I'm sure Che would approve of this tour more than he would these cigarettes

Close enough?

Is it just me who thinks the combination of those aggressor paint schemes and the icy landscape looks like something straight out of the old Ace Combat games?

The Kenmeri GTR being the rarest and one of the coolest looking GTRs.

Glad to see everyone has gotten over making those immature "Lord Vader" references. D'oh!

Sega used to have a full sized Celica hooked up to Sega Rally in Tokyo around the same time. Good fun.

What about the Nissan Be-1? It paved the way for Nissan's Pao and Figaro and was a new Mini before the New Mini.

Exactly! First thing I thought when I read this article-"it's a bloody panel van!"

Yep, and the hind legs have sharp claws that can slice you open. Not poisonous at least. That just wouldn't be fair.

Chief of Head Gasket Improvement, Subaru

The core fans of American cars in Japan actually prefer to buy left hand drive cars for the added 'foreign' prestige. Most German and Italian cars, especially high end ones, used to be left hand drive too for the same reason. Even Jags - which I could never figure out.

I don't feel so bad about the name of my car now.

They have Lexus in Japan now too. Toyopet sells everything from the 86 to Hiace vans. You can also get the 86 from Netz as well. It's all a bit confusing. Each of the sales channels operates as a separate company.

"heaving like Mavericks at high tide"

WTF Carlos? That's racist.

Actually my dad - the most straight-edged, no-bullshit, non-hippy, working class guy you could meet - had a little cardboard pyramid hidden away in his closet as an experiment in the 70s. He kept it aligned with a compass and used it to keep his daily razor blade sharp for five years straight. Pretty sure he also used…

Doesn't the Miata count as a retro design? Remember, M.I.A.T.A.

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Here you go: Levorg

Maybe not an STi wagon but it's pretty close to being a WRX wagon.
Japanese media reports that Subaru is planning to sell it in Europe and maybe Australia next year. You might get lucky in the US too.

can you ask a a safety expert or physicist about whether it is safer to hit something head on rather than trying to avoid it and taking the full force of impact on the corner of the car?