Supra wheels, which indicates it’s either a GT-R or GT-TR. Some good 4A-GE or 3T-GTEU power!
Keisuke Takahashi’s yellow Mazda RX-7 FD3S
The final highlight is from 2024. This car is a yellow Mazda RX-7 FD3S. It features the same wing as Keisuke Takahashi drives in Initial D, so my best guess is that this is a replica of that very same car. It seems to feature the Mazda RX-7 Series 8 taillights and Mazdaspeed A-Spec Spoiler Type II, so it’s a Stage 4 replica.
Kamepo’s video
You can watch the complete video below:
Map with car list
Just like last time, I have created the exact same route on a map and added all the cars that I identified:
A complete list of all the cars (on the left side of the road) I found interesting in this video can be found here:
- 0:12 – 1989 – Toyota Camry V10
- 0:38 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric Y30 taxi
- 0:47 – 1989 – Toyota Mark II GX71
- 0:51 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric Y30 taxi
- 0:56 – 1989 – Nissan Laurel C32 sedan
- 1:01 – 1989 – Mitsubishi Mirage (second gen)
- 1:07 – 2024 – Nissan Fuga Y51
- 1:19 – 1989 – Toyota Carina T170 sedan
- 1:33 – 1989 – Mitsubishi Debonair A30
- 1:37 – 1989 – Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 GT Apex
- 1:49 – 1989 – Mitsubishi Galant E30
- 2:00 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop Royal Saloon S120
- 2:52 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop Rayal Saloon S130
- 3:01 – 1989 – Toyota Starlet Turbo EP71
- 3:03 – 1989 – Volkswagen Golf Mk2
- 3:04 – 1989 – Toyota Mark II GX71
- 3:05 – 1989 – Mazda Capella GC
- 3:05 – 1989 – Toyota Chaser X60
- 3:06 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric / Gloria Y31 sedan
- 3:16 – 1989 – Daihatsu Charade G21
- 3:20 – 1989 – Honda Prelude AB / BA
- 3:22 – 1989 – Mitsubishi Galant A160
- 3:30 – 2024 – Daihatsu Copen Robe
- 4:00 – 1989 – Nissan Laurel C31
- 4:47 – 1989 – Toyota Crown S120
- 4:48 – 2024 – Fiat Spider 124
- 4:57 – 1989 – Toyota Camry V20
- 5:00 – 1989 – Nissan Skyline sedan C10
- 5:04 – 2024 – Subaru Outback BL / BP
- 5:05 – 1989 – Mercedes W124
- 5:10 – 1989 – Nissan Urvan
- 5:17 – 1989 – Honda CN250 (Helix)
- 5:17 – 2024 – Mercedes W213 sedan
- 5:20 – 1989 – Toyota Carina T170 sedan
- 5:51 – 1989 – Toyota HiAce
- 6:13 – 2024 – Fiat Spider 124 (second time)
- 6:21 – 1989 – Volkswagen Ghia Karmann Typ 14
- 7:06 – 1989 – Toyota Sprinter E80 sedan
- 7:11 – 2024 – Mazda RX-7 FD
- 8:29 – 1989 – Nissan Laurel C31 (second time)
- 8:35 – 1989 – Nissan Laurel C33
- 8:53 – 2024 – Audi Q8
- 9:05 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop Rayal Saloon S130 (second time)
- 9:16 – 2024 – Nissan Fairlady Z Z33
- 9:28 – 2024 – BMW M4
- 9:48 – 1989 – Toyota Tercel / Corsa / Corolla II L30
- 10:55 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric / Gloria Y31
- 11:04 – 1989 – Toyota Carina ED T160
- 11:10 – 1989 – Toyota Carina ED T160 (another one)
- 11:17 – 1989 – Toyota Mark II GX71
- 11:19 – 1989 – Honda Prelude BA3 (third gen)
- 11:24 – 1989 – Toyota Sprinter E80 sedan
- 11:57 – 1989 – Daihatsu Charade G21
- 11:59 – 1989 – Toyota Carina ED T160 (yet another one)
- 12:03 – 1989 – Toyota Carina ED T160 (and another one!)
- 12:08 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric / Gloria 430 commercial van
- 12:13 – 1989 – Toyota Sprinter E90 sedan
- 12:24 – 1989 – Nissan Skyline R30 sedan
- 12:32 – 1989 – Toyota Carina ED T160 (and a fifth one!)
- 12:36 – 1989 – Toyota Crown S120 sedan
- 12:37 – 1989 – Nissan Skyline R30 coupe
- 12:39 – 1989 – BMW 7 series
- 12:43 – 1989 – Honda Civic EF sedan
- 12:53 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop Royal Saloon S130
- 13:05 – 1989 – Toyota Carina T170 sedan
- 13:09 – 1989 – Honda Today
- 13:13 – 1989 – Toyota Corona T140 coupe
- 13:18 – 1989 – Toyota Crown S120
- 13:19 – 1989 – Toyota Starlet Turbo EP71
- 13:20 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric Y31
- 13:21 – 1989 – Nissan Laurel hardtop C33
- 13:21 – 1989 – BMW 5-series
- 13:21 – 1989 – Porsche 944?
- 13:22 – 1989 – Nissan Silvia S13
- 13:23 – 1989 – Honda Civic AG hatchback
- 13:24 – 1989 – BMW 6-series
- 13:25 – 1989 – Nissan Skyline R31 sedan
- 13:26 – 1989 – Toyota Cresta GX71
- 13:27 – 1989 – Nissan Leopard F20
- 13:27 – 1989 – Nissan Skyline R31 wagon
- 13:26 – 1989 – Toyota Cresta GX71
- 13:30 – 1989 – Toyota Carina A60 coupe
- 13:30 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop Royal Saloon S130?
- 13:30 – 1989 – Daihatsu Charade G21
- 13:33 – 1989 – Honda Civic EF sedan
- 13:34 – 1989 – Toyota Soarer Z20
- 13:34 – 1989 – Toyota Crown S120 sedan
- 13:35 – 1989 – Mazda Savanna RX-7 FC
- 13:36 – 1989 – Honda Civic EF hatchback
- 13:38 – 1989 – Honda CRX EF
- 13:38 – 2024 – Honda Civic Type R FK
- 13:43 – 1989 – Toyota Corona T150 hatchback
- 13:44 – 1989 – Toyota Carina ED T160 (and another one!)
- 13:46 – 1989 – Toyota Corolla Levin AE92?
- 13:47 – 1989 – Mitsubishi Mirage (first gen)
- 13:52 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop Royal Saloon S130?
- 13:52 – 2024 – Mercedes SL-class R321
- 14:07 – 1989 – Toyota Crown hardtop S110
- 14:13 – 1989 – Nissan Leopard F20
- 14:16 – 1989 – Honda Civic Shuttle
- 14:18 – 1989 – Nissan Cedric Y31 sedan
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