S2 Ep3: The Golden Era of JDM: Honda Hacked The Gas Crisis
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S2 Ep3: The Golden Era of JDM: Honda Hacked The Gas Crisis

This week, we're exploring how Japanese automakers fared during the gas crisis of the early 1970's. What led to them being in the right place at the right time? How did they expand across the globe so seamlessly? And what makes Honda's CVCC engine so revolutionary for the time? All of this and more on this week's episode.

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S1 Ep229: SAAB Pt I: Air-igins

S1 Ep229: SAAB Pt I: Air-igins

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S1 Ep228: The Bugatti Queen: Sex, Drugs, & Racing in the Roaring 20s

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S1 Ep227: Mazda Pt IV: The First Japanese (and Rotary!) Car to Win Le Mans

S1 Ep227: Mazda Pt IV: The First Japanese (and Rotary!) Car to Win Le Mans

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S1 Ep226: Mazda Pt III: The RX-7 & Mazdaspeed

S1 Ep226: Mazda Pt III: The RX-7 & Mazdaspeed

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11 Mar 202442min

S1 Ep225: Mazda Pt II: The Re-Birth of the Rotary Engine

S1 Ep225: Mazda Pt II: The Re-Birth of the Rotary Engine

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4 Mar 202453min

S1 Ep224: Mazda Pt 1: The Speed of... Cork

S1 Ep224: Mazda Pt 1: The Speed of... Cork

It’s the morning of August 6th, 1945. Jujiro Matsuda is heading back home after visiting his company headquarters in nearby Hiroshima, where his small trucks called Mazdas have become fixtures of the ...

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S1 Ep223: Macau GP: “Asia’s Monaco” is a Notoriously Dangerous Street Circuit

S1 Ep223: Macau GP: “Asia’s Monaco” is a Notoriously Dangerous Street Circuit

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