The last few cars in this category (as of 2017) are relatively mild in customization by comparison. Jun Imai later immortalized his motorized masterpiece as a casting the same year he finished his own Datsun wagon. Cars customized in this fashion are often called 'zokusha' or in the literal translation 'Gang cars' (Japanese:族車). The Datsun shows a JDM Grille and is lowered and modified the way Japanese road gangs customize their cars. Imai's Wagon embodies the Japanese 'shakotan' or 'lowrider' style (Japanese: シャコタン) in 1:64 scale. In other models, such as the Acura Integra which Hot Wheels designer Ryu Asada designed, took a not uncommon trend among young Integra owners and replaced the North American-market front end (The North American front being dubbed 'Bug-eyes' by some enthusiasts) with the JDM front end.Īnother example being the '71 Datsun Bluebird 510 Wagon, based of Imai's Own 1971 Datsun 510 Wagon which is a graceful replication of the real deal. This trend has taken cars such as the fifth and seventh-Generation Honda Civics by storm, as the JDM-style has become increasingly popular in the West. This entails Japanese cars sold outside Japan receiving JDM (Japanese Domestic Market, as in any car sold in Japan) parts swaps to make their vehicle resemble it's Japanese-market counterpart. Starting in the 1990s, when tuner cars first began to enter the mainstream popular culture emerged a trend of the 'clean JDM look'.

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