3:14 - You missed the pen holder right from the mirror controls. Yes, it is a pen holder! As one of the main markets for the Comfort was taxi fleets, they have put a pen holder.
I went to Hong Kong earlier this year and saw these EVERYWHERE used as taxis. I've been interested in these cars ever since, and I'm so happy to see a review from you!
Just wanted to ask is it safe to travel in Hong Kong and Mainland China as a foreigner? because i was planning to go there this coming June. Travel advisory said that i should reconsider traveling there
We used to hv them in Singapore and they were diesel powered. The last of them were phased out in 2014 due to them not meeting new emissions regulations
These are impressive cars because they were built to do one thing and they do it well. Cheap, reliable, spacious, basic transportation sold for decades with minimal changes. Japan's version of the Crown Victoria. Nissan also had a high-roof Cedric that targeted the same market and was also made for decades. I'm going to Japan later this year and I'm excited to do some car-spotting. I'd be impressed if I was at a rally and my opponent showed up in a RHD manual driver's ed car.
Dude, this came out with a limited edition of 500 units called the comfort gtz. Unfoetunately, they didn't equip it with the JZ, albeit they did give it a supercharger, watanabes and recaro seats. Have always wanted one of these. Great vid once again!
This car was a driving school car (obviously), from Yamanashi Prefecture (it's one of those 2 prefectures where Mount Fuji is located, Mount Fuji is the border of where Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures meet).
Another car with two speedos is the Mini Cooper. Some model years have the big speedo in the center of the dash plus a digital one behind the steering wheel.
Mine is exactly like that, the large one in the center and also a digital readout behind the steering wheel that can also be a speedometer , miles per gallon, temp etc.
I live in Kyoto. Comfort and its poshier sibling, Crown Sedan still takes a lot of percentage of my city's taxi fleet. Although more and more cars are changed to minivan hybrids like Toyota Noah/Voxy, Sienta, or Nissan Serena e-Power, Crown Sedan/Confort will be remembered as a prine Japanese taxi.
Like many JDM Toyotas, the Comfort was also sold in many trim levels. This one's pretty basic with crank windows and all, but there were much, much more luxurious variants, some even had the signature footrest passenger seat from the Toyota Century.
I drove these cars at a driving school in Japan many years ago. This one is a bit rare, as most of these cars have gasoline engines. The 5-speed manual is easy to shift. They’re like a mini Crown-Vic in the sense that they are durable, reasonably comfortable, easy to drive, service and maintain - good fleet vehicles.
I love this car so much! Reliable, good looking (let's just say it aged well), stick shift, rwd, decent backseats and trunk. I'd buy it and turn it into an itasha in a heartbeat!
Simplest shaped car ever, surprised it is from the late nineties when American cars were bloated sleek jelly beans, but this looks like just about every American mid-size car in the early eighties LOL So simplistic that you can't even say it is a style it's like if you told a child to draw a car, absolutely zero character or styling at all LOL The phrase that was sometimes applied to some ultra square Volvos was that "it looks like it's still in the box it came in"!
Zack my buddy you really should consider changing the intro for 2024 it an absolute disaster and boring and flavorless, Otherwise you are an absolute legend in YT world and your content is unmatched ❤
Foot lamp? What is a foot lamp; literally the lights in the footwells? Why would there be a button for that on the dash instead of just operating with the doors? I can't think of any reason I would want to turn those lights on or off with a switch... You don't need them when you're driving, and why wouldn't you want them to come on and off automatically when you open the door to get out at night?
