{"id":5678,"date":"2016-04-02T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T05:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=5678"},"modified":"2024-11-25T23:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:37:52","slug":"dekotora-japans-tuned-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/dekotora-japans-tuned-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dekotora, Japan’s Tuned Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Throughout the world, you can find the most enthusiast fans of motorized vehicles: cars, motor bikes and trucks for example. Sometimes the enthusiasm is directed at sports like racing, in other cases, they enjoy classic models more and are considered to be more like collectors. And some others have adopted the trend that move millions of dollars per year called car tuning (modifying the exterior, interior and even the mechanical components of any car until it is converted into a work of art on wheels). There are a lot of schools for this kind of hobby, depending of the country and the type of vehicle being tuned, but without a doubt, one of the most spectacular, colorful and particular variants, is the Japanese version of the tuned trucks: the Dekotora (a fusion of the English words decoration and truck).<\/p>\n
This phenomenon of Dekotora (which has become scarce due to economic matters and temporal trends) started in the \u201870s when Japanese truck drivers started to modify their trucks by painting them with logos and special designs, but it quickly spread to adding new parts that helped with aerodynamics, neon color lights, among others. Around those years, a series of films captured the phenomenon and made it accessible to everybody. Such films called “Torakku Yaro” (the truck guys) had a heroic character driving a modified truck on Japanese routes and roads as its protagonist.<\/p>\n As years went by to this very moment, a lot of experimental Dekotora styles had been introduced by users in Japan. But the Kansai style, the Kanto style and the Retro style (more related to those first trucks from the \u201870s) were the ones that lasted longer. In the \u201890s, influenced by the success of mangas and animes related to robots (Gundam, Robotech and Mazinger Z) and their particular details regarding industrial design, shapes, colors and sharp and metallic looks, a new style called Gundam emerged, which actually keeps inspiring new models that sometimes appear in the scene.<\/p>\n<\/a>(Source: Autooverload)<\/em><\/p>\n
The History of Dekotora , Japanese Version of the Tuned Trucks<\/h2>\n
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Varieties of Japanese Vehicles<\/h2>\n