D Car — July 2004
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About this issue
246 available scans from D Car — July 2004, 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 191 — English draft translation
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Melting Pot
Melting Pot
Cars and…
Goods: a melting pot
Of course we cover sport compacts, plus luxury cars and parts. Melting Pot is the ultimate anything-goes corner. This month we start with 171 Motoring’s Accord, finished in an ultra-cool style. Don’t miss information on popular brand Sparco’s classic seats, or our popular “Baka Ichidai” feature!
…Corner
Italy’s secret weapon
HOT
A Lamborghini Gallardo police car with 500 hp hits the road!
NEWS
Engine: V10 DOHC, 4,961 cc Maximum output: 500 hp at 7,800 rpm Maximum torque: 510 N·m Top speed: 309 km/h
Data
4500rpm
Price: ¥18,580,…
0-100m:4.2
0–400 m: 12.6 seconds
seconds
¥15,000,000–¥19,635,000 (all prices and specifications are for production vehicles)
POLIZIA
POLIZIA
E8300
At first glance it looks like a sport compact, but it has a siren and flashing lights on its roof like a proper police car. It is reportedly being adopted for highway patrol. If you are chased by a supercar capable of more than 300 km/h…
Maximum output 500 hp; maximum torque 510 N·m…
…with a V10 engine producing over 500 hp and full-time 4WD, it is a formidable weapon adopted by the Italian police. The body is finished in the light blue of Italian patrol cars with white accents. If it catches you, there is little you can do but surrender.
The body is all aluminum and weighs 1,430 kg dry. It uses Pirelli “Sottozero” tires developed specially for it, and full-time 4WD provides all-weather capability.
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POLIZIA
E8300
The blue-themed cabin is packed with modern equipment: GSM mobile phone and satellite navigation, real-time image transmission, access to police databases, license-plate lookup, and other high-tech systems.
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Part 1
Luxury styling
A fusion of luxury style and lowrider euro! An Accord sedan shines with US-made Giovanna Barretta wheels.
L.A. Luxury Front Line
Style
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Cutting edge
sparco
Part2 P194
The 6th Sparco…
A masterpiece
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Part3
Baka Ichidai
A hugely popular Italian brand adapted for the Japanese market…
No one can beat me on paint thickness! When I get tired of it, I repaint the whole car right away!
He is well known…
Events & meetings
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