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Bōsōzoku, the craziness of Japan POP RACE FEATURETTE
Welcome to the Bōsōzoku subculture of Japan! 暴走族! Literally, it means “brutal running tribe”, which already says the essentials about this subculture: it’s all about tuning cars and motorbikes to generate a brutal look. Originally, the Bōsōzoku gangs were pure motorbike clubs, but gradually migrated into the car scene. These gangs experienced their heyday at the beginning of the 1980s. They were recognisable by their tokko-fuku (特攻服), the “special attack uniform” based on the uniform of kamikaze pilots with slogans in kanji characters. Later, the influence of the actual gangs faded, but the subculture remained and shifted to cars. Bōsōzoku style was born! An absolute masterpiece in its own way:…
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Pop Race Singer Porsche – A reimagined FEATURETTE
Everything has its price! Certainly, $900,000 is not a special offer by definition. You have to put it in the appropriate context, and that context is here: Singer Porsche. Now we don’t know exactly how expensive it is to place an order at Singer itself. Judging by the fact that you have to go there first to describe your idea and risk rejection, it can’t be that cheap. There are rumours of prices beyond the millions. Even though the number of tuners of classic 911 models has risen steadily in recent years, Singer Vehicle Design from Los Angeles is still one of the big names on the scene. The Americans…
