Commercial Break: Ford Escort RS1600i, 1983 (UK)

Tour de Corse - Rallye de France, 5th-7th May 1983

Photo by Migtao.

Tony Pond, with co-driver Rob Arthur, on the 1983 Tour de Course; they finished 6th overall. The rally was won by the duo of Markku Alén & Ilkka Kivimäkiin in the Martini Racing Lancia 037 Rally.

Commercial Break: Skoda Estelle, 1983 (UK)

Commercial Break: TVR 350i, 1983 (UK)

Commercial Break: AMC Eagle SX-4, 1983 (USA)

Commercial Break: Chevrolet Opala/Comodoro, 1983 (Brazil)

1983 Toyota Celica Supra - Solid Ground

I was accused of being a Japanese car 'hater' over the summer.
Well, apart from the person in question using that now-hackneyed (and annoying) term, it really isn't true. But he does have a point as far as our big beautiful blog goes. Looking back in the vaults, we only seem to have featured this, this and this (all Toyotas, curiously) and a lotta JDM tin here in the last few years, plus the Kei Nation features (back soon, we promise). This hasn't been by design; I'm not too much a fan of the Bōsōzoku look (although there are exceptions) and there are enough sites covering that scene. BUT, there are some cracking Japanese classic and modified cars out there, and we will be featuring more of these from now on.
And to kick off this brave new world, here's a tuff-looking Celica Supra. Now this is the sort of modified JDM machine I like; restrained body mods, the right stance, gorgeous wheels (16" Hayashi Racing Epsilons) and plenty of power courtesy of a 1JZ-GTE engine from a '91 Supra. That's twin turbos and over 270 bhp from the factory, although I doubt that figure hasn't been massaged upwards.
get acquainted with this super-dooper Supra here.

-Amazosan

The MKII Celica Supra was known as the Celica XX in Japan