D Car — November 2003
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250 available scans from D Car — November 2003, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 63 — English draft translation
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Tel. 093-592-8089
Inquiries:
A rich brown-cherry color and Euro-style materials create a refined atmosphere. The car also has an extensive audio makeover...
Mix a Euro touch into Sport Luxury!
...turns the Civic coupe into a surprisingly mature...
It also has the bold, flashy elements of a sport compact
...and
18-inch
Honda EK Civic coupe
...alloy wheels
...are MOMO
brand
Choice
1186
DIAMOND
The seat is based on a Recaro bucket, retrimmed in black leather.
D-CAR style
A Sport-Lux favorite!?
Compact Luxury: Many readers are probably interested in starting with an affordable compact and moving it toward a luxurious style. The idea is to keep the sporty character while adding just the right touch of luxury.
Rieko Hanaue
OWNER
It wears Skipper's US-version aero kit along with various US-market parts. The wheels are Racing Hart 4, and the suspension is hydraulic.
Could the Toyota Altezza be the perfect Sport-Lux car!?
Racing
The Altezza combines a compact body, powerful engine, rear-wheel drive, and a high-end image. Here are two Sport-Lux examples built by Skipper (tel. 042-729-8958).
OWNER: Hiroyuki Sakamaki
This car uses Trust aero at the front and rear, with no side skirts. It pairs Skipper's hydraulic system with Racing Hart M6 wheels...
Hama 301
28-95
Yokohama 301
28-95
Sport-Lux with an F-bumper-spoiler setup: Hyper Sports 886!
A tuner-inspired Sport-Lux look!?
The Hyper Sports 886 body kit is a front bumper spoiler only, targeting the Sport-Lux style. To capture the look, pair an extremely low ride height with large-diameter wheels, as on this demo car.
HONDA
Dazzle built this Sport-Lux Accord around the image of a German tuner. Rather than drawing on the American custom scene, it takes a deliberately luxurious, German-inspired sporty direction—that is the key idea.
The deep-lip alloy wheels are Tenzor R MEAN6...
EK Civic
2
HONDA
CD Accord
DCAR
The square dual exhaust gives it a tuner-style feel.
Inquiries: Dazzle, tel. 029-855-141
Inquiries: VCR Motor Sports, tel. 072-240-8111
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