People tend to forget about Mitsubishi. The little silvery triangle has been tootling around on the roads for years, but people seem to remember the Toyota Corolla or a Honda Civic much more readily. Mitsubishi never seemed to do big advertising and hence resultant minuscule Press coverage particularly well and they also produced far fewer … Read more
In the dim and distant past, before people started getting excited about electric cars, global warming and other such things, some cars just had… muscle. Not in the sense that a Shelby Mustang has, whose sheer raw power reduced strong men to whimpering and weakness of the knees, but in the sense that whatever pulled … Read more
At Garage Dreams we are big fans of JDM cars (read our guide here to what JDM means if you aren’t sure). One thing we have noticed over our time researching and writing on JDM is that there are many myths about what JDM cars actually are. As such, we decided to put together this … Read more
One of our favorite topics here at Garage Dreams is the weird and wonderful world of JDM (aka Japanese Domestic Market). JDM cars cover a range of interesting vehicles from performance cars like the Nissan Skyline GT-R through to “Kei cars”, tiny little contraptions for economical passenger transport. In previous articles we have looked at: … Read more
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The different generations of Nissan’s Skyline GT-R are considered to be some of the greatest sports cars ever created. Today, all the generations of the Skyline GT-R are considered to be serious collectors items, but there is one other Nissan GT-R that is often forgotten. The Nissan Pulsar GTI-R (also known as the Sunny GTI-R … Read more
Welcome to our latest edition of Car Facts, our series where we answer your car questions. Today we are back talking about one of our favourite Japanese car manufacturers, Honda. In particular, we are looking to answer the question “are there any RWD Hondas?” Honda Is Famous For FWD If you’re looking for an answer … Read more
Anyone who knows Honda knows the legendary “Type R” badge. From the original Civic Type R: Through to the current variant, Honda’s Type R badge has denoted performance pedigree and prowess (read our article here on what Type R means if you are interested in exploring this further). Even the mighty NSX – read our … Read more
Japanese Domestic Market (JDM for short) cars continue to capture the hearts and minds of many buyers around the world. If you’re not sure what JDM means, then read our article on this topic here. While Japanese car manufacturers have long had a reputation for building reliable, high quality automobiles and exporting them, there is … Read more
If you’ve been to Japan, then you’ll surely have seen the vast number of tiny cars that cover the road: While these are a specific class/type of car in many cases (“Kei” car, which we will explain further in this article) even normal Japanese cars like Toyota Corollas or Honda Civics are generally smaller and … Read more