JDM has been misunderstood as a "rotten boy" culture of "random modification", and even some people will use dangerous behaviors such as modified cars to bomb the street and street drag racing as labels on jdm culture. Misconceptions about JDM are deeply ingrained in the minds of some people, eventually forming a so-called JDM chain of contempt, but is this really the case?
JDM is derived from the English Japanese Domestic Market, which literally means the Japanese domestic market, referring to cars produced and sold in Japan. However, the word JDM was first proposed by the Americans, after a long time after World War II, the American performance cars were based on the V8 engine as the mainstream, young people generally chose the American muscle car as their own car, and many young people chose the European sports car.
The oil crisis of the 70s made Americans more and more fond of Japanese performance cars, buying parts produced in Japan to restore their cars to the specifications of Japan, which became the most sought after game for young people in the United States at that time, such as Toyota's SUPRA, Celica and other models at that time.
In the hearts of China's JDM fans, the bottomless modification potential is the most eye-catching label of JDM, and even most enthusiasts compare JDM to a piece of drawing paper, which can make people realize various imaginative ideas. GR (GAZOO Racing), as Toyota's performance car branch, can be said to be the representative of the current JDM culture, and its models are the best proof of this potential, in the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand 86s. Starting from the most basic stickers, and then replacing the shock absorber and brakes to improve the sense of handling and safety for the car, the process of modification is the process of understanding the car, and it is also the process of realizing your dreams.
So for those European sports car players, will they have a chain of contempt for JDM? This topic is also very heated discussion on the Internet, with this question, we invited a number of European sports car owners to come and chat together.
At the party, many European sports car players also expressed their contempt for JDM at the beginning, but after deeply understanding the core of JDM culture and getting close to the Toyota GR model, they agreed that JDM is not stereotyped. Even under the premise that the new energy era is coming, Toyota GR can still maintain the hot-blooded, hard-core brand tone, which also makes them identify with the values of the GR brand from the heart.
At the party, the players also had an in-depth tasting of the two JDMs of GR YARIS and TOYOTA SUPRA, which can be said to have changed the inherent views of these European sports car players, and the purity of GR YARIS and the elegance of GR SUPRA have deeply entered their hearts.
They believe that perhaps the past JDM models are slightly rough in the interior and the appearance is not as fashionable as the European sports car, but this in-depth understanding has refreshed their understanding of JDM and GR, and the two GR models have reached or even surpassed the average level of other car performance cars in terms of appearance, interior and technology configuration. The GR brand is leading the revival of JDM culture in the new era with its own superb car-making technology.
The wheels of the new energy era are slowly coming, and the large-displacement performance car or sports car is like the last bit of life being spent on the end of the road, but the strong attack of the GR brand has made these performance car lovers have a new expectation, and the roar of the engine and the sense of communication between the human vehicle when manually shifting gears seem to be announcing that JDM is not dead, and the youth of GR is at this moment. European sports car players who came to the party said it was entirely possible to make a place for the GR model in their garage.
In fact, car culture does not distinguish between high and low, but only brings fun to drivers in different ways. Expensive European sports cars bring luxury and elegant fun to drivers, JDM and GR can also bring pure, passionate pleasure to drivers, both have the same status value in the hearts of riders, only people who do not know enough about JDM culture will care too much about the psychological gap caused by the price level.
This gathering has given these European sports car players a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of JDM and GR, and almost all participants agree that it is absolutely possible to set aside a place for GR models in their garages.
In fact, the so-called European sports car players' chain of contempt for JDM really does not exist.