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Charlie Shugart
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Tokyo Car Show.
Image taken some years ago... of domestic models that never made it to the US.



Charlie Shugart 2013

Tokyo Car Show




Apr 24, 2013 at 05:00 PM
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...could it be because they couldn't get the front fender to fit?

Now, about her wearing that color pink around a red car...

(Another nice one Charlie.)



Apr 24, 2013 at 05:07 PM
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Thanks, Wrei.
Good one about the front fender .
As you know, however, this is probably a one-off racing sedan built for the show (turbo engine in the rear), so that big gap is either for brake venting or simply radical styling. But it IS on purpose.
The pink on red is something else, entirely. This was some 25 years ago, and although Japan was a highly educated, technically oriented and accomplished nation, they were still trying to copy and learn- from the west- a number of "social" things, i.e. clothing styles. Other examples:
Until the 1980s you almost never saw skirts or dresses that short.
Until the 1960s the average Japanese didn't own or drive a car. I was there when the whole country was learning to drive for the first time.
It was fun to watch, and not a bit scary. Because of the Japanese custom of being very polite to everyone, there was no aggression on the streets. No honking, no nothing.
Except everyone gesturing for the other driver to go ahead: "After you." "No, I insist, after YOU."
Fun to watch. But very slow to actually get anywhere .
Charlie



Apr 25, 2013 at 03:59 PM
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Thanks for the culture history too!



Apr 25, 2013 at 06:37 PM





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