Big In America
"I'm gonna rise up, I'm gonna to kick a little ass, I'm gonna to kick some ass in the U.S.A., gonna climb a mountain, gonna sew a flag, gonna fly on an eagle. I'm gonna kick some butt, I'm gonna drive a big truck, I'm gonna rule this world, I'm gonna kick some ass, I'm gonna rise up, I'm gonna kick a little ass. ROCK, FLAG, and EAGLE!!"
-It's Always Sunny In Philiadelphia
Big V8, Big in Japan.
via Jalopnik.com
To Whom it May Concern,
My name is Christopher LaCon, one of the hot shoes for team Big in Japan. I'm a Virgo, I like long walks on the beach and I absolutely adore driving long distances as fast as possible. I've been a long time fan of Japanese cars. In fact, my last three cars were Hondas (one civic hatch and two del Sols). Having just made a switch to an American muscle car (1999 Cobra), and with the big lump under the Lexus' hood, I thought it would be appropriate to use this as my inaugural contribution to this blog.
Sincerely,
Christopher "Nocal" LaCon
What I Love About Cars: Cutaways
You don't see cutaways too often, but they are the true stuff of awesome. To love your creation enough to dissect it for all the world to see, oily bits and all, is the right kind of crazy. Especially since these these cutaways are usually wheeled out to show us all the big balls advanced technology on the latest and greatest cars. Unfortunately, too few automakers have the chutzpah to build a proper cutaway for the autoshow circuit, so you sometimes get stuck with a colored pencil drawing. Yawn.
Let's see some of Japan's greatest hits!
LF-A Cutaway Wireframe. Too bad they used recycled shelving to make the wireframe.
R35 GT-R lifting its skirt.
The only quick Nissan Sunny ever produced.
First Generation LS 400. We plan on doing the same thing to our car after the race.
Honda Insight, Showing off all its boring bits.
Some kind of Subaru, as is clear from the bonkers engine layout.
Last Gen RX-7. Note the absence of torque in this illustration.
Godzilla, as pictured after close inspection by the University of Toyko School of Medicine.
Gamera, similar treatment to Godzilla.
What the World Needs
Are More Hood-Mounted Wing Mirrors.
Oh, and lots more rotary engines. Because who needs torque (or good gas mileage, or fuel consumption, or reliability...) when you can rev to 9,000 rpm?
