In many ways, the cult of Japanese cars appeared in Russia in the 1990s due to the effect of novelty. Vasily Avchenko, a journalist and author of the book Right Rudder, told about this within the framework of the special project “Russian Fast and Furious”.
“Every kid, of course, dreamed of taking a” Mark “(Toyota Mark II – a cult car for the inhabitants of the Far East, appreciated above the executive sedans of European brands – approx. ed.), as it was then called, to shoot girls on it, take them to the embankment, to Shamora (the bay of the Ussuri Bay of the Sea of Japan in the Primorsky Territory – approx. ed.), etc. And this style, this aesthetics – it largely predetermined the way of life of Vladivostok for perhaps twenty years, ”Avchenko said.
According to him, the appearance of Japanese cars greatly transformed Vladivostok. Gradually, it ceased to be a closed military city, but there was still no place to drive foreign cars – the quality of the roads was much worse than now. Now this effect of novelty has long passed, the Russians will no longer be surprised by Japanese foreign cars. Nevertheless, “this fashion and this interest [к японским машинам] have not gone anywhere from the automobile Vladivostok, ”concluded Avchenko.
The special project “Russian Fast and Furious” is dedicated to the life of motorists in the Far East and the unusual automotive culture that began to form in the region back in Soviet times. Already in the 1980s, the first Japanese cars began to be delivered to Primorye. Over time, a huge car market emerged in Vladivostok, which flourished in the 1990s. The active development of the automotive culture influenced the formation of the interests of young Russians and contributed to the appearance of the first Russian drifters in the region.
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