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Brilliant: longest car name on a Nissan Leopard GF31

November 18, 2014 / banpei / 0 Comments

Previously I thought the Nissan Cedric Y30 V3.0 Turbo Brougham VIP was supposed to be the longest name given to a car ever, but I stand corrected with this Nissan Leopard 870 Ultima GF31 3.0 V6 Twin Cam (intelligent adult coupe):

The Nissan Leopard GF31 is a typical mid 80s luxurious grand tourer and continuously improved with the latest and greatest technical gadgets like any Japanese car manufacturer did by the end of the 80s. Oh I love the 80s and Japanese cars from the bubble era!

The question is: what is an intelligent adult coupe?

Found at: High-Top-Fade

Motoharu Kurosawa tests the Leopard F31 for Video Option

Video Option: Motoharu Kurosawa tests the Leopard F31

September 24, 2012 / banpei / 0 Comments

Long before Keiichi Tsuchiya earned his stripes in racing Motoharu Kurosawa dominated the Japanese GP in his hakosuka Skyline GT-R. The same happened with reviewing cars for Video Option magazine: long before we became familiar with Keiichi pushing any Japanese sports/racing/tuned car to the limit on a touge run Motoharu Kurosawa was doing the same:

Looking at this September 1988 review of the Nissan Leopard F31 it becomes clear a lot has changed in the past 24 years, for instance the tests that mattered: Continue reading

Car chases: Abunai Deka alternate ending

November 14, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

This stop motion video is very cleverly done: not only does it feature the Abunai Deka Nissan Leopard F31, but also the necessary bad guys in a Toyota Corona 2000GT!

Friday video: junkyard stroll in Japan

November 4, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

We all see half of Japan’s car inventory being sold as secondhand to the rest of the world through various auction platforms. So that would lead us to the conclusion that Japan’s junkyards must be quite empty and deserted…

WRONG! Just have a look at this video where someone takes a stroll at a (unknown) Japanese junkyard:

I love the detail that the first Crown, the fourth Crown (Majesta) and the first and third Cedric Y32 still have the knitted/embroided traditional headrest covers in place! Also that the second Crown Super Saloon has a full width front bench in place. And what also strikes me is that most of them are largely intact with the keys still in the ignition!
And last but not least: seeing the pristine Cedric 430, Mitsubishi GTO, Nissan Leopard F31 (not about the other Leopard), Nissan Laurel C35, Nissan Skyline R33 GTS4 in such a dreadful state almost brought tears in my eyes…

Family Album Treasures: Leopard kaido racer

December 7, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

Definite necessity for your family album, a picture of yourself and your buddy building your own kaido racer out of your dads old Nissan Leopard F30:

Nissan Leopard kaido racer

Car chases: Abunai Deka Leopard F31 compilation

February 16, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Someone took the time and effort to make a compilation video of 5 minutes of the Abunai Deka Nissan Leopard F31 chasing other cars with a catchy 80s upbeat song under it:

That’s about 30 episodes in 5:05! Pure overkill! I don’t think I can handle much more Abunai Deka than this! :P