Classic JDM TV: Seibu Keisatsu's "Super Machine-X" Skyline 2000GT Turbo
Unfortunately, I don't speak Japanese, because then I might have enjoyed the old detective drama Seibu Keisatsu even more than I did watching the video above and the two subsequent parts embedded after the jump. The crew at Japanese Nostalgic Car posted these last week, explaining that this particular episode was the first appearance of the "Super Machine-X" (names don't get much better than that) Skyline 2000GT Turbo. The black hero car (the first in a string of Nissans to be featured on the show) was outfitted with a metric ton of yestertech radio, camera, and computer equipment, all of which are used to track down the episode's villians. Those guys drive a '70 Cougar, inexplicably equipped with an imitation Screaming Chicken on the hood (seriously), setting up a Detroit vs. Japan showdown straight out of the Bizarro world. It's completely entertaining, even with the language barrier, and the gadget-enhanced, 29-year-old Super Machine-X feels like a precursor to the Mitsubishi Starion Jackie Chan drove in Cannonball Run II. And both those cars have more appeal than the lame Val Kilmer KITT. Just sayin'. Watch and enjoy.
[Source: Japanese Nostalgic Car]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Affalterbach 6:59PM (3/15/2009)
That TV series was seems like a rolling commercial for Nissan.
But in any case, that a fine Skyline 2000GT-T
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JM 7:40PM (3/15/2009)
Is it me, or is that a dialysis machine inside the car?
Blackstar 8:46PM (3/15/2009)
But how is any of that equipment going to stop Godzilla? He's just going to step on it.
catgirlshyla 3:22AM (3/16/2009)
And speaking of USDM cars in Japanese TV Shows, here are 3 more examples:
Tokkei Winspector
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwKjIBPPSCw
Tokusou Exceedraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-91NTNtSJA&translated=1
Janperson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-4CacCaCQ
catgirlshyla 3:23AM (3/16/2009)
Also, not as cool as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7quGxDbEgKc
Try and ID all of the cop cars in the beginning, I dare ya!!
jgp 10:24AM (3/16/2009)
Wait, someone mentioning toku on Autoblog? Whoa...
Add Kidou Keiji Jiban (1989) to that list. Jiban drove a USDM-spec third-gen Firebird named "Reson" that had a will of its own. If that sounds like Knight Rider to you, I wouldn't be surprised: Jiban was basically a cross between Robocop and Knight Rider.
jgp 10:26AM (3/16/2009)
Bah--forgot to link a YouTube video for Jiban.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVKtnSTczqI
catgirlshyla 12:58AM (3/17/2009)
BAKA!!
JDMlover 7:01PM (3/15/2009)
ummmm
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Affalterbach 7:07PM (3/15/2009)
What?
So you wont like it since its not a Toyota? C'mon, give those non-Toyota JDM-only cars a break.
This car is so '80s terribly cool.
P.V. 7:11PM (3/15/2009)
I honestly think JDMlover should change his/her username to TLSlover ("TLS" = "T[oyota]L[exus]S[cion]").
Niels 7:20PM (3/15/2009)
I'm the other way around. Toyotas are the worst of the Japanese cars. That's in my opinion, so I don't want to hear about how I'm "wrong". Even Toyota made attractive cars back then, but then and now, they're bland and boring compared to their competition, and nowadays, Toyota makes the ugliest machines I have ever seen. If I wanted a JDM car, I'd have easily taken a Nissan or a Mazda.
JDMlover 7:40PM (3/15/2009)
JESUS.
It's funny how you people jump to conclusions so fast.
The car is fine...i like it. Even tho at some points the engine sounds were not coming from the car it's self...like they record another car and played the sound.
I was saying UMMMM because the whole thing was gay. From the acting to the car chase was just gay.
If the car was in another type of filming it would be much better.
JDM 4 Life.
P.V. 7:10PM (3/15/2009)
"Super Machine-X" is pretty funny, but you can't top this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAkTmba85Q4&feature=related
Harrison Ford tries way too hard to be Japanese: "Driver's prestige. SUPER Legend. Honda Coolio."
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Affalterbach 7:16PM (3/15/2009)
Thats more funny than the Paul Newman Skylines.
JF 8:09PM (3/15/2009)
Naturally, being Japanese cops, they take like a million pictures of the bad guy's car
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Aki 8:27PM (3/15/2009)
What's funny to me is how Japanese culture has so dramatically changed from back in the day. Back then they liked more gruff lookin guys, nowadays all the actors have plucked eyebrows and metrosexual clothing. And I loved how the Cougar exploded in a ball of flames from one shot, lol. I guess if I saw it back then I wouldn've thought it was cheesy? Wow.
The C210 Skyline is kinda nasty-looking. Much prefer the previous C110.
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jsjs 8:39PM (3/15/2009)
Can say the same thing for "cops" on American TV shows.
James 8:47PM (3/15/2009)
Haha, yeah, Aki I was going to say,
You could make the exact same comment about American male celebrities.
Though I must say, the young, thin guy who drives the car (sans the date hairstyle, of course), is a nice lookin' lad who I don't think would be out of place on a Japanese men's mag in 2009.
Aki 10:47PM (3/15/2009)
Yeah American actors have steered in that direction, but not half as far. The lead in Life on Mars for example is still manly-looking, or say any of the Law & Order shows. But the bucho guy (police chief) in that Japanese show with his buzz-cut, side-burns and aviator glasses--man you'll never see anything like him in shows today, hahah. Anachronistic maybe, but it's cool... along with the chickawowow soundtrack :-)