Are we sure that David isn’t secretly involved in this?

Have you checked if David Tracy was anywhere near the vicinity? Might be a new project car of his.

That’s only the USDM Yaris. Toyota actually builds two other models with the Yaris badge in Europe and Asia.

The Tecpro barriers have a nasty habit of snagging on bits of the car and getting dragged along for the ride. 

That’s a double edged sword though. A barrier that can trap a car runs the risk of doing its job too well, keeping the driver from getting out or emergency services from getting to the driver. Hence the reason tire walls have inserts and are tied together. 

No roof to stick the sharks fin onto.

Those were standard up until the 6th gen (EK) Civic. Sadly, it lost it during the 7th gen onwards.

Actually pretty east to tell since there aren’t any reflections on the truck that match the scene, and there aren’t any tracks on the mud that seem to have been made by it.

Is it just me, or does the car in the bottom picture just look like a DeLorean without the gullwing doors?

But why keep it factory stock when the you can get a bespoke tuned version of this from New Zealand’s Hartley Engines that they specifically made for kit and project cars.

It’s not, it’s a full center console. You can even see that the seat backs are at different angles.

What are you talking about? These things come with the usual 2 individual seat layout seen in most cars of this class. 

Actually, Yakuza tend to prefer flashier cars such as Benzes. 

This. As a watch enthusiast, I'd much rather have that GS "Snowflake" in the photo than a bog standard Datejust. 

I guess nobody told old Smokey Nagata that when he shoved one into his Supra and got a thousand horses with it.

Because too many people have been on that David Tracy juice and are now refusing to pay full price unless it’s got holes on the floor boards due to rust.

Arcade sticks are actually supposed to be built to last. However, these do require maintenance (gunk that builds up in the parts due to sweat and pizza can lead to damage down the line), and as the market for arcades shrank, most owners just refused to do maintenance until it was really necessary.

I believe that was the main reasoning they used to get it banned.

A weapon to surpassbe surpassed by Metal Gear.

Not in Asia where minivans (and vans in general) are seen as status symbols, and most plutocrats get shuttled around in Alphards.